Gillian Hanna
| Gillian Hanna | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ireland |
| Occupation | Actress |
Gillian Hanna is an Irish stage, film, TV and voice actor. She founded the feminist Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company about which she wrote a book that was published in 1991.
Early life
Hanna graduated with a First Class degree in Modern Languages from Trinity College, Dublin. She went on to work as an actor as well as a translator.[1][2]
Career
In 1975, Hanna founded the feminist Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company. Hanna worked with the company for fifteen years.[3][4] She later published a book about the company, Monstrous Regiment: A Collective Celebration.[5][6][7][8] An essay of hers, "An Age Of Innocence", was published in the collection Trinity Tales: Trinity College In The Sixties.[9] She has extensive credits on stage as well as on TV and film.[10]
Hanna also had a bit part playing the very fragile and somewhat 'delicate' typist teacher Mrs Gossage in the sixth series of Grange Hill (1983).
Books
- Monstrous Regiment: A Collective Celebration, London: Nick Hern Books, (1991)
- Feminism and Theatre: Gillian Hanna, Department of Theatre, Dartington College of Arts, 1978
Filmography
- Full House 1973
- Grange Hill 1983 - Role: Mrs. Gossage
- The Fear 1988 - Role: Mrs. Broderick
- Creatures Great and Small 1988 - Role: Betty Sanders
- The Witch of Willoughby Chase, directed by Stuart Orme 1989
- Making News 1990 - Role: Mrs. Gurney
- EastEnders 1991 - Role: Mrs. Desmond
- All Good Things 1991
- The House of Bernarda Alba 1991 - Role: Maid
- Poirot 1993 - Role: Margaret Baker
- 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight 1993 - Role: Margaret Knight
- Desmond's 1993 - Role: Pamela
- Screenplay 1993 - Role: Eileen
- The Marshal 1993 - Role: Maria Pia
- Drop the Dead Donkey 1994 - Role: Mrs. Babcock
- Casualty 1995 ; 2007 - Role: Sal Rhodes / Mrs. Mohan
- Brookside 1995 - Role: Brenna Jordache
- The Heart Surgeon 1997 - Role: Margot
- Dangerfield 1997 - Role: Julie Hanson
- Les Misérables, directed by Bille August 1998
- Weirdsister College 2001 - Role: Josie Foster
- All the Queen's Men, directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky 2001
- The Heart of Me, directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan 2003
- Oliver Twist, directed by Roman Polanski 2005
- The Kindness of Strangers, directed by Tony Smith 2006
- Doctors 2006 - Role: Pat Bishop
- Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy 2006 - Role: Swift
- Inspector Gently 2008 - Role: Mabs Hardyment
- Mist: Sheepdog Tales in 2007-2009 - Role: Swift
- Married Single Other 2010 - Role: Mrs. Kelly
- Mr. Nice, directed by Bernard Rose 2010
- Strike Back 2011 - Role: Joanna Heath
- Genius 2016 - Role: Julia Wolfe
References
- ↑ Gaetana Marrone; Paolo Puppa (26 December 2006), Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies, Taylor & Francis, pp. 741–, ISBN 978-1-135-45529-3
- ↑ Tony Mitchell (8 January 2014), Dario Fo: People's Court Jester, A&C Black, pp. 494–, ISBN 978-1-4081-4863-1
- ↑ Herta Schmid; Aloysius Van Kesteren (1 January 1985), Semiotics of Drama and Theatre: New Perspectives in the Theory of Drama and Theatre, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 463–, ISBN 978-90-272-7967-5
- ↑ Sandra Richards (18 June 1993), Rise of the English Actress, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 254–, ISBN 978-1-349-09930-6
- ↑ Elaine Aston; Elin Diamond (10 December 2009), The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill, Cambridge University Press, pp. 16–, ISBN 978-0-521-49322-2
- ↑ Lizbeth Goodman (2 September 2003), Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own, Routledge, pp. 267–, ISBN 978-1-134-90696-3
- ↑ Marianne Novy (1993), Cross-cultural Performances: Differences in Women's Re-visions of Shakespeare, University of Illinois Press, pp. 225–, ISBN 978-0-252-06323-7
- ↑ Awam Amkpa (1 June 2004), Theatre and Postcolonial Desires, Routledge, pp. 198–, ISBN 978-1-134-38133-3
- ↑ "Biography of Gillian Hanna". The Playwrights Database.
- ↑ Lynda Hart; Peggy Phelan (1993), Acting Out: Feminist Performances, University of Michigan Press, pp. 174–, ISBN 0-472-06479-7