Hannah Cowley (actress)

Hannah Cowley (born 5 November 1981) is a British actress and director.

Early life and education

Cowley was born and raised in Islington, London, the great grand-niece of Charles Henry Cowley VC. While studying ballet at the London Studio Centre of Dance, she garnered fame as a child model and filmed over 30 commercials. Cowley attended Prior Weston Primary School before moving to Australia. She graduate from the University of Sydney with Honours I in History, before accepting a place in the PhD program at University of New South Wales.

Career

Dance

Hannah Cowley performed with the London Studio Centre of Dance in the ballets Carousel and Godspell, at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London.

Television

Her television debut was in Neighbours, as Angie Gleason; she went on to film the first season of Merrick and Rosso as Chastity, and appeared with Jimmy Fallon in a 2011 sketch for Universal Studios and the fourth season of Easy to Assemble, created by Illeana Douglas. She also appeared as Cersei Lannister in a 2011 parody of Game of Thrones for G4 (U.S. TV channel).

Modeling

A noted model, Cowley was the face of Napoleon Perdis "Astro Girl" campaign, Air Tahiti Nui, as well as one of the first real models to be used by makeup giant Benefit Cosmetics.

Film

Her onscreen film work includes Get Him to the Greek, Bernard Rose's Two Jacks, Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus, Ghost Soldiers, Haunting of the Innocent,[1][2][3] The Atticus Institute, In The Blood,[4] and Bereave.[5][6]

Directing

Cowley's directorial debut premiered at the SFC Cannes 2008 and was subsequently selected for the St. John's International Women's Film Festival 2008. Flame of the West (2008), which she also wrote, produced, and starred in is distributed in North America by Moviola. Her second film, Mere Image (2010) was selected for the 2010 The Valley Film Festival.[7] She has been an active contributor to literary and cinema magazines since contributing to an edition of Film Courage,[8] after a screening of Mere Image at the Film Courage Interactive.

References
  1. Haunting of the Innocent. IMDb.
  2. Jones, Tamika (8 December 2013). "Indie Spotlight". Daily Dead. (A Q&A with Hannah Cowley from Haunting of the Innocent)
  3. "Haunting of the Innocent (2014)". Culture Crypt.
  4. In the Blood. IMDb.
  5. Bereave. IMDb.
  6. "Interview - Hannah Cowley of Bereave". Little Blog of Horror.
  7. Cowley, Hannah (Director) (2010). Mere Image. The Valley Film Festival.
  8. "Giant Sieve". Film Courage.

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