Nadia Shontaya Shahabi
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Nadia Shontaya Shahabi
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Unique ID: nadia-shontaya-shahabi
- Playing Age: from 16 to 25
Location: Bristol
Gender: Female
About Me
Ever since I was little I had always dreamed about becoming a successful, professional actress. It is my life and my passion and I could never imagine myself doing anything else. Acting is the only industry that allows me to be in my comfort zone doing what I believe that I'm good at and what makes me more happier than anything in the world and want to continue on doing for the rest of my life no matter what.
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Experience & Qualifications
General Experience
Most of my acting experience has been performing on stage being involved in quite a few production's. When I was fourteen years of age, I attended stagecoach for two years taking part in a production called Knight's and Pawns performing as a Pawn and also took part in a Summer production which was also part of stagecoach called Summertime Fun playing an Australian girl called Katie along with being a background dancer and singer. At the age of 21 I went into the educational side of acting, starting my BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Acting. Throughout my first year of studying my diploma, I took part in three big productions. The first one being Roald Dahls 'The Twits' where I was casted as three different character's for different set scenes. Those characters being Mrs Twit, A Bird and a Narrator. The second production I was then involved in was Mike Bartletts 'Stuff I Buried In A Small Town', where I played a rather stuck up, confident, glamorous teenage girl called Hayley who was very much look up to as a controlling character. I later on then took part in a production that was devised by me and the rest of my class mates based on the novels of Greek mythology which we had decided to name, 'Orpheus'. In this devised piece no one had a specific part, we were all just different part's of the atmosphere of the piece which brought us all together to create it. In my second year of studying my BTEC Diploma, I took part another three more productions. The first one being another devised piece based on performing a classical monologue from a chosen Shakespeare novel bringing them together as a piece creating a journey based on Shakespeare and his novels. My chosen monologue being Hermia from 'A Midsummer Nights Dream.' I was then involved in another classical production, Shakespeare's most popular, world famous novel 'Romeo And Juliet' where I played the wonderful, rich and glamorous Lady Capulet. We performed this production in a very futuristic (Hunger Games Style) theme instead of historical. For my final production before completing my BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Acting, I was involved in another devised piece based on Sight-Specific called Pornography, written by Simon Stephens set around different scenarios based on the 7/7 bombing's. After completing my diploma I was given the opportunity to kick start my experience in TV and Film, playing a small part in a feature Film called 'Instant Death' that is set to be released late next year in November 2016, starring Lou Ferrigno (The Original Hulk) as the main character where I played a young gang member. I have also been involved in a Christmas special called 'Two In A Bush.' as an extra playing a small part as a daughter in the 'Two Men In A Van' sketch which is due to air Christmas Day 2015.
Qualifications & Training
BTEC Level 3 In Acting.
*Perfomance Workshop. GRADE: DISTINCTION
*Performing Arts Business. GRADE: PASS
*Performing To An Audience. GRADE: DISTINCTION
*Principles Of Acting. GRADE: DISTINCTION
*Devising Plays. GRADE: DISTINCTION
*Theatre For Children. GRADE:
DISTINCTION
*Developing The Voice For The Actor. GRADE: MERIT
*Storytelling As Performance. GRADE: DISTINCTION
*Developing Movement Skills. GRADE: MERIT
*Historical Context Of Performance. GRADE: DISTINCTION
*Rehearsing For Performance. GRADE: MERIT
*Classical Theatre Performance. GRADE: DISTINCTION
*Auditions For Actors. GRADE: MERIT
*Applying Acting Styles. GRADE: DISTINCTION
*Drama Improvisation. GRADE: MERIT
*TV And Film. GRADE: PASS
*Site-Specific Performance. GRADE: DISTINCTION
Awarded with the triple grade DISTINCTION DISTINCTION DISTINCTION.
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Interests & Hobbies
Horse Riding, Sky Diving, Swimming, Ice Skating and Gym.