Karina Fernandez
Karina Fernandez is a British actress of Spanish descent. She is best known for her performances in two of Mike Leigh's films - Another Year and Happy-Go-Lucky.
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[edit] Career
Fernandez graduated from Drama Centre London [1]
[edit] Theatre
Fernandez began her regular theatre work in 1997, and has since performed in several plays including Shopping and Fucking and Woody Allen's Murder Mysteries. Her Shakespearean work includes Hamlet (as Ophelia), Romeo and Juliet (as Juliet) and Macbeth (as Lady Macduff).[2]
[edit] Television
She has appeared regularly on British television, including appearances in Twenty Twelve, My Family, The Forsythe Saga and Married Single Other.
[edit] Film
Her first major film was the multiple award-winning Happy-Go-Lucky, directed by Mike Leigh, where she played a flamenco teacher with emotional problems from Seville. She gained praise as one of the Top 10 Best Performances of 2008 That You May Not Have Heard About.[3]
She followed this up with a larger role in Another Year, also directed by Leigh. She has talked about her experiences working with Leigh in a Guardian video.[4]
[edit] Voice
Fernandez has narrated two audio books - The Happy Home for Broken Hearts by Rowan Coleman, and Want to Know a Secret? by Sue Moorcroft.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.wholestoryaudiobooks.co.uk/catalogue/artist/narrator/karina_fernandez/965
- ^ http://unitedagents.co.uk/karina-fernandez
- ^ http://www.slashfilm.com/overlooked-the-top-10-best-performances-of-2008-that-you-may-not-have-heard-about/
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/oct/31/mike-leigh-women-another-year
