Denise Stephenson
Actor/ Writer/ Comedian
Denise Stephenson
Trained at LAMDA and LISPA
Based in London
Spotlight: 5905
Agent: sara@coremgmt.co.uk
Denise Stephenson is an actor and writer. She lived for some time in New York City working mostly in Theatre. She has worked across Theatre, Film and TV, recently in Simon Pegg’s SciFi comedy Truth Seekers for Amazon Prime and in Mary Stuart in the West End. In 2011 she retrained in the Lecoq method at LISPA where she discovered clown and bouffon and began to make her own work through writing and improvisation. Her latest solo show Finding Melania uses Bouffon Clowning to explore the truth behind a famous mask. She is interested in making work that has a political aspect which can be delivered through comedy.
Film
FINDING MELANIA
THE SERMON
THE HEIRESS
AMERICA 2.0
SWIMMING WITH MEN
GIRL IN THE GLASS
A NAVIGATION
FERGIE TIME
MEN BUY SEX
KIDS IN LOVE
LIFE THE DREAM
FROM TIME TO TIME
JEAN CHARLES
ST. TRINIANS
ST.TRINIANS 2 FRITONS GOLD
ABOUT A BOY
THE DEAD CAN'T LIE
WHAT RATS WON'T DO
SPICE GIRLS
AN IDEAL HUSBAND
dir. Evie Fehilly, Sarah Calver
dir. Dean Puckett
dir. Chris Bell
dir. Mark Hall
dir. Ollie Parker
dir. Naomi Wright
dir. Phoebe Davies
dir. Alexander Gudmestad
dir. Alice Russell
dir. Chris Foggin
dir. Carlos Nader
dir. Julian Fellows
dir. Henrique Goldman
dir.Ollie Parker
dir. Ollie Parker
dir. Chris & Paul Weitz
dir. Lloyd Fonneville
dir. Alistair Reid
dir. Bob Spiers
dir. Ollie Parker
Television
AMAZON TRUTH SEEKERS 2019 Simon Pegg.
BBC DOCTORS
BBC MY FAMILY
BBC TOUCH & GO
BBC THIS LIFE
BBC OUT OF THE BLUE
BBC WATERFRONT BEAT [series]
Thames THE BILL
Channel 4 THE ART OF REHEARSAL (documentary with Harold Pinter) Picture Frame UNCLE DOUGLAS
Zenith North HEAR THE SILENCE
Carlton BAD BLOOD
Central PEAK PRACTICE
Carlton THIEFTAKERS
LWT SECOND THOUGHTS
ITV PIE IN THE SKY
Oceanic prods BERLIN BREAK
Central Films SARACENS
LWT PIGLET FILES
New World TV TICKET TO RIDE
STV WINNERS AND LOSERS (series)
ABC NOBODY'S PERFECT
Illuminations TV NIGHTWORK
Theatre
Finding Melania
Leave a Message
Duke of York's
Vault Festival
Old Red Lion
N16
Visible Theatre
JW3 London
Kings Head Islington
Old Vic New Voices,
Factory Theatre
Theatre Delicatessen
Theatre 503
Hen and Chickens
Lost Theatre
Gilded Balloon, Ed Fest
Factory Theatre
Waterside Theatre Derry
Paper Tiger Oval House
Paper Tiger Oval House
National Theatre, Studio
Edinburgh Fringe
Riverside Studios
Old Red Lion
Bridewell Theatre
Liverpool Playhouse
Little Theatre, Middlesbrough
Haymarket, Leicester
Edinburgh Festival
Gate Theatre
Manhattan Theatre Club,NYC
Circle Rep, NYC
NYC Hudson Guild
NYC Mirror Rep, NYC
Soho Repertory,
NYC Changing Space,
American Rep Theatre, Boston
Castle Hill Theatre, Mass.
St Louis Rep. St Louis
Huntington Theatre, Boston
2021-2023 TOUR
MING ELLANDAR
MARY STUART
HELPLINE / SOLO SHOW
BEE HAPPY / PENNEY
EXPECTATIONS / BILLIE
THE WARDROBE PROJECT / DAVINA
VALIANT/ VIOLET/MEI/BETTY
CECILIA/ MOLLY
COMMENT IS FREE/ COMPANY
MEASURE FOR MEASURE/ MISTRESS OVERDONE
WELCOME HOME/ ENFORCER
ELEXION/ THE QUEEN
STELLA EUROPA/ MARINE LE PEN
HILARY AND MONICA/ HILARY CLINTON
PENTIMENTO/ROISIN
PERICLES/ CERIMON
CROWS ON THE WIRE/ RUTH
AND THE CROWD WEPT/ R&D
THE POPPY AND THE PLOUGH/ R&D
FROM MORNING TILL MIDNIGHT/R&D
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED
THE WRONG TREE/ CAROLINE
THIS JUST IN/ JANE
AN IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION/ CAROLINE
POPCORN/ FARAH
DANGEROUS OBSESSION/ SALLY
LOW PEOPLE/ NADIR
THE WHITE WHORE AND THE BIT PLAYER
SAVAGE IN LIMBO/ DENISE SAVAGE
BLOODY POETRY/ HARRIET
NO END OF BLAME/ STELLA/TEA LADY/ DOCTOR
THE PHILANTHROPIST/ ARAMINTA
RUFFIAN ON THE STAIR/ JOYCE
THE ACRINGTON PALS/ EVA
THE CIRCLE/ ELIZABETH
CHILDREN OF THE SUN/ LIZA
DRACULA/ LUCY
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA/ CRESSIDA
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL/ LADY TEASLE
THE IMAGINARY INVALID/ TOINETTE
SORE THROATS/ SALLY
PLENTY / DORCAS