Welcome to Philippa Hammond’s Actor website
Actor * Voice Actor * Presenter *Equity Member * Spotlight * Trainer * Roleplayer
I’m an actor, voice actor and presenter/trainer with wide performing experience, especially in live theatre and audio drama.
I’d be pleased to discuss professional acting roles for stage, screen and audio, and corporate / business event opportunities.
Location Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, UK
My statistics
Sex Female
Playing age 45-55
Height 5’8 / 171
Size / build 14-16 / medium
Hair Long, Brown, Curly
Eyes Green
Skintone White
Nationality British Citizen [Right of Abode]
Voice Accent Standard British RP English
Voice Type Warm, Authoritative, Assured, Melodious
Skills
Drama Classic, Contemporary, Shakespeare, Comedy
Film & TV Feature, Independent, Short, Student
Audio Radio, Voiceover, Online, Narration
Other performance skills Sight Reading, Script-In-Hand Performance, Storytelling
Commercials
Dance Social Ballroom
Business Hosting, Workshops, Training, Facilitation, Corporate Roleplay
Strengths
Voice/projection: “superbly-voiced”; strong vocal clarity and projection
Control: “understated and impressively controlled”
Characterisation: able to move convincingly through psychological changes
Comic ability: exuberance, timing, physical/comic energy
Naturalism: particularly praised in Protect and Survive
Command of the stage: described as someone who “finds all eyes on her.”
Versatility: especially evident in Glimpse, Comedy of Errors, Protect and Survive and Henry V
Emotional range: demonstrated in the Glimpse reviews and the more dramatic roles
Restraint: a notable strength in the Glimpse reviews
Roles / types
The kind of roles I often play:
The Princess of Verona – Romeo and Juliet
Juliet’s Nurse – Romeo and Juliet
Mary Wollstonecraft – the mother of feminism
Hypatia of Alexandria – 5th century philosopher, mathematician and teacher
The Abbess Aemilia – The Comedy of Errors
Senator Hirola – SF independent feature in pre-production
Psychiatrist
Theatre Director
The Devil
Gallery [WIP]