Kya Garwood

Kya Garwood is an Actor born in Yorkshire, England. From the age of 8 years, she started in tap and ballet at her local village hall. As well as danced as a catwalk model for major designers in hair and fashion houses in the UK. At the age of 18 moved to London and trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School and went on to enroll at Kensington & Chelsea College for Performance Arts. As an unorthodox actor Kya chose to hone in her craft skills working on features as a film Stand-In and double, which taught technical aspects rather than just performance. Her stage work includes playing a townsfolk in Stephen Daldry's West End production of An Inspector Calls which she also went on to do part of the UK tour. Played the lead in Frederick Stroppel's production of Package Deal at The Cockpit and most recently during the SAG strike went back on stage at the Omnibus Theatre London, in a one off play The Other Yarns. Her earlier TV appearance includes: Dream Team and Footballers Wives,[Sky] Dead Ringers and Holby [BBC]. Her film feature credits include; Paddington 2 and The Marvels, with lead credits in her first short film LUCY which had its world premiere at the 28th Edition Brussels Short Film Festival, in which the film was officially selected. Kya is now a multi award winner for her powerful performance in the short film gaining recognition from around the world.