Jane Slavin
Jane Slavin (born 11 March 1970) is an English actress and novelist.[1] Slavin was the winner of the 1989 BBC Radio Drama Carleton Hobbs Award.
Jane Slavin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 March 1970 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
She has appeared on television in Lewis, Doctors, Peak Practice, Always and Everyone, Coronation Street and the Doctor Who full-cast radio drama The Paradise of Death. Regular in The Bill, Wycliffe, Maigret, Clocking Off, Casualty and Heartbeat.
More recently she has recorded several Big Finish productions of Doctor Who with the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, playing the role of companion Ann Kelso. The stories were released in January 2019.[2]
Her theatre roles include Poopay in Alan Ayckbourn's Communicating Doors at the Savoy Theatre (in London's West End), and All Things Considered (Hampstead Theatre). She was Juliet in Romeo and Juliet in a world tour for the (ESC Dir. Michael Bogdanov) and famously fell off the balcony at the first preview.[3]
Her novel Writing on the Water was published in 2003 by Transworld/Black Swan.[4]
She has been appearing in Coronation Street as Wendy Neeson.
Personal life
Born in Salford, Lancashire, the daughter of two teachers. Her sister is writer Helen Slavin She lives in Hoxton, London with her daughter. She trained at the Grange Arts Centre and the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama.
References
- "Vince and Willie country winners". Toronto Star. 30 September 1993. p. E6. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- "2.07. The Final Phase - Doctor Who - Fourth Doctor Adventures". Big Finish. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- "Juliet Falls For Romeo - 10 Feet Over The Balcony". Orlando Sentinel. 1 October 1993. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- Slavin, Jane (1998). Writing on the water. London: Black Swan. ISBN 978-0552997812. Writing on the Water: Amazon reviews, amazon.com; accessed 17 August 2015.