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Sara Kestelman

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Sara Kestelman
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Sara Kestelman (born 12 May 1944) is an English actress,[1] who is known for her role as Lady Frances Brandon, Lady Jane Grey's mother, in the 1986 film Lady Jane, as well as for providing the voice of Kreia in Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.[2]

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Life and career

Kestelman was born in London, the daughter of Dorothy Mary (née Creagh), a dress designer, and Morris Kestelman, an artist.[3][4] Her father was Jewish, from a family from Russia.[5]

In 1994, she won a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for her performance as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret in the London revival of the show. She has performed with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Kestelman joined the latter in 1968 but left in 1973 when she had her first film role in Zardoz. In 1982, she played Lady Macbeth.[citation needed]

Kestelman wrote a book of poetry, A Two Hander, with Susan Penhaligon. It was published by The Do-Not Press in 1996. [6]

She voiced the character Kreia in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.[2]

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Filmography

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Film

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TV

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Documentaries

  • Reputations – Wiesenthal and Lord Kitchener
  • Horizon – Beyond a Joke

Theatre

Audio books

  • King Lear ~ 2002 – Regan
  • Mill on the Floss
  • Proto Zoe
  • Quarantine
  • The Siege
  • When I Lived in Modern Times
  • Full House

Radio

  • Full House (read and adapted)
  • Baldi

Video games

  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords ~ 2004 – voice of Kreia
  • Shattered Union ~ 2005 – Narrator (voice)
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Awards, honours and nominations

  • Australian Film Institute
  • Nom 1977 Best Actress in a Lead Role for Break of Day
  • Clarence Derwent Award
  • Rec'd 1994 Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for Cabaret
  • Irish Times ESB Awards
  • Nom 2004 for The Shape of Metal
  • Laurence Olivier Theatre Award
  • Rec'd 1994 Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for Cabaret

References

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