Emma Lowndes(I)
- Actress
Born in Salford in 1975 Emma Lowndes was bitten by the acting bug at
the age of eight when her school class was invited to take part in
Opera North's production of 'Carmen'. Having been head girl at school
and an English graduate from York University she managed to get a place
at RADA thanks to Richard Attenborough, who championed her audition,
and also to another Salfordian, Albert Finney, who helped set up the
Salford Sport and Arts Fund which paid for her three-year course. Since
graduation she has appeared on stage at the Manchester Exchange
Theatre, where her performance in 'The Seagull' saw her nominated for
an Ian Charleson award, and as the lead in 'The Rise and Fall of Little
Voice'. For the Royal Shakespeare Company she was in 'Great
Expectations, 'Therese Raquin' for the National and in the West End
revival of 'Whose Life Is It Anyway?'. In 2009 she reprised her role as
Bella Gregson' from the first series of television costume drama
'Cranford', where one of her many co-stars was Lisa Dillon, the actress
who pipped Emma to winning the Ian Charleson award.
