Charlotte Cornwell

Senior Lecturer

Charlotte Cornwell's distinguished 30-year career began when she trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She made her professional debut with three seasons at the Bristol Old Vic Company, playing a broad range of roles from Kate Hotspur in Shakespeare's Henry IV to Becky in Sam Shepherd's Tooth of Crime. Her first major TV series, the influential Rock Follies, in which she starred, won the BAFTA award for Best Drama Series. She spent three years as a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has worked as a leading actress with the Royal National Theatre since 1984. She has worked extensively both in the West End and on the Fringe, and has appeared in the US in several productions, including Richard III and An Enemy of the People opposite Sir Ian McKellen, Athol Fugard's The Road To Mecca and most recently Terence McNally's Master Class. She has starred opposite an extensive list of respected actors, including: Anthony Hopkins, Tim Curry, Bob Hoskins, Val Kilmer, Kate Nelligan, Pete Postlethwaite, Joanna Lumley, Joseph Fiennes, John Hurt, Charles Dance, Daniel Day Lewis and Helen Mirren. She has worked with noted stage and film directors, including: John Carpenter, Trevor Nunn, Phillip Noyce, Clint Eastwood and Harold Pinter.