Juliet Stevenson Biography

Fast Facts

• Awarded CBE honors in 1999 for her contributions to the field of drama
• Named one of several Promising New Actors of 1991 by John Willis' Screen World in 1991
• Earned a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 1992 for her work on "Death and the Maiden"
• Earned the award for Best Actress at the 2009 Crime Thriller Awards for her work in "A Place of Execution"
• Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
• Quote: "Talent can be of enormous value in a career, but without craft, it can go very badly․"
• Quote: "You have to be able to transform․ You cannot just play yourself for 60 or 70 years․ You have got to have a toolbag of skills to enable you to move from one medium to another, from one role to another․"
• Quote: "Accepting things you are not sure you can do is not a very easy way of life, but to stay in this profession, you have to keep making demands on yourself․"
• http://en․wikipedia․org/wiki/Juliet_Stevenson
• Enjoys completing voiceover work, as she has recorded unabridged audio versions of all of Jane Austen's books