I am happy to finally share that the 2025 ended up on a high note for me!
I received a Best Actress 2025 Annual Award on Bridge Fest film festival in Vancouver for our film We Go Again by Jolliffe Productions along my co-star Charlotte Chiew and Annabelle Lanyon who received the award in Supporting Actress category.
Our film also received the Annual Award for Best Screenplay- congratulations Tom! 👏👏.
Can’t wait for the release date later this year 🥰🥰🥰
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I am here for all the feedback!!!
Also please give my band Yavenirie Amok a follow on all the platforms you can – it will help us get a momentum and let as many people as we can know about the new song:
If you’d like to write a review of Obelisque Queen song or play it on your playlist or radio show – please get in touch!!!!
Just remember that:
Obelisque Queen song snarls at the decay of modern society. In a blasé, gold-plated, wallowing in a pomp and splendour court rotting from the inside out, truth is the one thing nobody wants to hear. Only the artist dares to spit it back in their faces – a debased royal jester, beaten down for every word yet growing louder, sharper, unstoppable. A rebel voice rising from the gutter to shake the kingdom awake.
And Yavenirie Amok is here to jolt people out of their sleepwalk, to rattle the stiff cages of social norms, to lure you out of your comfort zone and into something strange, raw, and unforgettable. We make music which crawls under your skin and rearranges your soul.
IF THAT IS YOUR THING – GO GIVE IT A LISTEN!!!!!
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All the best for the New Year everyone, have a blast!
The Witcher 4 is out! It was a pleasure to be part of this scene! Very inspiring acting wise and generally fun 🙂
Watch the episode 3 especially, my favourite character of the Priest is doing an amazing job, just like in the books 😻
Those 3 days in the fields on Farnham were also incredible because of the beautiful location of Waverley Abbey and it’s famous monastery ruins with an ancient tree. Unforgettable memories !
Sword fighting with vikings, punching faces, getting punched, kicking demons, spitting and eating fire , shooting arrows at lost hikers and breaking bones while dancing nicely on the graves of my enemies – that’s me in my full potential 🤣 Enjoy some action scenes from my recent films!
In my reel I cut the scenes from Viking Revenge, Cannibal Troll, Defenders Eternal, and Salty Fist features, from We Bring The Breed dance show, Something Is Coming and Blight music videos, Gold dance show and from some pro clips of performing my fire show.
This last week was absolutely crazy – I filmed my acting/dancing role as Aaliyah on “Resonant Bloom” film by Qinwei Hu and Jingjing Li. Absolute dream of a job with beautiful locations, great crew, brilliant acting partner and a challenging and emotional part.
I also worked as an intimacy coordinator on “Hunger Beneath the Moonlight” film by Francesco Gabriele , such a great team to work with!
Part of the week were also a gig with my band Yavenirie Amok , training my dance solo in a park and a murder mystery event where I played an actress (!) and a suspect in a murder of a famous painter.
Tired but so grateful for a full week of performing.
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I am so happy to announce that I have been cast as Aaliyah in the film Resonant Bloom by Qinwei Hu and Jingjing Li.
Filming is underway in some beautiful locations like the Rose Theatre in Kingston where I get to live my dream of dancing on a big theatre stage. The film should be out later this year.
Big thanks to the producer, director, all the crew and my dancing partner Ruby.
Also another announcement – I am playing with my band Yavenirie Amok our last gig this summer in Biddle Bros in Hackney on the 18th of July. It’s a free entry so please come along if you fancy some original mystery rock music.
From a behind the scenes still to a poster: DONALD BIT ME feature by Darryl Kelly is coming out this year so brace yourselves!
Great poster art by Brianna Miller!
The film is on a finish line of the post-production.
Written and directed by crazy fantastic Darryl Kelly, the whole thing was shot with amazing cast and crew quite a while ago in south-west London. I will not disclose our location just yet so I don’t give away the plot line but just wait for the trailer 😍
And yes that’s me holding a man-puppet 🙂
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Also: I am playing a gig with my band on the 29th of June in The Good Mixer in Camden, for more info go to Yaveniriemusic.wordpress.com
My agent is sadly closing doors of her agency so I had to jump ship pretty quickly 👀.
In this industry you never know what will happen tomorrow. You think you have a solid agent one day and the next they have to close business because it’s so tough out there and you have 2 weeks to find a new agent….
I am very grateful to Mel from Chaos Acting Management for all her hard work and her coaching and support. That’s what happens quite often in this industry – a change. We need to be ready for it.
But this time also the situation is teaching me something new. Last time when I left my agent in very different circumstances I was in a state of panic, I felt like a failure and from this space of mind I sent almost 100 emails looking for a new representation and I had NO positive response. Mel responded to my pity-post on Twitter 🙂 and took me in. I was so grateful because she was the only one who decided to give me a chance in that moment and it helped me just feel better about myself and the industry as a whole.
