Biografia
In 2013, Pat returned to her original passion for acting following a successful career in choreographing and directing film, TV, theatre, commercials, and music videos, alongside professional work as a puppeteer and motion capture artist for the Jim Henson Company. She earned the Best Actress award for her lead role as Beth in the indie horror feature 'Wyvern Hill' at the Romford Film Festival in February 2022. Pat has starred in thirty-eight short films, six feature films, a pilot TV series, and a viral comedy.
In theatre, she recently completed a UK tour of 'Delicate,' playing the lead role of Gillian for Theatre Royal Plymouth and Nordland Visual Theatre. She has also played lead roles in new plays at the Camden Fringe Festival, the White Bear Theatre, and the Cockpit Theatre, and has twice participated in the prestigious 'Significant Other Festival' for Pensive Federation at the Vaults Theatre in Waterloo. Her stage credits include Mrs. Wilberforce in Graham Linehan's adaptation of 'The Ladykillers' at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Eastbourne, and Mrs. Vane in a site-specific production of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' in Greenwich.
As a motion capture artist, Pat has performed thousands of characters for Pepper's Ghost #Company, contributing to a computer games library. As a voiceover artist, she voiced the second lead role of Professor Jeanne Mareaux for the upcoming video game 'Harold Halibut.' She also recorded the lead character, Dorothy, in the radio play 'Christmas with Gran,' available through Lantern Light Productions in 2022.
With over fifty theatre credits as a choreographer and movement director—including nine new musicals—Pat has collaborated with the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Her film choreography credits include The Little Shop of Horrors, Santa Claus: The Movie, King Ralph, Muppet Christmas Carol, Photographing Fairies, Muppet Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland, Jesus, A Christmas Carol, and Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story.
Her television work encompasses The Long Firm, North & South, Doc Martin, The Brief, Judge John Deed, My Uncle Silas, 'Orrible, EastEnders, Monarch of the Glen, Uncut Funk, How to be Cool, and the League of Gentlemen Christmas Special 2000, along with numerous award-winning commercials. She choreographed the BAFTA-winning short film Goodie-Two-Shoes and the award-nominated Supergrass video 'Can You Hear Us Pumping On Your Stereo.
