Dorothea Myer-Bennett
Dorothea trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She has worked extensively in theatre, TV, film and radio. In 2023 she won an Off West End award for Possession at the Arcola Theatre and has been nominated for Best Actress 4 times. This year she has been in Olivier Nominated What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, ITV’s Ellis, and the recent film adaptation of Prima Facie with Cynthia Erivo.
Recent notable credits include Nachtland at the Young Vic, Leopoldstadt at the Wyndhams Theatre, Twelfth Night at the Orange Tree. Other Theatre includes:
Shaw Shorts, While The Sun Shines, The Lottery of Love and The Philanderer (Orange Tree), Holy Sh!t (Kiln Theatre), The Winslow Boy (Chichester Festival Theatre), Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s Globe/Lincoln Centre, New York), Pericles (Shakespeare’s Globe), Creditors and Miss Julie (Jermyn Street Theatre), Rosenbaum’s Rescue (Park Theatre), Richard III and Uncle Vanya (West Yorkshire Playhouse), The Misanthrope (Bristol Old Vic), Hay Fever (Royal Exchange Theatre), She Stoops To Conquer (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), Restoration (Headlong), Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Arcadia, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Richard III, The Cherry Orchard, King Lear and The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory Theatre), This was a Man (Finborough Theatre), The Fitzrovia Radio Hour (St James Theatre), The Spire (Salisbury Playhouse), Present Laughter (UK tour)
Television includes: Juice (BBC), Eastenders, Ellis, The Chelsea Detective, Dodger (BBC), Doc Martin, Before We Die, Around the World in 80 Days, Holby City, Plastic People.
Film includes: Prima Facie,The Honourable Rebel, The Payback, The Orchard and Ladies.