User:Emma Rydal

Emma gained a BA (Hons) in Performance Arts at Middlesex University in 1994 and went on to start a successful acting career in theatre, television and radio. Notable film and TV roles include Stella in the BAFTA winning Brit flick 'East is East', Miranda in Charlie Higson's 'Swiss Toni', Mikey in Kay Mellor's 'Playing the Field' and Celia in Sky One's 'Stella'. She began writing and wrote 'True' which won The Audience Award for Best Production at Manchester's 24.7 Theatre Festival. She then wrote 'Soaked' a play about middle class functioning alcoholics which toured and had a sell out run at Keswick's Theatre by the Lake.

She lives in Cumbria with her husband Andy and two daughters.