About Me

My name is Joyce Grey-Carter. I am 5ft 10” and of average build. I was born in London and I am of Jamaican parentage. I grew up in Finsbury Park, North London. I enjoy working as an Actress, Writer, Singer, Musician, Poet and Songwriter because I enjoy taking opportunities to express myself and reach the souls of others in doing so.
I also worked as a full-time, qualified and experienced Drama teacher and taught in Secondary Mainstream Schools and Special Schools in London for 27 years up until December 2017. I now work as an Actress and Voice Artist, teaching in between.

Acting

Experience

Accents

Employment History & Experience

Acting Experience:
2018 – Short Films:
• ‘Conney' Taster Film, Directed by Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones's Baby):
Role: ‘Senior Citizen Bingo Player’, 11th February 2018.
• 'Faulty Lighter' Indie Film: Role: ‘Club Dancer’, 12th & 13th February 2018.
• 'The Curse of the Internet Man’, Film: Role: 'Psychiatrist' for 'Merch', played by Benjamin Zand (BBC Journalist & Documentary Maker), Directed by Ben Lister, Flair Films Ltd. March 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ-llOfdwKs&feature=share
• ‘Come on Arry’, Director, Anil Appadoo, 2Liogs.com, Role: ‘Female Dignitary’, April 2018.
• London Film School: Role: ‘Teacher at a Parents Evening’, Forest Hill London, April 2018.
• Dinner for One: Bottle Rocket Films/Rec Studios: Role: ‘Police Woman’: 2nd & 4th July 2018.
2017
• Music Video: Directed by Miguel Caycedo & Alim Kamara: Role: ‘Mother’.
Stage:
2015
• East London Shakespeare Duologue Slam in 2015 with Actress Jacey Salles and we won first prize.
1997
• No Blues Dance: Staged Production: Directed by Jimi Rand: Mother. The Civic, South London.
• Preaching to the Perverted (Film): Directed by Stuart Urban. Role: Cleaner.
1995
The Tower Theatre, Canonbury, Islington:
• 'The National Health’: Staged Production (Nurse Norton's Affair), Role: Staff Nurse Norton.
'You Can't take it with You': Staged Production Role: Rheba.
• For Coloured Girls: Stage Production Directed by Paulette Randall: Role: 'Lady in Blue'.


1988
• Tufnell Park, St Georges Theatre: ‘Ravaged Shakespeare’, directed by Hugh Thomas
Roles: Othello & Cleopatra.
One Woman Comedy Show – touring Cabaret Circuit
1992 – 1994
• Performed at the Kings Head, Crouch End North London, and the Hen and Chicken, Islington, North London, and The Comedy Store Leicester Square.
Voice Over Experience:
2017
• Podcast – 23rd Century: Role: Mummy Bear Voice Over
2018
• Podcast INK – Middlesex University: Role: Captain Stokes Voice Over

Presenting

Experience

Specialist Areas

Employment History & Experience

July 1980 – Aug 1980 Summer Holidays - Domestic Cleaner -– Cleashar Agency, Muswell Hill, London N10.

July 1983 – Aug 1983 Summer Holidays – ‘Finisher’ – Ladies Clothes Factory – Finsbury Park, London N4.

July 1984 – Aug 1984 Clerical / Secretary - Alleyvilles Estate Agents, Blackstock Rd, Finsbury Pk, London N4.

Sept 1984 – Sept 1985 Admin Officer - ILEA – Divisional Office 3, North Star House, Holloway Road, London N7.
Aug 1989 - Sept 1989 Unemployed

Oct 1989 - Dec 1989 Class Teacher (Temp) - Bethlem Royal Hospital School Psychiatric Adolescent Unit - Croydon

Jan 1990 – Feb 1992 Drama Teacher / Head of Drama, Head of Learning Support Unit, Tutor - Archbishop Michael Ramsey School, Camberwell, South London
Feb 1992 - July 1994 Supply/temporary contract: Teaching - Drama & SEN Class Teacher - Downsview MLD School, Downs Road, London E5.
July – August 1994 Summer Holidays

Sept 1994 – April 98 SEN Class Teacher - Ickburgh SLD School, Ickburgh Road, London E5.

May 1998 – August 99 Clerk / Supervisor – CAMIDOC – St Pancreas Hospital, Kings Cross, London

Sept 1999 – July 1999 Special Educational Needs Teacher – Highbury Grove School, Highbury New Park, N5 2EG.
July 1999 – Aug 1999 Summer Holidays

Sept 1999 – Jan 2000 Acting Head of Learning Support Centre, SEN & Drama Teacher – Highbury Grove School, Highbury New Park, London N5 2EG.

Dec 1999 – Dec 2005 Chair of Tenants & Leaseholders Association (Voluntary) – Alexandra National Hse, Queens Drive, London N4 2PE.

Jan 2000 – Sept 2003 Head of Learning Support Centre, Drama Teacher – Highbury Grove School, Highbury New Park, London N5 2EG.

Sept 2003 – Sept 2008 Head of Inclusion Behaviour Centre – Highbury Grove School, Highbury New Park, N5 2EG.
April 2006 – Sept 2008 Head of Behaviour Management & Drama Assessment Coordinator – Highbury Grove School, Highbury New Park, N5 2EG.

Sept 2008 - Sept 2010 Drama Teacher & Year 9 Nurture Group Teacher & Year 9/10 Tutor - Highbury Grove School, Highbury New Park, London N5 2EQ.

