Mariah Gale Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer and the Ian Charleson Award for "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" in 2005
• Graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2003
• First appeared on stage in the play "Broken" in 2000, followed by a run of plays that launched her career in 2003, including "Stealing Sweets and Punching People" and "The Lost Child․"
• Quote: "I don't come from a theatrical background at all - it's uncharted waters, and therefore really exciting because I've found my own way through․"
• Quote: "With every play that I work on I find that the more I look into the text, the more I fall in love with the character․"
• Quote: "Acting jobs are like relationships․ They are all wonderful in their own way, and it's impossible to compare them․ I've enjoyed every ensemble I've been in․ They seem to have a way of respecting people that are not just good actors, but good people․"
• Best known as a stage actress who played Ophelia in the 2009 BBC adaptation of "Hamlet" and Bep Voskuijl in the 2009 mini-series adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank․"
• Has appeared in several stage productions, including "Proof," "The Tempest," and "Morte D'Arthur․"