BIOGRAPHY

Katy Stephens

Headshot of Katy Stephens looking directly at the camera.

Katy Stephens has appeared in leading roles at Shakespeare’s Globe and the Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom she is an Associate Artist.

Previous work at Shakespeare’s Globe includes Titus Andronicus, Much Ado about Nothing, The Tempest, The Oresteia, Thomas Tallis, Julius Caesar, Dr. Scroggy’s War and The Complete Walk.

Stephens’ awards include the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in 2009 for her performance as Joan of Arc/Margaret of Anjou in the RSC’s Histories Cycle as well as being part of the team that won the Olivier Award for Best Ensemble Performance for the same show.

Theatre credits include: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Oxford Playhouse); The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Leeds Playhouse and Chris Harper Productions); And then there were none (Fiery Angel); Coriolanus (Sheffield Crucible); Antony and Cleopatra (National Theatre); The Histories Cycle, As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear, Titus Andronicus, Candide, The Grain Store, Taming of the Shrew (RSC); A Woman of No Importance (Classic Spring); Memory of Water (Nottingham Playhouse); Macbeth, View from the Bridge (Tobacco Factory); Othello (English Touring Theatre); Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide…(Hampsted); Forests (Calixo Beitio); Hamlet (Flute Theatre/ ETT/ Trafalgar Studios); A Midsummer Night’s’ Dream (Bath Theatre Royal); Tamburlaine (Bristol Old Vic); Caucasian Chalk Circle, Macbeth, Ion, Three Sisters, The Seagull, Blood Wedding, Road, The Europeans (Colchester); The King’s Speech (Chichester/ Birmingham Rep); The Father, Twelfth Night, Our Day Out, Silas Marner (Belgrade Theatre);

TV credits include Nicky Parrish (London’s Burning)

Film credits include Relative values, Prick Thy Neighbour.

Katy also runs Bold As Bard with Ego Performance Company in Coventry, a Shakespeare theatre company for adults with learning disabilities.