Following the huge international success of the BAFTA winning best short film, ‘Do Not Erase’ in which Jeanette magnificently captured the lead role of ‘Annie’ a Bolton housewife who records a video diary for her son fighting in Iraq, Jeanette continues to work for both stage and screen. The BAFTA win took Jeanette to screenings around the world and encounters with a wonderful global audience who truly did take Annie (and Jeanette) to their hearts. A Lancashire Lass born and bred Jeanette has played a rich range of roles for both stage and screen, including a dominatrix, teacher, business executive, doctor, unhinged, and a mum.
TV credits include work for the BBC and T4 and both feature and short film work, including the lead role of Emma in ‘Bad Day’ for Screen Yorkshire. Jeanette has just completed filming in the role of Tegs’s mum on the feature film ‘FIT’ directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Theatre credits include: Julie, UNDER THE SOFA BY TIM PRICE, Gielgud Theatre, directed by Mathew Lloyd. Josie, in ‘Martha Josie and the Chinese Elvis’ at the Soho Theatre: ‘Clash of the Frightened’ with Ken Campbell Liverpool Everyman. Jean, in ‘Skirmishes’ at the Soho Theatre: ‘Maria, in ‘Twelfth Night’ at the A.D.C Theatre Cambridge. Mistress Page in ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ Open-air Shakespeare
Jeanette Rourke
Following the huge international success of the BAFTA winning best short film, ‘Do Not Erase’ in which Jeanette magnificently captured the lead role of ‘Annie’ a Bolton housewife who records a video diary for her son fighting in Iraq, Jeanette continues to work for both stage and screen. The BAFTA win took Jeanette to screenings around the world and encounters with a wonderful global audience who truly did take Annie (and Jeanette) to their hearts. A Lancashire Lass born and bred Jeanette has played a rich range of roles for both stage and screen, including a dominatrix, teacher, business executive, doctor, unhinged, and a mum.
TV credits include work for the BBC and T4 and both feature and short film work, including the lead role of Emma in ‘Bad Day’ for Screen Yorkshire. Jeanette has just completed filming in the role of Tegs’s mum on the feature film ‘FIT’ directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair
Theatre credits include: Julie, UNDER THE SOFA BY TIM PRICE, Gielgud Theatre, directed by Mathew Lloyd. Josie, in ‘Martha Josie and the Chinese Elvis’ at the Soho Theatre: ‘Clash of the Frightened’ with Ken Campbell Liverpool Everyman. Jean, in ‘Skirmishes’ at the Soho Theatre: ‘Maria, in ‘Twelfth Night’ at the A.D.C Theatre Cambridge. Mistress Page in ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ Open-air Shakespeare
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