STEPHANIE CONNELL
ACTING
Stephanie, born to an Irish actor father and a celebrated film editor mother, shares a deep familial connection to the arts. Her brother, Michael Connell, further enriches the family’s artistic legacy as a feature film music editor.
Her journey into the world of the performing arts began with professional ballet training at the Hampshire Ballet School, which notably counts Anthony Dowell among its alumni. However, a heartbreaking setback in the form of a leg injury revealed the incompatibility of dance and skiing, leading her to pivot towards her true passion – acting.
Her theatrical roles include: Can’t See For Looking (SM/Co-Producer – Old Fire Station Oxford/The Cockpit), Home, I’m Darling (National Theatre/Theatre Clwyd/Bill Kenwright Productions UK No 1 Tour), Penetration (The Cockpit), An Inspector Calls (Oxford Playhouse); The Curious Case of Lady Fowler (2019 Tour); Go for it, Girl! (2018 Tour); Beneath the Blue Rinse (lighting technician and co-producer, 2018 Tour); The Wet Peacock and The Owl & Pussy-Cat: What Happened Next (2017 Tour); The Wet Peacock and Heart Broken, (2017 Tour); Silent on the Matter (Old Fire Station, Oxford); William Langland, Poet & Dreamer (Malvern Festival); Storyteller (Watermill); The Merry Wives of Essex (Watermill); Best Laid Plans (Soho Theatre); The Song of the Shore (Windsor Festival); The Nearly Man (Windsor Festival); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Salisbury); An Inspector Calls (Everyman Cheltenham & Oxford Playhouse); Table Manners (Wycombe Swan); Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Bold Girls; The Norman Conquest Trilogy, to name but a few.
Film and television appearances include Raging Grace, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Vauxhall Heroes Ident, The Paradox Series, Rapture, Like a Rolling Stone, Isadora, Call of the Wild, Triple Zero, Angel Baby, GSOH, Shop Spank, National Trust Away Day, Halifax fp, Good Morning Australia, Oxy on the Spot and Living Dangerously.
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She is a member of Actors & Writers London and the Watermill Theatre’s Actors Forum, a trained computer systems analyst and an award winning web designer.
ROLEPLAYER
Stephanie is not only an accomplished actor but also a professional medical roleplayer, actively engaged in enhancing the training of doctors. Her role involves assisting medical students in acquiring the essential knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviours required for effective communication with patients, their families, and colleagues in various clinical scenarios.
Stephanie served as an Actor Facilitator at Buckingham University, where she imparts communication skills to aspiring medical students.
She is a valuable contributor to the NHS, where she focuses on training clinicians to develop a deeper understanding of patients with chronic conditions, particularly diabetes, depression, chronic pain, and COPD, as well as those with challenging lifestyle behaviours.
Her commitment extends to her role as a MRCGP Medical Roleplayer Co-ordinator for NHS England Thames Valley region.
She was lead simulator trainer for GP Registrar Recruitment and now serves as the Lead Roleplayer Co-ordinator for Paediatric ST1 Interviews for the Thames Valley.
More recently, she has assumed the role of Lead Simulator and Co-ordinator for NHS England’s Midlands regional Paediatric, Ophthalmology, Specialty and Palliative Medicine recruitments, showcasing her dedication to medical education and training.
PLAYWRIGHT
Stephanie has written the following plays:
- The Curious Case of Lady Fowler – selected for Living the Drama’s September Care & Residential Tour 2019; showcased in AWL Showcase in June 2019 and performed in StageWrite’s Festival in September 2019.
- Unblind Date – finalist of AWL’s Don’t Go There Competition 2017
- Heart Broken – winner of AWL’s Change of Heart Competition 2016 and Living the Drama Care Home Tour 2017
- Birds of Prey – co-written with Carolyn Lloyd-Davies and chosen for a play reading at AWL, 2016, directed by Maurice Thorogood
AWARDS & REVIEWS
Nominated for Best Actress for The Bold Girls, 1996 Waverley Festival, Melbourne
After Stephanie’s two auditions, the producer and the director were so impressed they changed the character’s gender to female, and renamed him Alika Bardici.
“Stephanie, this was very enjoyable, well done. It’s a difficult brief and you gave yourself a clever helping hand by adopting the school mistress style character. Excellent decision making here. You clearly knew there was a comedy moment in the whole “It’s complicated” section and you went digging nicely for it. Great work.”