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Juliet Rylance (born 26 July 1979) is an OBIE Award-winning British actress.[1]

Personal Life

Rylance was born Juliet van Kampen in Hammersmith, London to Clare van Kampen, a composer and Chris van Kampen, an architect.[2] Her step-father is the British actor and director Mark Rylance.[3] She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2002.

In 2008, she married the American actor Christian Camargo at New York City Hall. She had met Camargo over a decade earlier as he worked with her step-father at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.[4]

Career

Rylance's first major role was portraying the British writer Mary Sidney in her step-father's play I am Shakespeare at the Chichester Festival Theatreand its UK tour. That same year, Rylance and fellow actor David Sturzaker started their own production company, Theater of Memory. Rylance subsequently starred in the Theater of Memory's productions of Romeo and Juliet and Bash: Latter-Day Plays, portraying Juliet and Medea respectively.[5][6]

In 2009, Rylance played Desdemona at the Theater for a New Audience in New York City, opposite John Douglas Thompson's Othello. Both she and her co-star were nominated for Lucille Lortel Awards, with Thompson winning.[7] Rylance next appeared in the Sam Mendes directed 2009-2010 Bridge Project, a joint venture between the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York and The Old Vic in London. Rylance appeared as Rosalind and Miranda, respectively, with her husband appearing across from her as Orlando and Ariel.[8] Rylance was awarded a 2010 OBIE Award for her performance as Rosalind.[9]

Selected Stage Work

Play Role Notes
I am Shakespeare Mary Sidney
Bash: Latter-Day Plays Medea
Romeo and Juliet Juliet
Othello Desdemona Nominated-Lucille Lortel Award, Best Featured Actress
The Bridge Project: As You Like It Rosalind OBIE Award
The Bridge Project: The Tempest Miranda

References

  1. ^ Internet Movie Database Juliet Van Kampen
  2. ^ A Bridge of Two: In the Wings with Christian Camargo and Juliet Rylance, Matthew Gurewitsch, Jan. 12, 2010
  3. ^ Wikipedia Mark Rylance
  4. ^ A Threesome: Husband, Wife, Shakespeare; Matthew Gurewitsch, New York Times, January 5, 2010
  5. ^ A Threesome: Husband, Wife, Shakespeare; Matthew Gurewitsch, New York Times, January 5, 2010
  6. ^ Chilling Glimpses of Nastiness; Charles Spencer, Telegraph.co.uk, January 12, 2007
  7. ^ Lucille Lortel Awards 2009
  8. ^ A Threesome: Husband, Wife, Shakespeare; Matthew Gurewitsch, New York Times, January 5, 2010
  9. ^ 2009-2010 Off-Broaway Season Winners; The Village Voice, May 18, 2010