About Me

Shirley King
Photo by Catrin Arwel
Shirley was born in Aberdare, South Wales, graduated in Aberystwyth University and taught for some years. She then trained as an actress in the Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. Her theatre appearances include the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the West Yorks Playhouse, the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester and The Grand Theatre, Swansea. She toured with the Welsh Drama Company and Made in Wales.

Her TV work includes Hustle, Casualty, Ready when you are Mr McGill, A Small Summer Party, Trial and Retribution II, Midsomer Murders and The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries; Mortimer’s Law, The Old Devils (BBC Wales); Hapus Dyrfa (S4C) and We are Seven (HTV). Her films include Second Best, Sailor's Return, The Rachel Papers, and Nicholas Nickleby .

Her voice work includes the recording of Under Milk Wood, directed by Sir Anthony Hopkins; for radio The Odour of Chrysanthemums, Burning the Arc and several audio books. She also performs programmes of poetry and prose.

Amongst her many commercials, the most challenging was for Vodaphone when, as a farmer’s wife, she had to say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!

My Acting Agent: Regan-Rimmer Management

In Wales 
Email: Leigh-Ann Regan & Debi Maclean
Tel: +44 (0)1656 841 841
Fax: +44 (0)1656 841 815

In London
Email: George Smith
Tel: +44 (0)20 8851 1414
Fax: +44 (0)20 8851 1517
         
My Voice-over Agent: Talking Heads
Email: Rachel at Talking Heads
Tel: +44 (0)20 7292 7575
Fax: +44 (0)20 8875 8301

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