Lesley Staples*
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Films include Buena Vista/Disney’s “Calendar Girls” (2003) playing calendar girl ‘Jenny’, with Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, and “Royal Faceoff” (2006) playing fictional Queen of England, ‘Queen Matilda’. “The Perfect Wedding” (2012). “Phoenix Falling” (2014) – in post-production. TV appearances include leading British soap “Coronation Street”, “Last of the Summer Wine” (with George Chakiris), and BBC mini-series “Into The Fire”. Classically trained in London and a veteran of the British stage, Lesley’s West End theatre credits include the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Wild Oats”, opposite Jeremy Irons, “No Sex, Please – We’re British”, and “Mindkill”. Musicals include “Joseph /Technicolor Dreamcoat”, and “Raffles” in Singapore & Hong Kong Arts Festival. Also an experienced voice artist, Lesley was recently chosen by ‘Rosetta Stone’ (the world’s largest language-learning software company) to record the British-English version of their new product. Other world-wide clients include Barnardo’s, IKEA, Liverpool University, and the World Bank.