This time was completely different. From the moment I heard the agency is closing I felt that it’s gonna be alright 💚. I sent around 10 emails and although no one responded I still felt it’s fine and it will resolve itself somehow. Then the day before agency closing came and my dear friend (thank you 💜) when heard I m still without new representation offered to contact his agent. The next day I got signed, it took a 1-minute phone call :-). So I didn’t even miss a day.
Different mindset 👉different results.
I am now represented by Imperial Artists Agency, very honoured to be part of the team and to have Robert as my agent 🥰🥰🥰.
Feeling also very grateful for this smooth transition and looking forward to new adventures 🙏💚💜🖤
I was awarded BEST ACTRESS on Bridge Film Festival in Vancouver in Canada for our film WE GO AGAIN!
Our movie also won Best Feature and Best Screenplay and my acting partner Charlotte Chiew and Annabelle Lanyon won awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress!
I am very happy and proud to be part of this production, well done to all involved and big love to my fellow actresses, actors , our writer and Producer Tom and director Oliver from Jolliffe Productions for making it happen!
British Urban Film Festival Awards evening was very touching and eventful!
Thank you for the invitation and nomination for the Best Script Supervision for our film The Intruders by James Kentfield, so proud of all the cast and crew!!!
Thank you James and Pat for inviting me to come along ♥️♥️♥️
Our film WE GO AGAIN started a festival run with a selection for Direct Monthly Online Film Festival this month 😍 Big thanks to the organisers and well done to all cast and crew 👏👏👏 More festivals coming next year!!!
One of the roles I am playing in the wartime drama The World Of Yesterday is Theodor Herzl, come to see us perform for just 2 more evenings at The Courtyard Theatre, part of The Camden Fringe, don’t miss it! Pictures by Lucyna Kaniecka
Today in a beautiful ceremony we said goodbye to dear Johnny Tait who passed away tragically on the 2nd of July.
Johnny was the writer and director of Naked Truth, the last play we worked together on, his passing cut short our big plans to take it to Bedford Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe and West End.
Stage was his huge love and passion but life had other plans, you never know what’s going to happen tomorrow.
Rest In Peace Johnny, thank you for the time we spent together, working on your last play and performing it on stage, grateful to meet you and to work with you. You and your work will never be forgotten!
We paid a tribute to Johnny and his work in my recent interview led by Adrian Doughty – you can watch it here:
Take a look at our beautiful poster for WE GO AGAIN drama feature. The music score and the whole post production is now in the works getting ready for 2025 festivals so watch this space for updates! Written by Tom Jolliffe, Directed by Oliver Jolliffe of Jolliffe Productions With Charlotte Chiew, Annabelle Lanyon, Amy Jim and Nathan Shepka.
We wrapped another day of filming of #DJKill in Islington Studios on the hottest day of the year! This time I was doing a movement direction for the fight scenes. It was great to work with our lovely team again Peter Irving, Caroline Oakes, Andrea Rose, Tristan Pretty, DOP Jim Groom and director Anton Makon.
I just got cast in a new theatre project coming to Camden Fringe this August!!! Very happy!
I will reveal all the details together with a poster for my latest film in my tonight’s interview led by Adrian Doughty! Come to YouTube at 8pm tonight everyone!!! Going live in 2 hours! 👇👇👇
This Wednesday the 17th at 8pm Uk time I will be interviewed by Adrian Doughty on The Uk Comedy Chanel. We will talk about my life, my work and we will also pay tribute to late Johnny Tait , writer and director of my last play who had his interview with Adrian just a few weeks ago.
We wrapped the filming on We Go Again drama! Our feature is now going into post production slowly taking its final shape.
It was an amazing experience working with Tom and Oliver Jolliffe @jolliffeproductions and with amazing actresses Charlotte Chiew @charlottechiewvoiceover Annabelle Lanyon @annabellelanyon and Amy Jim @amy.jim.actress .
I feel we really made something special, a story about a relationship but also about a neurodivergent people struggling with life and with each other. Watch this space for more updates.
I am very happy to finally share that I have been cast in the lead role of MARIE in “WE GO AGAIN” lgbt drama feature written and produced by Tom Jolliffe and directed by Oliver Jolliffe along my wonderful colleagues Charlotte Chiew, Annabelle Lanyon (Legend by Ridley Scott 👀), Amy Jim and Nathan Shepka.
Filming is underway and should be finished by the end of summer. Truly grateful for this opportunity as I feel we are creating a beautiful and profound story.
Zuza Tehanu 