Juliet Rylance (born 26 July 1979) is an Obie Award-winning English actress.[1]
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Rylance was born Juliet van Kampen in Hammersmith, London to Claire van Kampen, a composer and Chris van Kampen, an architect.[2] Her stepfather is the British actor and director Mark Rylance. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2002.
In 2008, she married the American actor Christian Camargo at New York City Hall. She had met Camargo over a decade earlier when he worked with her stepfather at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.[3]
Rylance's first major role was portraying the British writer Mary Sidney in her stepfather's play I am Shakespeare at the Chichester Festival Theatre and its UK tour. That same year, Rylance and fellow actor David Sturzaker started their own production company, Theater of Memory. Rylance subsequently starred in the Theater of Memory's productions of Romeo and Juliet and Bash: Latter-Day Plays, portraying Juliet and Medea respectively.[3][4]
In 2009, Rylance played Desdemona at the Theater for a New Audience in New York City, opposite John Douglas Thompson's Othello. Both she and her co-star were nominated for Lucille Lortel Awards, with Thompson winning.[5] Rylance next appeared in the Sam Mendes directed 2009-2010 Bridge Project, a joint venture between the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York and The Old Vic in London. Rylance appeared as Rosalind and Miranda, respectively, with her husband appearing across from her as Orlando and Ariel.[3] Rylance was awarded a 2010 Obie Award for her performance as Rosalind.[6]
| Play | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| I am Shakespeare | Mary Sidney | |
| Bash: Latter-Day Plays | Medea | |
| Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | |
| Othello | Desdemona | Nominated - Lucille Lortel Award, Best Featured Actress |
| The Bridge Project: As You Like It | Rosalind | Obie Award |
| The Bridge Project: The Tempest | Miranda |