| Sian Brooke | |
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| Born | 1980 (age 31–32) Lichfield, Staffordshire, England |
| Other names | Siân Brooke |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Sian Brooke (born Sian Phillips in Lichfield in 1980) is an English actress, known for portraying Laura in All About George and Lori in Cape Wrath.
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Brooke is from Lichfield and is the youngest of three siblings.[1] She is of Welsh descent.[2] She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre and trained at RADA, graduating in 2002.[1]
Brooke's real surname is Phillips. She took her stage name to avoid confusion with actress Siân Phillips, choosing Brooke after an English Civil War general who served at Lichfield, her home town.[3]
Brooke's television credits include A Touch of Frost, Hotel Babylon, Foyle's War and The Fixer. As a child, she was featured in Strangers in Utah with Adrian Dunbar and Phyllida Law. She also played the lead roles of Laura in All About George and Lori Marcuse in Cape Wrath.
Brooke has lent her voice to the radio dramas Murder on the Homefront, A Pin to See the Peepshow and Dreaming in Africa.[4]
Brooke's theatre work includes Harvest, Dying City, Dido Queen of Carthage, In The Club, The Birthday Party and Absolutely Perhaps. She has also appeared in productions of Poor Beck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet, with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[4] From July to August 2008, Brooke played Dorothy Gale in the musical The Wizard of Oz at the Southbank Centre. The production was directed by Jude Kelly.[1]