Gabrielle Creevy
{{Short description|Welsh actress}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2021}}
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Gabrielle Elizabeth Creevy (born 1996) is a Welsh actress. She is known for her role as Bethan Gwyndaf in the BBC series In My Skin (2018–2021). For her performance, she won a BAFTA Cymru.
Early life and education
Creevy is from Port Talbot{{Cite web|date=2020-03-28|title=Gabrielle Creevy Interview - In My Skin|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/in_my_skin/interviews/gabrielle-creevy/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en}} and lived in a council flat as a child. Her mother is a local mobile hairdresser.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/in-my-skin-gabrielle-creevy-bbc-bafta-a9453026.html|title=In My Skin's Gabrielle Creevy: 'I can't bear to watch my Bafta acceptance speech'|work=The Independent |last=Lord | first=Annie |date=8 April 2020 | access-date=6 June 2022}} Creevy took classes at the Mark Jermin Stage School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.markjermin.co.uk/who-we-are/our-stars/|title=Our Stars|website=Mark Jermin|accessdate=11 September 2023}} She went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Arts Educational School (ArtsEd) in London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cam.co.uk/client/gabrielle-creevy/|title=Gabrielle Creevy|publisher=Creative Artists Management|access-date=6 June 2022}}
Career
Creevy made her acting debut in three episodes of the S4C drama series Gwaith/Cartref in 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cam.co.uk/client/gabrielle-creevy/|title=Gabrielle Creevy|publisher=Creative Artists Management|access-date=28 March 2021|archive-date=26 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126235145/http://www.cam.co.uk/client/gabrielle-creevy/|url-status=live}} The next year, she appeared in an episode of the BBC medical drama Casualty. During her time at ArtsEd, Creevy appeared in the ITV comedy series The Stand Up Sketch Show.{{cite news |title=Gabrielle Creevy |url=https://tresamagazine.com/2020/08/28/gabrielle-creevy/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=TresA |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228064849/https://tresamagazine.com/2020/08/28/gabrielle-creevy/ |url-status=live }}
In 2018, Creevy filmed the pilot of In My Skin across five days for BBC Three. After it was commissioned into a full series, she was nominated for the BAFTA Cymru award for Actress in 2019.{{cite news |title=Bafta Cymru: Gabrielle Creevy and Celyn Jones win awards |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50036013 |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=BBC News |date=13 October 2019 |archive-date=19 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119075351/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50036013 |url-status=live }} She subsequently won the award in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2021-10-21 |title='Three Women': Gabrielle Creevy To Star In Showtime Drama Series |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/three-women-gabrielle-creevy-showtime-drama-series-shailene-woodley-1234859797/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} Creevy was working in the coffee shop of a gym when she learned that she had been nominated, and had to return to her shift after finding out.{{cite news |last1=Lord |first1=Annie |title=In My Skin's Gabrielle Creevy: 'I can't bear to watch my Bafta acceptance speech' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/my-skin-gabrielle-creevy-bbc-bafta-a9453026.html |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=The Independent |date=8 April 2020 |archive-date=20 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220115556/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/my-skin-gabrielle-creevy-bbc-bafta-a9453026.html |url-status=live }} She then starred in a production titled Lose Yourself at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. Creevy's performance was described as "excellent" by The Guardian,{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Gareth Llŷr |title=Lose Yourself review – a devastating night out |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/may/15/lose-yourself-review-sherman-theatre-cardiff-katherine-chandler |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=15 May 2019 |archive-date=12 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212105109/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/may/15/lose-yourself-review-sherman-theatre-cardiff-katherine-chandler |url-status=live }} and Debbie Johnson of An Organised Mess wrote that Creevy was "a joy in using language and compelling monologues which not only stimulated the imagination through words, tone and pace but in creating the challenge to accepted behaviours".{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Debbie |title=Lose Yourself at the Sherman Theatre |url=https://anorganisedmess.com/theatre/lose-yourself-at-the-sherman-theatre/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |work=An Organised Mess |date=15 May 2019 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204012927/https://anorganisedmess.com/theatre/lose-yourself-at-the-sherman-theatre/ |url-status=live }} Later in 2019, Creevy starred in the Channel 5 drama series 15 Days as Katie, and featured in another episode of Casualty. In 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC detective series Father Brown, which she enjoyed since it was her first period role. She appeared in the Netflix film Operation Mincemeat. She has also appeared in The Pact.
In 2021, it was announced that Creevy had been cast in the Showtime series Three Women.{{cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2021/11/new-tv-series-starring-shailene-woodley-betty-gilpin-filming-in-upstate-ny.html|title=New TV series starring Shailene Woodley, Betty Gilpin filming in Upstate NY|date=9 November 2021|author=Geoff Herbert|website=syracuse.com|access-date=10 November 2021}} In My Skin returned for a second series in November 2021, with Creevy reprising her role as Bethan Gwyndaf. she joined upcoming Sky series Amadeus {{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2024/04/sky-mozart-wife-gabrielle-creevy-1235899437/amp/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=30 April 2024|title=
Joe Barton's Mozart Series Casts Gabrielle Creevy As Musical Genius's Wife Constanze|first=Max|last=Goldbart|date=April 30, 2024}}
Filmography
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! Film ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2021
| Doris Michael | |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2011
| Megan Adams | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2012
| Casualty | Bethany Jones | Episode: "Grand Canyon" |
| 2018–2021
| Bethan Gwyndaf | Series regular; 10 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| 15 Days | Katie / Catrin | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| Casualty
| Shona Collins | Episode: "Series 33, Episode 32" |
| 2021
| The Pact | Tamsin | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2024
| Maggie Wilkin | Series regular; 10 episodes |
| Black Doves
| Eleanor | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| TBC
|style="background:#FFFFCC;"|{{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} Amadeus | Post-production |
| TBA
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"|{{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}The Guest | TBA |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|4911086}}
{{RTS Programme Award for Best Performance by a Female Actor}}
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Category:21st-century Welsh actresses
Category:BAFTA winners (people)
Category:Actors educated at the Arts Educational Schools
Category:People from Port Talbot
Category:British television actresses
Category:British film actresses