Emily Bruni
Emily Bruni | |
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| Born | Emily Bruni 1975 (age 48–49) |
| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Matt Wilkinson |
| Children | 1 |
Emily Bruni (born 5 April 1975 in Exeter, Devon)[citation needed] is an English actress. Bruni has worked extensively in theatre, TV and film playing leading roles across all genres. Bruni’s recent credits include playing the sniper Shooter in Martin Campbell’s action picture Dirty Angels,[1] Slow Horses for Apple, and the one-woman play Psychodrama.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Born to an English mother and Italian father Bruni was raised in the UK but spent part of her childhood living in Italy. She is bilingual. Bruni lives in London and is married to the British playwright and director Matt Wilkinson. They have one son. Bruni is a long term meditator and yoga practitioner and has taught both practices under the moniker Emily Valente. Her other passions include food, dance and travel.[3]
Education
[edit]Bruni attended St Peter's High School, Exeter, Exeter Sixth Form College, National Youth Theatre and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Career
[edit]In theatre, Bruni spent three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company, at which roles included Esmeralda in Camino Real, directed by Steven Pimlott.[4] Bruni starred as Jean Rhys in The Shared Experience production After Mrs Rochester, which opened the New Sydney Theatre.[5] She played Lady India in Ring Round The Moon (Playhouse Theatre), choreographed by Wayne McGregor.[6] In 2013 she played Claire in Yes, Prime Minister (Trafalgar Studios) written and directed by Jonathan Lynn.[7]
In 2015, Bruni appeared in Donkey Heart and the one-woman play Before You Were Born, both by Moses Raine and both directed by Nina Raine at the Trafalgar Studios. In 2016, she starred in the Steven Berkoff double bill Lunch and The Bow of Ulysses (Trafalgar Studios), directed by Nigel Harman.[8] in 2016 Bruni played Goneril in King Lear (Globe) directed by Nancy Meckler.
Bruni played the iconic role of Debbie / Deborah in Laurence Boswell's production of the Donald Margulies play The Model Apartment at the Bath Ustinov theatre.[9]
In 2021 Bruni played Actress in Psychodrama,[10] a one-woman play about an actress under investigation for the murder of an auteur theatre director, while rehearsing a production of Hitchcock's Psycho. Staged in a found space in London, it transferred in 2022 to the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. The play was written and directed by Matt Wilkinson and produced by Pádraig Cusack. Bruni was nominated for an Offie award for Best Actress.[11]
On film, Bruni played Tanya in the ITV drama Metropolis by Peter Morgan. She starred alongside Rik Mayall in the sitcom Believe Nothing as Dr. Hannah Awkward (a professor of pedantics). The series was written by Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks. In 2002 she appeared alongside Bill Nighy in the return of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In 2004 she played Alice in Passer By by Tony Marchant, directed by David Morrissey.
Bruni portrayed the Empress Catherine the Great in the 2005 television drama Catherine the Great. From 2009 to 2012 she played Gail, the girlfriend of Jeremy's love interest, in Series 6, 7 and 8 of Channel 4's hit comedy Peep Show.
The film Psychodrama is currently in development with writer and director Matt Wilkinson and producers Ben Pullen and Pádraig Cusack.
Bruni is a regular contributor to Radio 4 Drama.
References
[edit]- ^ "Table 2: IMDB results". doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.252/table-2.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Fisher, Mark (8 August 2022). "Psychodrama review – Hitchcock thriller prompts tale of acting and abuse". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Emily Bruni | Actress". IMDb. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "The Discovery: Beautiful Tennessee - Michael Billington on the joy of Williams's 'lost' play, revived by the RSC". The Guardian (London, England): 7. 1 March 1997.
- ^ "After Mrs Rochester". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Jays, David (17 June 2024). "Ring Round the Moon, Playhouse". The Times. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Trickett, Genni (22 June 2012). "Yes, Prime Minister Review Trafalgar Studios". Last Minute Theatre Tickets. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Hitchings, Henry (11 October 2016). "Lunch & The Bow of Ulysses: Vivid language in this Berkoff double-bill". Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Brennan, Clare (9 December 2018). "The Model Apartment review – outrageously funny and breathtakingly horrifying". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Psychodrama". Traverse Theatre. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "2022 Finalists & Nominations". The Offies. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Emily Bruni at IMDb
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