Overview
Fiona Ramsay, is a South African actress, voice over artist, MC and speaker. Ramsay is best known for the roles in the television serials such as; Black Sails, Hard Copy, Heartlines and Scandal!. Apart from that, she is also a vocal consultant, dialogue coach and motivational speaker on Communication Skills and Development.
Personal life
Ramsay was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She went to St Mary's school. She graduated from the University of Cape Town (UCT). She is also a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Career
After graduated from UCT, she founded the Troupe Theatre Company. Through the company, she involved in many theatre productions across the country such as: East, Total Eclipse, Metamorphisis and Threepenny Opera, Lifex3, Decadence and Talking Heads. Then she performed in the plays Going To St Ives, The Real Thing, Summit Conference, The Book Club, My Brilliant Divorce, Ladies & Gentleman and Shakespeare and Honour. In 2005, she directed the tribute play Barney's Women to commemorate the former Artistic Director and founder of the Market Theatre. Then in 2006, she directed the theatre musical play Gugu Mzimba - The Spirit of Gerard Sekoto which received critics acclaim.
Later she received the Durban award for Best Director for her stage play Nunsense. Meanwhile, she moved to United Kingdom and performed in the plays such as: Arcadia produced by Tom Stoppard for the Royal National Theatre with the role "Lady Croom & Hannah" and then played the role "Lady Macbeth" in the Shakespearean play Macbeth. During this period, she got the opportunity to appear in UK television, where she played the role of "villain" in the serial Supply And Demand, as "a teacher" in Element Of Doubt and as a "tough magistrate" in The Bill.
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