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VERA CHOK

Spotlight Actresses 2011/2012

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MRS JORDAN ASSOCIATES
Communications House, 26 York Street, London W1U 6PZ
Phone: 020-3151 0710
Mobile: 07733 883328
E-mail: casting@mrsjordan.co.uk
WWW: www.mrsjordan.co.uk
Phone: 0161-401 0710
E-mail: info@mrsjordan.co.uk
Location:London
Height:5'3" (160cm)
Weight:7st. 7lb. (48kg)
Playing Age:16 - 30 years
Role Types:Chinese, Filipino/Malay/Thai, Oriental
Eye Colour:Black
Hair Colour:Black
Hair Length:Long
Equity

Credits:

Vera recently starred as LILA in The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Phillip Pullman at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. November 26th 2011- January 7th 2012. "As Lila, the daughter of the title, Vera Chok gives a poignant performance of an adolescent woman resisting the protective influence of her father." - The Stage.

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Stage
2011, Stage, Lila, The Firework-Maker's Daughter, Theatre by the Lake, Stefan Escreet
2011, Stage, Ensemble, The boy the forest and the desert, Arcola, Aleksi Barriere
2011, Stage, Wallace Shawn's The Fever, Brighton Fringe, saltpeter, Gary Merry
2011, Stage, Nadia, Talking in Bed, Theatre 503, Cecily Boys
2010, Stage, Ygraine, The Death of Tintagel, saltpeter , Vik Sivalingam
2010, Stage, Yelena, Uncle Vanya, Sturdy Beggars, Vik Sivalingam
2010, Stage, Fanny, Mansfield Park & Ride, Eastern Angles , Ivan Cutting
2010, Stage, Adjoa, The Big Win (Rehearsed Reading), Tara Arts, Jatinder Verma
2009, Stage, The Green Lady, Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (UK Tour), New Perspectives, Daniel Buckroyd
2008, Stage, Shirley, Jingo, Finborough/Primavera , Tom Littler
2008, Stage, Bunny Girl, This Isn't Romance (Rehearsed Reading), Soho Theatre, Lisa Goldman
2008, Stage, Liang Ming, A Girl Named Shining Brightly (Rehearsed Reading), Yellow Earth/Soho Theatre, Jonathan Man
2008, Stage, Various, Edinburgh Fringe (Rehearsed Reading), Tara Arts, Mukul Ahmed
2007, Stage, Samina, When The Lights Went Out, Tara Arts (UK tour), Vik Sivalingam
2000, Stage, Time, The Winter's Tale, Thelma Holt/OUDS Japan Tour, Peter Harness
Television
2010, Television, Spittlelick, Hacket Hill (Pilot), Drowning Bee Productions, Dominic St Clair
2009, Television, Sarah , Future Perfect (Pilot), Vertigo Heights, TS Ukpo
Workshop
2011, Workshop, Commedia dell' Arte, National Theatre, Didi Hopkins
2011, Workshop, Eccentric Dance, saltpeter, Barry Grantham
2011, Workshop, Clown Masterclass, Spymonkey, Aitor Basauri
2010, Workshop, Comedy of Errors, Told by an Idiot, Paul Hunter
2010, Workshop, Grotowski & M.Chekhov, The Bones Theatre, Krystian Godlewski
2009, Workshop, Acting for Screen, BBC/Actors Centre, Sue Dunderdale
2009, Workshop, The Shared Experience Process, Nancy Meckler, Polly Teale
2009, Workshop, Introduction to Butoh, Fran Barbe
2008, Workshop, Clown and Comedy, Mick Barnfather
2008, Workshop, Physicality , Frantic Assembly, Neil Bettles
Film
2011, Film, Candace, Random 11, VertigoHeights, TS Ukpo
2010, Film, Mrs Watson, Ferriby Towers, BBC/Shorthouse, Sue Dunderdale
2009, Film, Pack Leader, Sniff, Beat24, Ben Hyland
2007, Film, Dancer, Son, Sister Films, Daniel Mulloy
2007, Film, Athlete, The Games (Audience Award, East End Film Festival 2008), Optimistic Productions, Hilary Powell
2007, Film, Lily, Heartless , London Film School, Sasha Collington
Commercial
2011, Commercial, Featured Artist, C4 World Athletics, Channel 4, Phillip Lind
2011, Commercial, Office worker, Silvikrin, Biscuit, Clare Price
2008, Commercial, Hospital Staff, HCA Hospitals - Cleanliness, HCL Wallace, Adrian Macfarlane

Skills:

Accents & Dialects:
(* = native)
American-Southern States, American-Standard, Chinese*, Malay*, RP*
Languages:
(* = mother tongue)
English*, Malay
Music & Dance:
(* = highly skilled)
Mezzo-Soprano*, Piano*
Performance:Autocue, Comedy, Live Roleplay, Physical Theatre
Sports:
(* = highly skilled)
Badminton*, Kayak, Swimming*
Vehicle Licences:Car Driving Licence
Other Skills:Computer Literate, Drama Workshop Leader, Improvisation, Painting, Puppetry, Story Telling

Training:

The Poor School

Further training at Ecole Phillipe Gaulier in Paris

University of Oxford, MA Archaeology and Anthropology

Notes:

Vera has a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology from Oxford and trained at The Poor School.