True Thespian
Stephanie has been a keen actress from an early age landing herself many lead roles in school plays and remembering most of the casts lines aswell as her own..."So many people would forget their lines and I just used to whisper them to the cast whilst on stage when they forgot! Nowadays I can barely remember my own name and I always get nervous when auditioning! I always think I'm never going to remember what I have rehearsed but I always do! Well...Most of the time anyway!"
Stephanie has had minimal training and says that most of her talent comes from her family blood line of other actors/performers..."I never took drama at school as back in those days I had so many bad life situations that acting didn't even cross my mind! Later on though I studied Perfoming Arts at college (Nigel Touch if you're still around...Hi!) and I also went to D&B Theatre School for a short period...I would have loved to have continued with my acting but I guess I have a good enough excuse as to why I didn't that you will discover in my biography one day!"
Recognition
Stephanie has been recognised for appearing on TV a few occasions now which she says can be really embarassing!..."I walked into the loos once when someone recognised me for somthing or another...She was telling everyone whilst I was trying to do my business in the toilet and people began talking to me whilst I was still sitting on the loo!"...Over an amount of years Stephanie has also been recognised from various entertainment jobs and says the worst is when someone says they 'know you' from somewhere but they don't know where...
"I am quite a friendly person and so I'm used to being fairly popular and known by people locally wherever I'm living at that time! When someone says they recognise me from somewhere and I realise it's not from being recognised locally, I wonder where they mean and we usually end up scratching our heads to find the answer! Sometimes it does happen to have been a programme or something else if they have seen me working a recent job and again its quite embarassing discussing things and I end up saying the same sort of stuff to eveyone like action replay at times! It's only because I'm shy though! So now you know!"...Stephanie understands that being recognised even for small things is all part of the job!
Celebrity Status
Stephanie feels it is nice to be recognised as either a friend or for her talent and she hopes that if she ever makes celebrity status one day that the fame won't change her as a person..."I never used to want to be famous! I just wanted to be recognised for my talent yet I have seen so many talented people mess up from this industry that it makes me wonder sometimes why I'm still doing it! Still I think most people would choose fame if they could! The problem that I have though is that I was born with the talent I have and it is very difficult to not be an Artist if one was gifted in that area! It's a bit like having a pair of perfectly good legs and being told that you are no longer able to use them! It could be achieved I guess but I think it would be very foolish to not use what I have been given!"...We all wish Stephanie the best of luck with her future engagements!
The Real Hustle
The Real Hustle is the most recent programme to be televised that Stephanie has appeared in...Televised on many channels including BBC3/Channel 4/Sky etc Stephanie knew before filming for the show that she would be approached by many as even Stephanie said she herself had been previously fooled by the concepts of Reality TV..."I very rarely watch TV but like everyone else, I truly believed that Reality TV was as it said...Reality! I was shocked to find out that in filming (Without giving away the secrets too much!) that not all is as it seems! I knew though that I was chosen as an actress to play a part in this programme and also what would happen before filming, but the producers did leave a little surprise for us all!
Short Changed
"It was funny at the time as I was expecting something a lot worse than what actually happened but the crew wanted to create an element of surprise within the cast too!"...Stephanie has been approached by many who have seen her on the show which was televised at least twice in the last few months over Christmas 2006/2007..."People keep coming up to me thinking that I was tricked in the street and they keep jesting with me! I don't tell them all that I was paid as an actress to appear in the show and I play along with it sometimes! I have told some though as it does get kind of embarassing at times! For instance one guy who works behind the bar of a local nightclub tried to pull a similar trick on me and shortchanged me! I knew he was up to something as he was laughing away and acting strangely! I didn't know what he was doing though until he told me to check my change! He too thought that I had been genuinally had in the street until I explained my job!"
Bollywood Bonanza
Stephanie has recently appeared in Run On Run which is another Bollywood movie pronounced Bhagam Bhag in Indian which was also screened at the cinema over Christamas...Stephanie managed to land a small speaking part and an appearence throughout some of the film as Girl On Train..."I'm in the film quite a bit after being picked out from everyone else to do this shoot. The problem is had I have known the night before that I had such an important part I would never have gone out the night previously! I looked awful! I had lost my nose ring too so I bet there's a huge hole in my nose on the screen as the most important bit I filmed happened to be a close up!"...Stephanie admits to loving her nights out on the town and even though she doesn't smoke or drink that she is still a disco diva!..."As soon as I get into a club and hear the music something happens to my body! I just can't stop moving my legs around and am usually the first and the last on the dancefloor!"
London Namaesty
Stephanie, having got a part in the more recent London Namaesty unfortunatly wasn't able to appear in this blockbuster film due to a recent diagnosis of partial deafness..."Would you believe that I got a part in this film and I didn't hear my alarm on the day!"...Stephanie went on to say that she hadn't realised it was being filmed in Bromley (Kent) at the time..."We all had a meeting point in London as the location is always a secret until we arrive on set for security purposes! I had missed the train to arrive in London on time and knew that my part would already have to be taken by someone else but I would have been easily able to get to Bromley had I have known it was being filmed there as it's minutes from where I used to live!"
Premonition
Stephanie didn't see this one coming! She said she couldn't believe it when she recently went to see Premonition (Starring Sandra Bullock) at the Trocodero in London and there showing in another screen was London Namaesty! "I have never been so gutted! Can you imagine how thrilling it would have been to have asked my friends/family if they would accompany me to the pictures to watch me!"...Stephanie makes sure now that she knows about her deafness to set the alarm tone the loudest it can go!
Taking a short break from filming, Stephanie will be back to a screen near you soon!
Parts
Stephanie has played various roles in different widescreen films, music videos, Stage and TV shows to date including the following...
Robbie Williams She's The One...Oasis Momentum Music...Banzai Channell 4...Big Breakfast Channell 4...Derron Brown Dirty Tricks BBC3...Finders Keepers-...Goal 2 Anna Friel...Bhagam Bhag Widescreen...Cheeni Kum Widescreen...Casino Widescreen...Olly Stage Lead...Dirty Angel Music Video...Locutus Baby Stage Lead...Mack The Knife Widescreen...Food Glorious Food Stage...Mad Hatters Tea Party Childrens Entertainment...Royal Hustle Sky TV...Various Stage Work
Stephanie Qualifies For Equity