Cressida Bonas
Cressida Bonas | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cressida Curzon Bonas[1] 18 February 1989 Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom[1] |
| Education | Prior Park College Stowe School |
| Alma mater | Leeds University Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, dancer, model |
| Parent(s) | Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon Jeffrey Bonas |
| Relatives | Isabella Anstruther Gough Calthorpe (sister) Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe (grandfather) |
Cressida Curzon Bonas (born 18 February 1989)[2] is a British actress, dancer and model. She is the youngest daughter of Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon and entrepreneur Jeffrey Bonas and a granddaughter of Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe.
Background
Family
Bonas is the youngest daughter of a British 'It' girl from the 1960s, Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon, and entrepreneur Jeffrey Bonas and granddaughter of Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe.[3] She has seven siblings, George Bonas, Charles Bonas, Henry Bonas, Pandora Cooper-Key and Georgina, Jacobi, and Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe.[4] The Bonas family owned textile mills in Castle Gresley and Burton-on-Trent[5] under the company name, "Bonas Brothers"; it closed operations in the 1980s, having produced, as its final line, elastic for women's tights.[6]
Education
Before graduating from Stowe School, Bonas had a sports scholarship at Prior Park College in the city of Bath, in Somerset. She then went on to study Dance at Leeds University graduating with a 2:1. Bonas continued her training at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Greenwich.
Bonas has played cockney housekeeper Mrs. Swabb in Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus, Miss Julie in the eponymous play, and Laura in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie at school.[7]
Career
Bonas made her first screen appearance in 2009 with a small role in the TV series Trinity. Her theatrical debut came in 2014 at Hay Festival in the play There's a Monster in the Lake. The play was also staged at the Vault Festival in January 2015.[8] In April 2015 she was expected to appear in May 2015 as Laura in the one-woman play, An Evening With Lucian Freud, by Laura-Jane Foley, at the Leicester Square Theatre.[9] In June 2014 Bonas was rumoured to be going to appear in the film Tulip Fever (2015) as Mrs. Steen.[10]
In January 2015, after modelling for British brand Burberry, Bonas was announced to front the 2015 campaign of fashion company Mulberry. Her work for the brand includes a two-minute-long advertisement released in March that co-stars actor Freddie Fox and is directed by Ivana Bobic.[11]
Personal life
Bonas was introduced to Prince Harry by Princess Eugenie in May 2012.[12] She accompanied Harry to an official Royal engagement for the first time in March 2014.[13] On 30 April 2014 it was announced that the couple had parted amicably.[14]
In the media
Bonas was photographed by Mario Testino for Vanity Fair after being included in the magazine's annual "International Best-Dressed List" in 2014.[15] Bonas has been called an "It girl".[16][17]
Selected credits
Theatre
| Year | Play | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | There's a Monster in the Lake | Wolf | Hay Festival | [18] |
| 2015 | There's a Monster in the Lake | Wolf | Vault Festival | [19] |
| 2015 | The Importance of Being Earnest | [20] | ||
| 2015 | An Evening with Lucian Freud | Laura | Leicester Square Theatre | [9] |
Film and television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Trinity | Cheerleader | [21] |
| 2015 | Tulip Fever | Mrs. Steen | [22] |
| 2016 | The Bye Bye Man | Filming |
References
- ^ a b https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV42-R395
- ^ Taus, Tina. "Princess bootcamp? Cressida Bonas, and why the odds are ever in her favour". Global News.
- ^ "12 things you need to know about Cressida Bonas, Prince Harry's new girlfriend". News Australia.
- ^ "Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon: Beautiful debutante". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Tributes paid to Winifred, the musical maestro". Burton Mail.
- ^ Daily Mail, 2 March 2013
- ^ "Everything you ever needed to know about Cressida Bonas". Tatler.
- ^ "Cressida Bonas: There's a Monster in the Lake Review". The Telegraph.
- ^ a b "Starlet Cressie Goes Solo". Daily Mail.
- ^ "Cressida Bonas to make theatrical film debut". The Telegraph.
- ^ Tom Sykes (18 March 2015). "Post-Prince Harry, Cressida Bonas' Career Takes Off". The Daily Beast.
- ^ Eden, Richard; Pearlman, Jonathan (5 October 2013). "Prince Harry set to marry Cressida Bonas, say friends". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ Betts, Hannah (10 March 2014). "Cressida Bonas: perfectly styled to be Prince Harry's princess?". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas in 'amicable split'". BBC News. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ Singh, Anita. "Cressida Bonas poses for Vanity Fair photoshoot". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Cressida Bonas Is A 'Strong Independent Woman' And Mulberry's Spring IT Girl". Marie Claire. 7 April 2015.
- ^ "It girls like Cara Delevingne and Cressida Bonas have got what it takes". The Daily Telegraph. 1 March 2013.
- ^ "Cressida Bonas: There's a Monster in the Lake". Tatler.
- ^ "'I grew up in a household filled with music — not pop but old-school stuff, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong': Cressida Bonas on why performing is her passion". London Evening Standard.
- ^ "Cressida Bonas: Fashion Muse, Partygoer & Hollywood 'It Girl'". People Magazine.
- ^ Nessif, Bruna. "Cressida Bonas' Cheerleading Past: Prince Harry's Girlfriend's Racy Part in U.K. TV Drama Trinity". E Online.
- ^ Ford, Rebecca. "Judi Dench, Matthew Morrison Join 'Tulip Fever'". The Hollywood Reporter.