Spotlight: LESA GILLESPIE

Lesa is a member of "The Mocap Troupe", a company of experienced and emerging Motion/ Performance Capture Artists & Creature Performers. Please visit http://www.shapesinmotion.com/motion-capture-troupe for further details.

Stage Television Film Short Film Further Credits

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Stage

2018, Stage, Jo, Holding the Baby, Theatre 503 - Rapid Write Response: Reared, Shani Erez

2016, Stage, Melanie, OFF THE BLOCK, A WRITER'S RELAY - HEALING POWERS, Reading Between The Lines Theatre Company, Andrew Bone

2015, Stage, Puppeteer, Clementine's Seasonal Spectacular, Mark Mander Productions, Mark Mander

2011, Stage, Tania / Erica, Talking of Michaelangelo, Old Vic New Voices: TS Eliot US/UK Exchange, Oliver Rose

2010, Stage, Puppeteer and Guard, The 9.21 to Shrub Hill, Waxwing Theatre, Ed Bartram

2009, Stage, Kate, P.S. Your Cat is Dead, C21 Theatre Company, Peter Quigley

2009, Stage, Stella Duncan, Twelve Days of Christmas, Longside Productions, Patrick G Hughes

2007, Stage, Yerma, Yerma, Tyrone Guthrie Society, Michael Duke

2007, Stage, Various, How to Disappear, Tyrone Guthrie Society, Anna Newell

2007, Stage, Various, The Vagina Monologues, Siren Productions, Klara Nelson

2006, Stage, Inez, No Exit, Morningside Theatre, Arthur Moss

2006, Stage, Francesca, Darkie, Blue Box Theatre Company, Jenny Long

2006, Stage, Virginia, Oklahoma, Morningside Theatre, Bette Skewis-Arnett

2006, Stage, Matron, Lord Byron's Love Letter, Morningside Theatre, Amber Donner

2006, Stage, Rumplestiltskin, Rumplestiltskin, Morningside Theatre, Bette Skewis-Arnett

2005, Stage, Nurse, The Elves and the Shoemaker, Morningside Theatre, Arthur Moss

Television

2018, Television, Puppeteer, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (Pilot), Blink, Joe Pelling and Becky Sloan

2016, Television, Puppeteer Various, Gerry Anderson's Firestorm, Anderson Entertainment, Steve Begg

2014, Television, Assistant Puppeteer & Various Characters, The Furchester, BBC/Sesame Workshop, Jack Jameson & Helen Scott

2012, Television, Senior Puppeteer, Various Characters, Strange Hill High, BBC / Factory Transmedia Ltd / Freemantle Media, Geoff Walker & Chris Titchmarsh

2011, Television, Ruby/ Big assistant (puppeteer), Big and Small (Series 3), Kindle Entertainment/ Sixteen South, Jack Jameson/Dez McCarthy/Jason Hopley/Helen Scott

2011, Television, Assistant Puppeteer & Various Characters, Pajanimals, The Jim Henson Company / Sixteen South, Jack Jameson / Dez McCarthy

2010, Television, Hilda Hare (puppeteer), Sesame Tree (Series 2), Sixteen South / Sesame Workshop, Dez McCarthy

2010, Television, Dara (puppeteer), Big City Park, Sixteen South / BBC Scotland, Richard Bradley

2009, Television, Tak (puppeteer), Hoppipolla, Flickerpix, John FD Northover

2008, Television, Hilda Hare, Sesame Tree (Series 1) (puppeteer), Sixteen South / Sesame Workshop, Dez McCarthy

Film

2010, Film, Dr Sara Shepherd, Deadville, Independent, Kieran Majury

Short Film

2011, Short Film, Beth, Tuesday 21st, David Salas

2010, Short Film, Kelly, The Deal, The Actors Centre / BBC / Shorthouse, Delyth Thomas

2010, Short Film, Bernie, Grand Mal, Independent, Michael Corish

2009, Short Film, She, Long Haul, Independent, Brian Mulholland

2008, Short Film, Sheila, Carnival Queen, Independent, David McCrea

2008, Short Film, Melody, Either / Or, Independent, Will McConnell

2008, Short Film, Heather, Creature Comfort, Independent, Brian Mulholland

2007, Short Film, Dr Elizabeth Wright, Noir, Independent, Chris Ellis

Further Credits

2017, Commercial, Puppeteer, INTU Christmas Campaign, Blink Ink, Joseph Mann

2017, Voice Over, General ADR, Zoo (Film), Wee Buns/ Ripple World Pictures, Colin McIvor

2017, Music Video, Puppeteer, Cid Rim ASDW Video, LUCKYME, Peter Marsden & Dominic Flannigan

2017, Commercial, Puppeteer, Lysoform, Passion Pictures, Dave Scanlon

2017, Corporate, Outside Broadcaster, Dentsu Aegis Network, Dentsu Aegis Network, Nicola Smith

2016, Still Photography, Various, INTU Spring Promotional Campaign, INTU

2016, Commercial, Puppeteer, INTU Christmas Campaign, Blink Ink, Joseph Mann

2010, Music Video, The Prostitute, Look Into The Eyes Of Chaos - Cursed Sun, Stay Beautiful, Brian Mulholland

2008, Rehearsed Reading, Narrator / Party Piece, Mercury Fur, TwentyFive, Des Kennedy

2008, Music Video, Morrigan, The Morrigan - Darkest Era, Fastville, Alex Devant

2007, Rehearsed Reading, Judith, Subjection to Thought, Tinderbox Theatre Company, Hanna Slattne

Skills:

Accents & Dialects: ( = native)*	American-Midwest, American-Standard, Belfast, Irish RP, Irish-Northern*, Irish-Southern, RP
Music & Dance: ( = highly skilled)*	Aerobics, Alto, Irish Step, Singing (general), Soprano, Ukulele, Zumba
Performance:	ADR-Additional Dialogue Recording, Aerial Hoop, Audio Books, Audio Drama, Autocue trained/experienced, BADC Advanced, Captivate Performance Capture Artist training, Children's Theatre, Compere, Corporate Roleplay, Green Screen/Chroma Key, Meisner Technique, Motion Capture, Outdoor Performances, Physical Theatre, Poetry Reading, Public Speaking, Repertory, Role Play, Street Theatre, Theatre In Education, TV Presenting
Sports: ( = highly skilled)*	Body Combat, Canoe, Horse-riding, Ice Skating, Pole Fitness, Running, Stage Combat, Swimming, Weight Training, Yoga
Vehicle Licences:	Car Driving Licence
Other Skills:	Chess, Computer Literate, Devising, Drama Workshop Leader, Knitting, Pilates, Puppetry, Puppetry-Bunraku, Puppetry-Hand, Puppetry-Marionette Long String, Puppetry-Rod, Stilt Walking, Workshop Leader, Workshop Leader (Puppetry)

Training:

BADC Advanced Stage Combatant, RC Annie 2018

Motion Capture Creatures, Sarah Perry, Shapes in Motion

Captivate Performance Capture Artist Training, Lyndall Grant, Captivate Action

Introduction to Performance Capture & Face Capture and Dialogue, Neil Newbon, The MoCap Academy, Audiomotion Studios

Motion Capture Acting Masterclass, Oliver Hollis, The MoCap Vaults

The Meisner Technique, Scott Williams, The Actor's Centre, London

Voice, Body, Imagination and Text, Focus Theatre, Dublin

Queen's University, Belfast, BA Drama

LESA GILLESPIE

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