Senior Lecturer in Acting
Annelies Lovell (she/her) is an experienced actor, lecturer, and theatre practitioner. She trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and Guildford School of Acting (GSA). She has an MA in Contemporary Performance Practices from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Bio
Annelies has worked extensively as an actor in theatre and on television. Her theatre work includes UK and international tours including Europe, Japan, and Canada. Her television work includes a regular role in Sky 1’s Dream Team, playing opposite Daniel Craig in Kiss and Tell for ITV, as well as numerous guest appearances on television dramas (Casualty, Kavanagh QC). Annelies has worked in commercials and voiceovers (including an Oil of Olay campaign and voicing Rupert the Bear’s girlfriend). She also spent several years working on The Bill as a television art director both at their south London studios and at numerous locations throughout the city.
Annelies has worked in education for over 10 years, she has a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and is an experienced theatre lecturer. She worked on University of Surrey courses and with the University of Portsmouth before joining UCA as a Senior Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Acting course. Annelies is currently leading units including 20th & 21stCentury Theatre, Elizabethan & Jacobean Theatre, and Final Major Project: Practice as Research. She is also a year lead for final year Acting students. She is passionate about making relevant work that speaks to marginalised and underrepresented communities, and in training actors to perform Shakespeare that is accessible for all. Her areas of expertise include social realism, verbatim theatre, and the work of Athol Fugard.