Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Louise Riseborough is an English actress. Riseborough grew up in Whitley Bay. In reference to The Long Walk To Finchley, she has described her parents as "working class Thatcherites". At an early age, she appeared at the People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, where she appeared in the play Riding England Sidesaddle by Christopher Goulding, playing Celia Fiennes. Riseborough spent her schooldays at the independent school, Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School on Tankerville Terrace in Jesmond. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2005. Her sister Laura studies... acting at the East 15 Acting School. She appeared in the 2010 films Made in Dagenham and Mark Romanek's adaptation of Never Let Me Go. She starred in the US premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell's award-winning The Pride at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in January 2010. The production was directed by Joe Mantello and co-starred Hugh Dancy and Ben Whishaw. She appears in Rowan Joffe's new film adaptation of Brighton Rock. She worked with The Devil's Whore author Peter Flannery in his screenplay based on the life of James Miranda Barry.
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