Dee
Cannon is Anglo American. She trained as an actress in
London at Arts Educational Drama School on
the three year acting diploma course and subsequently with Uta
Hagen at the HB Studio,
New York. |
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She continues the work of her highly
respected mother, Doreen Cannon.
Click the image on the right for tributes to Doreen Cannon by
- Uta Hagen
- Colin Firth
- Simon Callow
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In 1993 she was invited to teach and direct at RADA where
she has been the main senior acting teacher for seventeen years
and has directed over 25 plays there.
Dee Cannon has
run scene study workshops at the Actor's
Centre in London and gives master classes in LA, New York,
Stockholm, Berlin, Gothenberg, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Philippines.
Dee also finds
time to coach for film, TV, theatre and pop videos. Among many
others, she has coached Jon Voight, Matthew
Modine and Courtney Love.
She has also worked with numerous actors from the RSC and Royal
National Theatre. Her work as an acting coach was featured
in Channel 4's award winning
series Faking It and Joe
Millionaire UK.
Dee spent two months as on-set
acting coach on the remake of the Hollywood feature film Conan the Barbarian. Click the logo on the right for a trailer.
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| After the making of Conan the Barbarian, the British Council sponsored Dee to return to Blugaria to give workshops for NATFA (National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts.) |
Her work was featured in three Hollywood Special programmes
for BBC's
Blue Peter, in which Dee was
mentor and acting coach to presenter Joel
Defries. Pictures and video
on the Dee in Action page.
Dee completed
2 weeks of Master Class workshops in Israel in December 2009. |
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She is a regular guest teacher at E15 on
the MA international Acting course.
Dee worked on the pre-production of feature film The
Frost in Norway and Spain.
See the Dee
in Action page for production shots of Dee's RADA productions, including Come Back to the 5 & Dime,
Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and The Diary
of Anne Frank. and a special staging of V-Day (Vagina Monologues). |
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- NATFA Workshops Sofia Bulgaria
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Royal Academy
of Dramatic Art: Main acting teacher for the last
seventeen years
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Stella Mann School
of Dancing: Head of acting 1990-1995
- Berliner Schule fur Schauspiel -
Berlin
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Academy of Music
and Drama - Sweden
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Theatre Tir Na
Nog - Sweden
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Beit Zvi Drama
School. - Israel
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Nissan Nativ Drama
School. - Israel
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TVI Acting Studio
- LA / London
- Professional Acting Workshops -
Philippines
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Actors Centre
- London
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RADA -
Professional Acting Workshops
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Actors Center
- New York
- East 15 MA International Course - London
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(Above)
Dee directs a rehearsal
of Relative Values at RADA
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Reaching For
the Stars: David Garrick
Studio.
with Francis Barber,
Sally Dexter.and Caroline
Catz
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The Ridge:
George Bernard Shaw Theatre.
with Janet Mcteer.
- Life's too Short (BBC comedy)
- Blue Peter BBC (featured acting coach )
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Do Something
Different CBBC
(featured acting coach )
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Celebrity Big
Brother's Little Brother (Guest) Endemol
Channel 4
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Commando Nanny
(Sitcom): Warner Brothers'
Studios Hollywood LA. Produced by Mark
Burnett.
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Faking it:
Episode with fashion photographer: featured acting coach in
award winning Channel 4
Series
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Joe Millionaire
UK: Featured acting coach in Channel
4 series
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Fuji TV
Japan – Program Featuring Jail
Talk Rehearsals with Takayasu
Komiya
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Jon Voight
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David Ginola
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Matthew Modine
- Leona Lewis
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Courtney Love
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Natalie Imbruglia
- Emma Bunton
- Sebastien Izambard
- Ramin Karimloo
- Gareth Gates
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Billie Piper
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Sinead O'Connor
- Daisy O'Donovan
- and numerous actors and singers in companies including
The Royal National Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
BBC
ITV
Channel 4
Warner Bros
Miramax
CBS
Hallmark
Impossible Pictures
Jim Henson Company
BMG Records
RDF Television
Wall to Wall Television
Zephyr Films
LionsGate
Nu Image Films
Sony Music
19 Entertainment
Syco TV
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Coaching work on films includes:
- Conan the Barbarian
- Iron Lady
- Weighed In
- Iron Cross
- The Frost
- Little Ashes
- The Heavy
- Spirit Trap
- Things to do before you're 30
- Death at a Funeral
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Coaching work on television includes:
- Primeval
- Jim Henson's Jack and the Beanstalk
- Hotel Babylon
- Bella and the Boys
- Sons and Lovers
- Hollyoaks
- The Bill
- Blue Peter
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Coaching work on pop videos includes:
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Craig David
- 7 days
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Craig David
- Walking Away
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Craig David
- Rendezvous
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K Gee (All
Saints) - I Don't Really
Care
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Peppercorn
- Hyperventilating
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Peppercorn
- Nice To You
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5ive - Let's Dance
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The Reelists
- Freak Mode
Contact Dee
Cannon:
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