Michelle Terry is Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe. An Olivier Award‑winning actor, she trained at RADA and works extensively across theatre, television and radio, alongside writing for stage and screen.

Her acting work at the Globe includes Three Sisters (2025), Richard III (2024), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2023), King Lear (2022), Twelfth Night (2021), The Taming of the Shrew (2020), Henry IV Part 1 (2019), and Macbeth, Hamlet and As You Like It (2018), alongside earlier Globe productions spanning two decades. As a director, her Globe work includes The Fir Tree (2021) and The Complete Walks (2016).

Michelle’s wider theatre career includes work with the RSC, National Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, Young Vic, Royal Court, Almeida, Bush Theatre and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, among many others. Her screen work includes Marcella, The Café and Extras, with film credits including Five Truths for the V&A and National Theatre.

As a writer and performer, her work includes My Mark and Becoming (Donmar), Sudden Loss of Dignity (Bush Theatre) and The Café (Sky One). Michelle is an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University, a Trustee of Pentabus Theatre Company and Patron of Front Room Theatre and The Blakehay Theatre.