Rosalind Ayres numerous film roles include “Lady Lucille Duff Gordon“ in James Cameron‘s multi-Oscar-winning “Titanic“ and ‘Elsa Lanchester‘ in the Oscar-winning “Gods and Monsters“. She starred in the Cannes Film Festival award-winning “Beautiful People“ and in “Christmas in the Clouds“. Recently she filmed in Tanzania, E. Africa for a BBC film series “Taking the Flak“, with her actor/director husband Martin Jarvis. Her many screen appearances in Britain include: A recently completed leading role in the new hit series “Outnumbered“, roles with a distinctly medical theme in popular UK series, “Doctors“ “The Royal“, “Holby City“, “Heartbeaf“ and “Casualty“.
She was a series regular in “Trevor‘s World of Sport“ and highly suspicious in “Midsomer Murders“. In America: “Just Shoot Me“, “Chicago Hope“, “Profiler“, “A Face to Die For“, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch“, “Country Matters“. In the West End she played ‘Calpurinia‘ in “I Claudius“, ‘Lena‘ in Michael Frayn‘s “Exchange“, and ‚Jacqui‘ in the première of his play “Now You Know“ at Hampstead. Her second job in the theatre was appearing in Peter Brook‘s legendary production of “A Midsummer Night‘s Dream“ on Broadway.
Her numerous BBC radio performances include starring roles in “Pack of Lies“, “A Small Family Business“, “Make and Break“, “Antony and Cleopatra“. She has also directed many award-winning dramas for BBC, including the broadcast première of David Mamet‘s “Glengarry Glen Ross“ and the world première of his play “Keep Your Pantheon“. She is thrilled to be working on this movie with her old friends Jeff Hixon and the director Florian Steinbiss. |