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| Lamorna Watts | |
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| Born | November 11 Bristol, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Lamorna Watts is an English actress who played Jenny Blackman in the British soap Hollyoaks: Let Loose.[1] and Holly Jones in the Sky1 drama Dream Team.[2]
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Lamorna Watts [3] began a love for the stage at an early age and attended a variety of dancing, singing and acting classes in Bristol and performed in numerous plays throughout her younger years. Her first professional paid theatrical production was as a member of the children’s choir in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at The Bristol Hippodrome.
At the age of 14 Watts was signed to Select Model Management and was shot for numerous magazines such as 19, Mizz, Bliss, Shout, Sugar, and The Face.[4] Whilst studying a BA Honours English Literature degree at the Roehampton University of Surrey, Watts continued modelling fronting numerous global hair brands such as L’Oreal, Aveda and Nicky Clarke as well as performing in a TV Commercial and music videos.
On completion of her degree in 2003 Watts pursued a professional acting career where she worked in various regular TV dramas and commercials.
Watts grew up in Bristol where she started her career early – at 14, she was picked out, from thousands of girls across the United Kingdom, as the face of 1995. She was immediately signed by Select, the model agency that launched the career of Helena Christensen, after being spotted in two model competitions.
Her first TV role was on the popular UK TV show Dream Team,[5] which was shown on Sky1 in the UK.[6]
Watts launched her acting career in Dream Team, where she appeared in 23 episodes as Holly Jones. Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007, that chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional soccer team Harchester United F.C. [7]
She has also played a lead and a supporting role in two upcoming British films, Fallen Angels and Zemanovaload.[8] as well as roles in pop videos for Busted and Delta Goodrem.[9]
Watts went on two further TV series including the BBC1 daytime soap Doctors.[10]
Watts is known for her role in Hollyoaks: Let Loose, where she played the leading role of Jenny Blackman opposite Marcus Patric and Gemma Atkinson. The show was initially broadcast on E4, which is the sister channel of C4. The show was spin-off of the award-winning C4 show Hollyoaks, which was originally devised by the BAFTA-nominated Phil Redmond. The actress appeared in all 13 episodes of the series.
| Persondata | |
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| Name | Watts, Lamorna |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | English actress |
| Date of birth | November 11 |
| Place of birth | Bristol, England |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
Coordinates: 50°03′47″N 5°33′52″W / 50.06295°N 5.56440°W / 50.06295; -5.56440
| Lamorna | |
| Cornish: Nansmornow | |
| 240px Lamorna Cove |
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 Lamorna
Lamorna shown within Cornwall |
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| OS grid reference | SW449234 |
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| Civil parish | St Buryan |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Penzance |
| Postcode district | TR19 |
| Dialling code | 01736 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | St Ives |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Lamorna (Cornish: Nansmornow) is a fishing village and cove in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Penwith peninsula approximately four miles (6 km) south of Penzance.[1]
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Lamorna became popular with artists of the Newlyn School. It is particularly associated with the artist S. J. "Lamorna" Birch who lived there. The colony included Birch, Alfred Munnings, Laura Knight and Harold Knight. This period is dramatised in the novel Summer in February by Jonathan Smith. Lamorna was also the home of the jeweller Ella Naper and her husband, the painter Charles, who built Trewoofe house there.[citation needed]
Lamorna has been immortalised in the song Way Down to Lamorna, about a wayward husband receiving his comeuppance from his wife. The song is beloved of many Cornish singers.[2]
The author Derek Tangye lived in Lamorna where he wrote his famous books "The Minack Chronicles". There is still a piece of land called "Oliver Land" which is only accessible from Lamorna that he left after his death as a wildlife sanctuary.
Lamorna Cove was the title of a poem by W. H. Davies published in 1929.
The name of Lamorna's pub, The Wink, alludes to smuggling, 'the wink' being a signal that contraband could be obtained. The pub is the subject of a novel by Martha Grimes, entitled The Lamorna Wink. The interior contains an important collection of maritime artefacts, including the nameplate of the Destroyer Warspite.
The Lamorna Pottery was founded in 1947 by Christopher James Ludlow (known as Jimmy) and Derek Wilshaw.[citation needed]
The Lamorna Arts Festival was launched in 2009 to celebrate the original Lamorna Colony and today's Lamorna art community.
Lamorna was the village used in the novel The Memory Garden by Rachel Hore.
Lamorna was the location used for the shooting of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 thriller Straw Dogs.
Granite taken from Lamorna cove has been widely used in construction, most notably in the Thames Embankment. Stone from the cove was also used to construct the nearby church of St Buryan, whose 92 foot granite tower is an imposing local landmark often used as a line of sight by fishermen coming into port.[citation needed]
Media related to Lamorna at Wikimedia Commons
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