Annie Lees-Jones

Height: 173 cm

Annie Lees-Jones is a British Actress. Currently working with the RSC as the Comedia, Movement & Stunt Director on a new production in collaboration with Hull Truck Theatre called The Hypocrite st ...Show More

Annie Lees-Jones is a British Actress. Currently working with the RSC as the Comedia, Movement & Stunt Director on a new production in collaboration with Hull Truck Theatre called The Hypocrite starring Mark Ady and Caroline Quenton. Born October 11, 1977 and raised with her twin brother on Canvey Island, Essex to sheet metal worker Alan Jones (father) and receptionist Lynda Jones (mother). She graduated from Masters Performing Arts College originally as a dancer, a somewhat different career path to her childhood aspirations to grow up to be an FBI Agent. At the age of 13, Annie was the youngest performer to appear in a professional production of Calamity Jane leading to a career in theatre. Growing up a bit of a tomboy turning up for ballet exams with grazed knees and even stitches on one occassion, her love of all things sporty and 80's boys films led to a keen interest in fight performance & choreography and appeared as the lead stunt actress in Bregenz, Austria at the world's biggest open air opera. She left dance college and trained with Youngblood, a fighting school specialising in advance performance fighting and went on to work as an action actress. But her love of comedy and natural flair couldn't hide behind boxing gloves and with a quirky sense of humour & creative nature she went on to be nominated best comedy actress in a production of Shakers along with touring the UK & Europe in the Shakespeare & Comedy Productions such as Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice, Romeo & Juliet as the Nurse, The Tempest on Fire, a spectacular fire show performing as Ariel on a trapeze rig, the world premiere of Mandrake as the loyal servant Siro to outstanding reviews and the delightful farce Touch & Go as Jessica.Her first TV appearance was a small role in The State We're In (BBC) and later the leads pro wrestling mum Mother Load in the ITV children's series My Phone Genie. She went on to feature in the ensemble cast of dark comedy Time of the Season and children's adventure Its All About The Manners and in 2016 appeared as Auntie Bola in the sitcom The T-Boy Show. Hide