Juliet Rylance

Juliet Rylance
Born Juliet van Kampen
26 July 1979
London, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 2003–present
Spouse(s) Christian Camargo
(2008–present)
Website
http://www.julietrylance.com

Juliet Rylance (born Juliet van Kampen; 26 July 1979) is an English actress and producer known for Days and Nights.[1]

Early life

Rylance was born in London. She is the daughter of Claire van Kampen the musical director, director, composer and playwright and Chris van Kampen, an architect. Her stepfather is actor and director Mark Rylance. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2002, with a BA in acting.

Career

Rylance is an Obie Award-winning actress.[2] Her first major role upon leaving RADA was as Medea in Neil LaBute's Bash: Latter-Day Plays at the Union Theatre in London. She then went on to play Perdita in The Winter's Tale and Cressida in Troilus and Cressida at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. She portrayed British writer Mary Sidney in I Am Shakespeare, written by her step-father Mark Rylance and directed by Matthew Warchus at the Chichester Festival Theatre and its UK tour. That same year, along with two of her contemporaries, David Sturzaker and director Tamara Harvey, she started her own production company, Theater of Memory. She 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 in New York City, in Othello, for which she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award.[5] She next appeared in the Sam Mendes-directed Bridge Project, a joint venture between the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn and The Old Vic in London. She appeared as Rosalind and Miranda, respectively, with her husband appearing alongside her as Orlando and Ariel.[3] Rylance was awarded a 2010 Obie Award for her performance as Rosalind.[6]

In 2012, Rylance co-starred in the horror film Sinister.[7] She appeared in and produced Days and Nights, written and directed by her husband.[8][9] The film was a critical and commercial failure.

Personal life

In 2008, Rylance married actor Christian Camargo at New York City Hall. They had met over a decade earlier when he worked with her stepfather at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Sinister Tracy Oswalt
2013 Days and Nights Eva Producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Knick Cornelia Robertson

Stage

Title Role Notes
The Winter's Tale Perdita Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Troilus and Cressida Cressida Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Bash: Latter-Day Plays Medea Trafalgar Studios, London
I Am Shakespeare Mary Sidney Chichester Festival Theatre and UK Tour
Romeo and Juliet Juliet Middle Temple Hall, London
Othello Desdemona Nominated Lucille Lortel Award for Best Featured Actress
As You Like It RosalindBridge Project
Obie Award
The TempestMiranda Bridge Project
Three Sisters Irina Classic Stage Company
The Cherry Orchard Varya Classic Stage Company
Ivanov Sasha Classic Stage Company

References

  1. Matthew Gurewitsch (12 January 2010). "A Bridge of Two: In the Wings with Christian Camargo and Juliet Rylance, Matthew Gurewitsch, Jan. 12, 2010". Beyondcriticism.com. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  2. Internet Movie Database Juliet Van Kampen
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Threesome: Husband, Wife, Shakespeare; Matthew Gurewitsch, New York Times, 5 January 2010
  4. Chilling Glimpses of Nastiness; Charles Spencer, Telegraph.co.uk, 12 January 2007
  5. Lucille Lortel Awards, Lucille Lortel Foundation, Off-Broadway database. "Lucille Lortel Awards 2009". Lortel.org. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  6. 2009-2010 Off-Broaway Season Winners; The Village Voice, 18 May 2010
  7. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922777/
  8. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052482/?refCatId=13
  9. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2359381/

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