Living in Beijing, and performing in TV, film and theater
productions, Mandarin-speaking Isabella Charlton is steadily making a name for
herself. Laying the foundations for her acting
career studying
at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), attending the
Actor’s Summer Conservatory at Yale Drama School
and performing regularly while studying at Oxford University. Isabella went on to perform in a Showcase at
the Duchess Theatre in the West End and has been involved
on numerous theatre projects since.
From that solid start, Isabella has tucked a host of professional
achievements under her belt, including a lead role in a 30-part Chinese TV
comedy series called Dragon Train. She has performed at the Grand National
Theatre in Beijing. Isabella has also starred in short films such as ‘Beautiful,
as if made in Heaven’ directed by Xiàng zhuó and ‘Now and
Then’ directed by Sarah Reid. From short films Isabella moved on to feature
length films such as the historic epic ‘ The Cairo Declaration’ directed be Húmínggāng and comedic film “I am very Talented’ directed
by Lǐ ruìxiáng.
Isabella believes one of her most interesting roles was playing Adele
Rickett in the TV epic Begonia, based on the true story of Allyn and Adele
Rickett who were a married couple arrested as US spies in China in the 1950’s
and served several years in prison being ‘re-educated’.
Isabella most recent role is in ‘The Circle’, a web series directed
Jennifer Schwerin. The show has
strong female driven plots and will run on online video channel LeTV, one of
China’s biggest streaming services.
“I grew up in Hong Kong which is where my family is based,
and I learned Mandarin Chinese at primary school,” says Isabella. She started
to broaden her acting talents when she moved to China, and now works mainly in
Beijing. She credits her success to hard work and of course perseverance, and
her advice to aspiring performers is to keep doing what you love.
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