Jessica Manley(I)
- Actress
Jessica's first performance was as a 5 year old in the regional theatre
where her father was Artistic Director and her mother was an actress
and writer. Jessica - who goes by the name Jess - moved into a variety
of roles in TV series before playing the part of Margot in the TV
mini-series, Anne Frank - The Whole Story, a part that had particular
resonance for her since her Jewish grandparents emigrated to England a
few years before World War Two started. Jess returned to the UK to
study classical acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and
now works in the USA and UK in theatre, film and TV. She is also
Artistic Director of the Listed Theatre Company - a site-specific
theatre company aiming to reawaken awareness of the beautiful and
unusual heritage sites that make up our landscape. The company
commissions new innovative writing for specific heritage sites, so that
the fusion of the two can bring the public's awareness to properties
otherwise overlooked in their community.
