Agent: Jo Hole Associates
General enquiries: 07889 534833 / [email protected]
Lanna Joffrey
Lanna Joffrey is an Iranian actor/writer/spoken word performer born in Tehran, who has studied and worked extensively to critical acclaim in the UK and US. She has performed at Shakespeare’s Globe, The Gate, The Roundhouse, Hoxton Hall, Willow Globe, The Albany, The Old Globe, Playwrights Horizons, The Public and many other venues & festivals. She has received awards for her performance in the plays: Valiant, 1001 and solo play, Nine Parts of Desire. Valiant is also her verbatim play of women’s war stories that has received 5 star reviews in Edinburgh, New York City and London. valianttruth.wixsite.com/storiesofstrength/about She holds a Masters in Acting from Royal Central School of Speech & Drama with Distinction and a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Acting from Syracuse University. She is a member of The Factory and Barefoot Theatre Company.
| Languages: | English, Persian, Spanish |
| Bases: | London, Los Angeles |
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| Various in THE TIME OF OUR LIES Ché Walker/Park Theatre |
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| Helena/Meg/Mrs. White in THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON Giovanna Sardelli/The Old Globe Theatre |
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| Fariba/Nana/Doctor in A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Carey Perloff/Old Globe Th/Seattle Rep/American Conservatory Theatre |
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| Demi/Lorna in CAUSE Lucy Jane Atkinson/VAULT Festival |
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| Afsi in OF THINGS UNSAID Laura Kressly/Little Pieces of Gold at Southwark Playhouse |
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| Ajax/Prologue in TROYLUS AND CRESSIDA Madeleine Kate Hyland/The Factory at Willow Globe |
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| Carmen in THE PROFANE Kip Fagan/Playwrights Horizons |
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| Mara in THE SOULLESS ONES Anna Soderblom & Oscar Blustin/Hammer House of Horror Live |
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| Ahlem/Tyra in I CALL MY BROTHERS Tinuke Craig/The Gate Theatre |
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| Mrs. Darby in IRONMISTRESS Katie-Ann McDonough/The Albany |
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| Sonneteer in SONNET WALKS Federay Holmes/The Globe Theatre |
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| Lucius in TIMON OF ATHENS Alex Hassell & Louis Scheeder/The Factory at Willow Globe |
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| Sara/Dominie/Karla/Nazifa in VALIANT Allie Renzetti/Women and War Festival |
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| Sara/Dominie/Karla/Nazifa in VALIANT Allie Renzetti/JW3 & WOW Festival |
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| Francisca in MEASURE FOR MEASURE Louis Scheeder/The Factory |
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| Assistant Archivist in MUSE OF FIRE Harper Ray/The Globe Theatre |
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| Hippolyta & Doctor in THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN David Cottis/Instant Classics |
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| Sara/Mei/Karla/Nazifa in VALIANT Alexandra Renzetti/Edinburgh International Theatre Festival |
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| Mrs. Welsh in BLUE STOCKINGS Sarah Davey-Hull/Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
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| Lucy/Alia in IN THE DETAILS, MCARABIA & THE PROJECT Katie-Ann McDonough, Lotte Johnson & Kate Elmer/Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
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| Jo/Majestique/Liu Xa in RAIN, TRANSFERENCE & AND THEN I FLOAT Matthew Ashforde, Milla Jackson & Gabe Manthorpe/Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
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| Sherry in THE COMMUNE BY REBECCA LENKIEWICZ Martin Wylde/Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
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| Margaret in RICHARD III--BORN WITH TEETH Ron Russell/Epic Theatre Ensemble |
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| Gertrude in HAMLET RE-MIX Melissa Friedman/Epic Theatre Ensemble |
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| Woman 2 in VALIANT Tamilla Woodard/InterAct Theatre Company |
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| Courtesan in COMEDY OF ERRORS Carolyn Howarth & Daniel Stein/Colorado Shakespeare Festival |
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| Mariana/M.Overdone in MEASURE FOR MEASURE Michelle Hensley/The Public Theater |
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| Siavash in OVERRULED Shirin Neshat & Shoja Azari/Performa |
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| Anna in THE INSPECTOR GENERAL Efim Zvenyatsky/Colorado Shakespeare Festival |
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| Transito Soto in THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS Jose Zayas/Denver Center |
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| Calpurnia/Nerissa in SAD AND MERRY MADNESS Barry Edelstein/The Public Theater |
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| One-Woman Show in NINE PARTS OF DESIRE Carmel O’Reilly/Lyric Stage Company/Kitchen Theatre |
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| Dahna/Scheherazade in 1001 Ethan McSweeny/Denver Center |
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| Alcyone/Pomona/Q in METAMORPHOSES Maggie Mancinelli-Carter/Capital Repertory Theatre |
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| Calm in TALK LIKE RAIN Karen Finley/The Flea Theater |
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| Woman 2 in VALIANT Tamilla Woodard/NY International Fringe Festival |