Jill Meager
{{Short description|English actor, artist and painter}}
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Jill Meager is an English actor, artist and performance coach .[http://www.jillmeager.com/jillmeager.com/Statement_%26_Exhibitions.html Jill Meager homepage], jillmeager.com; accessed 21 November 2016.
Career
Meager studied modern languages at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. She worked for several years as an actor before training as a psychodynamic counsellor. She also worked as a stand-up comedian before studying fine art at the Putney School of Art and Design[http://www.jillmeager.com/jillmeager.com/About.html Jill Meager "About Me"'s Page], jillmeager.com; accessed 21 April 2018.
=As an actor=
Meager has appeared in many roles on television and in film, including Lucy Eyelesbarrow in 4:50 from Paddington, one of the BBC's adaptations of Miss Marple novels, in 1987. She played Katherine Chipping in the 1984 BBC adaptation of the book Goodbye, Mr. Chips. She played opposite Charles Dance in the BBC spy thriller The Secret Servant by Gavin Lyall. She had a role in the "unofficial" James Bond film Never Say Never Again in 1983, and starred opposite Alan Bates and Lambert Wilson in the feature film Sins of a Father based on a Graham Swift novel. Her other television appearances include Taggart, Bergerac and Hannay.[http://www.tv.com/people/jill-meager-1 Meager profile], tv.com; accessed 21 November 2016.
=As an artist=
She works as a wildlife artist and has regular UK exhibitions of her work. See jillmeager.com
As a Performance Coach
She coaches in speech writing, media and performance training. She has worked in many of the major United Kingdom advertising agencies, UK and US production companies and media organisations, as well as FTSE 100 companies.
Most recently she has been working as a speech coach in frontline UK politics [http://www.jillmeager.com/jillmeager.com/Statement_%26_Exhibitions.html Jill Meager Exhibition's Page], jillmeager.com; accessed 21 November 2016. for the Labour Party
References
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External links
- [http://jillmeager.com Official website]
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- [http://www.spiritbase.com Spiritbase.com]
- Labour Party
- [https://twitter.com/jillmeager?lang=en Jill Meager on Twitter]
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Category:English portrait painters
Category:English film actresses
Category:English stage actresses
Category:English television actresses
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