Sept 2010 - Jan 2013 SENCO & SEN Teacher & SEN Assessment Coordinator, Key Stage 3 & 4 Drama Teacher, Year 10/11 Tutor - Highbury Grove School, 8 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EQ.

Jan 2013 – July 2013 Key stage 3 Drama Teacher, SEN Teacher, Behaviour Teacher, Year 10 Tutor & Inclusion Room Supervisor - Highbury Grove School, 8 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EQ.
July 2013 – Aug 2013 Summer Holidays

Sept 2013 – Aug 2015 Year 8 Nurture Group Teacher, SEN Teacher, Year 11 Co-Tutor, Key Stage 3 Drama Teacher - Highbury Grove School, 8 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EQ.

Sept 2015 - July 2016 Key stage 3 & 4 Drama Teacher, Year 11 Co-Tutor, 6th Form Study Centre Supervisor,
Year 7 Drama Enrichment Teacher, Key stage 3 / 4 Drama Enrichment Teacher, PHSE Teacher Year 10 - Highbury Grove School, 8 Highbury Grove, London N5 2EQ.

Sept 1999 to July 2016 Full-time teacher at Highbury Grove School, London, with various responsibilities.

Sept 2016 to Dec 2017 Special Needs Class Teacher – Ickburgh Special School, Kenworthy Road, Hackney E9 5RB

Jan 2018 to Present Actor and Voice Artist - Freelancer/self employed Voice Talent with own Voice Recording Studio, Elite Voyce Studios...bookings available.

Modelling

Music

Experience

Vocal Skills

Instruments Played

Employment History & Experience

I have sung in bands and played percussion. I am teaching myself to play the double bass and I have basic knowledge of piano and guitar chords.

Extras Work, Partipant, Contestant

Experience

Employment History & Experience

2018 – Short Films:
• ‘Conney' Taster Film, Directed by Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones's Baby):
Role: ‘Senior Citizen Bingo Player’, 11th February 2018.
• 'Faulty Lighter' Indie Film: Role: ‘Club Dancer’, 12th & 13th February 2018.

• ‘Come on Arry’, Director, Anil Appadoo, 2Liogs.com, Role: ‘Female Dignitary’, April 2018.
• London Film School: Role: ‘Teacher at a Parents Evening’, Forest Hill London, April 2018.
• Dinner for One: Bottle Rocket Films/Rec Studios: Role: ‘Police Woman’: 2nd & 4th July 2018.
2017
• Music Video: Directed by Miguel Caycedo & Alim Kamara: Role: ‘Mother’.

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

I have performed in a number of stage productions, short films and one feature film and a music video. I have done voice over work for audiobooks & Podcasts also. I also have my own website called Elite Voyce, www.elitevoyce.co.uk which offers my services as a Voice Artist.

Qualifications & Training

Mountview Theatre School, Middlesex Polytechnic/University - BA Hons Performing Arts, PGCE in Drama Teaching, MA in Education School Improvement, Special Educational Needs & Disability Coordinator (SENDco) Qualification. I have also trained in TV Presenting, Voice Over, Casting for TV, Screen Acting and Theatre.

1981 to 1984: Mountview Theatre School, Crouch End, North London
• 1983 1985: Weekends Art College (WAC), Kentish Town, North London
• 1985 to 1988: BA Hons Performing Arts (BAPA) – Middlesex Polytechnic, Trent Park
• 1988 to 1989: PGCE: Drama & Theatre Arts, Goldsmith College, South London
• 2015: Sylvia Young Theatre: Actors Workshop, Marble Arch, London
• 2018: The Reel Scene: Actors Workshop, London
• Surviving Actors Seminars and Workshops: 3rd February 2018:
• Working on Screen Hosted by TV Director Steve Finn and Film Producer/Director Tim Kent of The Actors Studio
• The Business of getting Voiceover Work, Hosted by Rachael Naylor of The Voice Over Network
• Self-Taping for Films & TV Hosted by Casting Director Kirsty Kinnear
• Tax! Paperwork! Expenses! Advice for Creatives Hosted by partner Mark Livermore of MGM Accountancy
• How to Get A Voice Over Agent Hosted by Rachael Naylor (The Voiceover Network) Peter Morris (Soho Voices) & Guest Voice Over Agents

Voice Over Training:
• Gary Terzza Voice Over Master Class Demo Recording / training: London, 6th February 2018.
• One Voice Conference Gravy for the Brain (GFTB), Doubletree by the Hilton, Docklands, Riverside, Peter Dickson, 27th April 2018.
• Michael Hillberg, North London, 12th to 15th May 2018.
77 East Rd, Hoxton, London N1 6AH, UK (
TV Casting / Screen Acting Training:
• TV Training Academy, TV Presenting Taster Day: Pinewood Studios: 21st April 2018, Brian Naylor
• Casting for Television: Finnian Tweed – North London: 5th May 2018
• Talentinc.com Seminar/Auditions: Camden School for Girls, North London, April 2018, Scott Cooper.

Other Information

Relevant Skills

Drama Teaching, Acting, Voice Over, computer skills, typing/word processing, singing.

Interests & Hobbies

Walking, listening to music, singing Jazz and Blues, playing basic Double Bass, Guitar and Piano, Freestyle Dancing, Cooking, Gardening, watching horror films and sci-fi films, writing poetry, short stories, songs, reading and photography.

Miscellaneous Information

I am Spotlight registered and my view pin is 9815-7861-9207. I am registered with Mandy.com as an Actor, Supporting Artist and a Voice Artist. I am also registered with Backstage, Starnow and WegotPop.