Spotlight: GEMMA LAYTON

Gemma can also be seen regularly on the stand up comedy circuit as Mercedes Benson. Mercedes Benson was a semi finalist of the Laughing Horse New Acts Competition 2009 and Funny Women 2010. You can see some footage here: www.youtube.com/user/missmercedesbenson Gemma is also a founder member of comedy sketch group, FunBags, who were shortlisted for the Funny Women Awards 2010. www.funbags-comedy.co.uk

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Stage

Stage, Kath, Legends of The Tube, First Draft Theatre Company/Greenwich Playhouse, Sian Thomas

Stage, Bertha, Hedda Gabler, Wildfire Theatre Company/Barons Court Theatre, Elizabeth Park

Stage, Doris, Absolute Hell, Birmingham Old Rep, Sarah Esdaile

Stage, Serena Merle/Countess Gemini, The Portrait of a Lady, Debut Theatre Company, Elizabeth Park

Stage, Mrs Bouncer, Box & Cox, Union Theatre, Pip Minnithorpe

Stage, Elizabeth, Elizabeth I, BSSD, Birmingham Library Theatre, Paul Milton

Stage, Carminella, La Giara, The ICA, James Hopson

Stage, Storyteller/Quince, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Young Shakespeare Company, Chris Geelan

Stage, B. A Prostitute, A and B, Lion & Union Theatre, James Hopson

Stage, Woman, The Vagina Monologues, The Canal Cafe, Fiona Lussier

Film

2010, Film, Dr Valerie Helsing, Invisible Atomic Monsters from Mars, Gaffa Cake Films, Adrian Pinsent & Tim Hunt

Film, Inspector Fangmeier, Lord of Pain, RockUtainment Films, Daniel Cox

Musical

Musical, Emily Cox , Wallop Mrs Cox, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, John Adams

Commercial

Commercial, Bouncing Secretary, Bright FM, RockUtainment Films, Daniel Cox

Commercial, Client, My Stocks, element e, Alex Feil

Voice Over

Voice Over, Narrator, Extreme Green Guerrillas - Documentary, Saving Planet Earth, the ICA & MOMA, Michiko Nitta

Television

2012, Television, Natasha Wright, Doctors, BBC, Lisa Clarke

Comedy

2012, Comedy, Various, FunBags - the Unusual Suspects, Funbags, FunBags

2011, Comedy, Various, FunBags at the Canal Cafe, Funbags, FunBags with Adam Morley

2010, Comedy, Various, FunBags at the Edinburgh Festival, Funbags, FunBags

DVD

DVD, Various, FunBags, FunBags Comedy, Self Directed

Rehearsed Reading

Rehearsed Reading, Ella Grant, After the Cold, Actors Centre, Samuel Lewis

Short Film

Short Film, Beth Hammond, Future Farm, RCA , Michael Burton

2011, Short Film, Gemma, Grave Reckoning, Gaffa Cake Films, Adrian Pinsent & Tim Hunt

Still Photography

Still Photography, Beth Hammond, Stem, Royal College of Art, Michael Burton

Viral

Viral, "Tea Spitter", Greenpeace "Gas Guzzler", Home, Ben Sedley

Skills:

Accents & Dialects: ( = native)*	American-Standard, Australian, Birmingham, Black Country*, Cockney, French, Liverpool, London, Northern, RP, Scottish-Standard, West Country, Yorkshire
Languages: ( = mother tongue)*	English*, French
Music & Dance: ( = highly skilled)*	Choral Singing, Mezzo*, Period Dancing
Performance:	Audio Drama, Childrens Theatre, Comedy, Compere, Mask, Musical Comedy, Musical Theatre, Repertory, Role Play, Stand-up Comic, Story Telling, Voice Over, Writer/Director - Comedy Fringe
Sports: ( = highly skilled)*	Cycling, Stage Combat, Swimming
Vehicle Licences:	Car Driving Licence
Other Skills:	Computer Literate, Devising, Drama Workshop Leader, Face Painting, Improvisation, Story Telling

GEMMA LAYTON

Spotlight Actresses 2011/2012

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