Teresa Jennings trained at University of Surrey (BA Hons II.i; French and Drama) and took her diploma in acting at Richmond Drama School, where she won the Most Promising Actor award.

Teresa is a versatile singer, whose work ranges from Vesta Tilley in Dilly Dally Company's Marie Lloyd and Vesta Tilley to cabaret revue and jazz gigs.

Height: 5'2" (157cm)

Hair colour: Light/Mid Brown

Eye colour: Grey

Playing age: 41-45

Photo by Michael Johnson

Accents & Dialects: American-Southern States, Australian, Belfast, Central, Cockney, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, East European, French, Galway, Italian, Kerry, New York, Northern Irish, Southern Irish, Standard American, Standard Welsh
Languages: French and Gaelic
Music & Dance: Alto, Blues, Flute, Folk Singing, Irish Step, Jazz Singing, Soprano
Performance: After Dinner Speaker, Comedy, Stand-up Comic
Sports: Aerobics, Skiing
Other Skills: Computer Literate, Impersonation, Journalist, Narration, Registered General Nurse, Translator

She is an active member of the Isleworth Actors Company and has played a wide range of Shakespearean and other classical roles including Joan of Arc and Kate Hardcastle.

Agent: Tennyson Agency
10 Cleveland Avenue
Merton Park, London SW20 9EW
Phone: 020 8543 5939
Email: agency@tennysonagency.co.uk

• Vesta Tilley in Dilly Dally Company's Marie Lloyd and Vesta Tilley
• The Spot, Covent Garden (Cabaret)
• Soloist in From the Sacred to the Profane (Richmond Professional Actors)
• Hilton Hotel, Bath (Cabaret)
• Canal Café Theatre (Revue)
• Brasserie les Sans Coulottes (Revue)
• Tatty Bogles Jazz (Soloist)

Corporate Video for HBSC and BVS
Public speaking (2nd prize National Toastmasters' Contest)
Role play for St Bartholomew's Hospital, St George's Hospital and the College of Law

Teresa Jennings is a long-standing member of awl and has taken part in many readings. Recent acting roles include:

• Waitress in Tea Time by Michael Johnson
• Gran in It's Your Turn To Move by Elizabeth Gamberoni
• Breda in A One Way Ticket to Palookaville by Anthony Murphy
• Elizabeth Darquenne in My Loyalty Lies... by Robin Marchal
• Jane Knollys in Do You Like Being an Aunt? by Kate Glover
• Miss Broody and Doreen Snoggins in England's Hall by Michael Johnson
• Kirsty in Church Outing by Howard Hale
• Lind in Knickers by Max India
• Father Tracy in Bulldog by Brian Marshall
• Sergeant Verena Littlejohn in But No Chicks for Free by Gareth Pilkington
• Judy in Mr Punch by Peter Sutton
• Prudence Somerskill in Turn of the Century by James Sherriffs
• Adrienne Henderson in The Applicants by Elizabeth Gamberoni
• Mary in A Bleeding Miracle by Melissa Docker
• Spirit Child in The Last Scene from the Scottish Play by Melissa Docker
• Mother in Nacked by Paddy Gormley

Teresa performed her own one-woman show, No One Has Ever Complained Before, at awl in June 2006, in preparation for her run at the Edinburgh Festival.

She has also written a number of sketches for competition nights, includng:

• Michelle Ma Belle
• The Car Painter's Son (first prize An Unexpected Visitor competition, 2007)
• Nodding Acquaintances (co-written with Michael Johnson)
• Saving Face
• On the Tiles (Few Tiile and Furtile) (Summer 2005 Competition Winner)
• Talk About a Boules Up
• Takes the Biscuit
• Dear Aunt Elizabeth (runner-up in the 'Twas the Night before Christmas competition, 2002)
• Eskimos Do It through a Hole in the Snow
• Animal Crackers in My Soap (co-written with Michael Johnson)
• It's in the Bag (co-written with Michael Johnson)
• The Guardian or Nothing (co-written with Michael Johnson)