Tamzin Merchant Biography

Fast Facts

• Became a patron of the charity Build Africa due to her university studies
• Was acting professionally at the age of 17, and got an audition for "Pride and Prejudice" by discovering who the casting director was for the film and calling to ask for one
• Quote: "When people start acting, I think it can be all too easy to let everything else in life begin to fall by the wayside in a way․"
• Her fist passion was writing, and she returned to it with such projects as the short film "Downward Facing․"
• Has acted in a number of period dramas including "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Tudors․"
• Her poems "Where Does Revenge Stop?" and "Ode to a Toilet" have appeared in "Platforms Magazine․"
• Spent spans of her childhood living in Australia, South Africa and Dubai