Emerald O'Hanrahan

Emerald O’Hanrahan is an English actress, best known for playing Emma Grundy in BBC Radio 4's The Archers.[1][2]

Biography

Born and raised in Cambridgeshire, she announced aged 3 to her parents that she wanted to be an actress.[1][2] Educated at St Mary's School, Cambridge,[3] she took part in school and amateur productions, first playing Susan in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at aged 10, Juliet in a tour of Romeo and Juliet around East Anglia, and at the Cambridge Arts Theatre as Miranda in The Tempest.[1][2] After studying for A Levels at the Long Road Sixth Form College, she then undertook a BA in Acting at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School,[4] where she won the Carleton Hobbs Radio Drama Award.[1][2]

On graduation in July 2009, she joined the BBC Radio Drama Company for five months,[1] taking part in more than 40 productions for BBC Radio 3, 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra.[2] These brought her to the attention to the producers of The Archers,[1][5][2] who were looking to recast the role of Emma Grundy in light of actress Felicity Jones's decision to depart.[6]

O’Hanrahan has since taken to the stage in various productions, including Birmingham Repertory Company 2011 double-production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and Tom Stoppard’s Travesties with the same actors taking roles in both plays;[2] as well as supporting roles in various television productions.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Emma Grundy". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Diane Parkes (9 Sep 2011). "Rep is the perfect setting for Emerald O’Hanrahan". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Archers actress visits her old school". ITV Anglia. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Where are they now?". Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Keri Davies (17 July 2011). "The Grundys of Rickyard Cottage". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "The hottest star in Hollywood – who owes it all to Ambridge". The Independent. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

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