Holly Howden Gilchrist

About

Holly is an actress from Glasgow. She is a recipient of the Donald Dewar Award for talent in the arts, and the Pauline Knowles Scholarship. She was highly commended for her speaking of Scots verse in the Duncan Macrae Memorial Award, and is an experienced musician – a skilled singer, violinist, guitarist and pianist.

Bio:

Pronouns: She/Her

Height: 5’6″

Playing Age Range: 16-22

Nationality: Scottish

Scholarships Awards: Donald Dewar Arts Award, Pauline Knowles Scholarship, Supernova Legacy Scholarship, NYAT Bursary

Agent: Belinda Wright, C D A

Skills:

Accents: Scottish Standard*, Glasgow*, RP, London, Cockney, American (Standard), American (Southern), American (New York)

Dance: Contemporary, Improvisation

Movement: Lecoq, Mask, Movement Direction, Alexander Technique

Singing: Singer-Songwriter, Mezzo-Soprano, Swing Band

Musical Instruments: Violin (Grade 8)*, Guitar*, Piano, Ukelele, Actor-Muso

Other: Musical Theatre

* Denotes high proficiency or native accent

Work Experience:

Vivienne/Claire, The Cosmonauts Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union, RCS (dir. Emma Baggott)

Suzie, I Swear (Feature Film), Tempo Productions (dir. Kirk Jones)

Amy Gibbs, Murder is Easy (Television), Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited (dir. Meenu Gaur)

Morag, Whisky Galore! (Feature Film), Arrow Films (dir. Gillies MacKinnon)

Viola, Twelfth Night, RCS (dir. Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir)

Nina, The Seagull, RCS (dir. Luvianna McEvoy)

The Woman, The Blazer, the Mother and the Woman in the Moon, RCS Off Kilter Festival (dir. Holly Howden Gilchrist)

Various, Forget-Me-Not, RCS Off Kilter Festival (Group Devised Movement Piece)

Ensemble, Human Installation, Network Theatre Festival, Timisoara Romania (dir. Dianna Katerina)