Fiona Ramsay Explained

Fiona Ramsay
Birth Name:Fiona Ramsay
Birth Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality:South African
Education:St Mary's school
Years Active:1991–present
Occupation:Actress, Voice over artist, MC, Speaker

Fiona Ramsay, is a South African actress, voice over artist, MC and speaker.[1] Ramsay is best known for the roles in the television serials such as; Black Sails, Hard Copy, Heartlines and Scandal!.[2] Apart from that, she is also a vocal consultant, dialogue coach and motivational speaker on Communication Skills and Development.[3]

Personal life

Ramsay was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She went to St Mary's school.[4] She graduated from the University of Cape Town (UCT).[5] She is also a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand.[6]

Career

After graduated from UCT, she founded the Troupe Theatre Company.[7] Through the company, she involved in many theatre productions across the country such as: East, Total Eclipse, Metamorphisis and Threepenny Opera, Lifex3, Decadence and Talking Heads.[8] Then she performed in the plays Going To St Ives, The Real Thing, Summit Conference, The Book Club, My Brilliant Divorce, Ladies & Gentleman and Shakespeare and Honour. In 2005, she directed the tribute play Barney's Women to commemorate the former Artistic Director and founder of the Market Theatre.[9] Then in 2006, she directed the theatre musical play Gugu Mzimba - The Spirit of Gerard Sekoto which received critics acclaim.

Later she received the Durban award for Best Director for her stage play Nunsense. Meanwhile, she moved to United Kingdom and performed in the plays such as: Arcadia produced by Tom Stoppard for the Royal National Theatre with the role "Lady Croom & Hannah" and then played the role "Lady Macbeth" in the Shakespearean play Macbeth. During this period, she got the opportunity to appear in UK television, where she played the role of "villain" in the serial Supply And Demand, as "a teacher" in Element Of Doubt and as a "tough magistrate" in The Bill.

As a radio artist, she hosted the radio arts programs such as; Art Of The Matter & Cultural Exchange and the literature program Between The Covers on SAfm. Apart from that, she founded the Speakeasy Vocal Academy where she teaches vocal empowerment training in business, corporate and the arts sectors. Then she worked as a dialect coach American actors like Tim Robbins and Derek Luke for a film shot in South Africa. In the meantime, she joined with many international film ventures such as: Borderline, Country Of My Skull, Stander, Red Dust and Catch A Fire.

In South African television, she acted as the "Dorothy Wilcox" in SABC3 drama Hard Copy in 2005. She continued to play the role in all three seasons of the show. In 2006, she made a supportive role of "Andrea Bland" in the SABC2 education anthology series Heartlines. In 2010, she joined with the SABC2 drama series The Mating Game and played the role of "Veronica". Other than them, she also appeared in the serials: Hapgood, Stolen Lives, Arende III, Sterk Skemer and Sorted. In 2013, she played the role of "Helen" in the e.tv soap opera Scandal!. Then in 2014, she joined with the international mystery thriller serial Black Sails to play the role "Mrs. Mapleton". She played the role in the first four seasons of the show. In the meantime, she also appeared in the fourth season of Showtime thriller Homeland with the role "Dr. Helen Byatt".

In the preceding years, she appeared in many television serials including; Abo Mzala, The Mayor, It's OK We're Family, Taryn & Sharon, Diamond City and Queen Sono. In 2021, she joined with three serials: as "Denise" in season two of M-Net telenovela Legacy, as "Charlotte Lawson" in M-Net miniseries Lioness and as "Cathleen Tyrone" in another M-Net thriller Reyka.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref.
1999 Sterk Skemer EllenTV series
2005 Sorted Fiona Ramsay TV series
2005 Hard Copy Dorothy WilcoxTV series
2006 Heartlines Andrea BlandTV series
2008 Jacob's Cross Terry TaylorTV series
Scandal! HelenTV series
2010 The Mating Game Veronica TV series
2014 Black Sails Mrs. MapletonTV series
2014 Dominion Senator RomeroTV series
2014 Homeland Dr. Helen ByattTV series
2015 Abo Mzala Rachel TV series
2015 The Mayor Lucinda le Roux TV series
2017 It's OK We're Family Fiona Ramsay TV series
2017 Taryn & Sharon Sandy TV series
2018 Diamond City Moeder TV series
2018 Board Member Film
2018 Table Manners AnnetteFilm
2020 Queen Sono Guest role TV series
2020 Bulletproof 2 PernillaFilm
2021 The Watch Jocasta Wiggs TV series
2021 Legacy DeniseTV series
2021 Lioness Charlotte LawsonTV series
2021 Reyka Cathleen TyroneTV series

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rotten Tomatoes: Fiona Ramsay . 2021-11-26 . www.rottentomatoes.com . en . 12 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200112040928/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/fiona_ramsay . live .
  2. Web site: Fiona Ramsay . 2021-11-26 . MLASA . en-ZA . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210410221939/https://mlasa.com/actors/fiona-ramsay/ . live .
  3. Web site: Fiona Ramsay . 2021-11-26 . Owen S Management . en-US . 17 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210117053520/https://www.osmtalent.com/artist/fiona-ramsey/ . live .
  4. Web site: News . Publisher: GoXtra . The Sterling Fiona Ramsay on People of the South! . 2021-11-26 . 23 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210123202703/http://www.goxtranews.com/2013/06/the-sterling-fiona-ramsay-on-people-of.html . live .
  5. Web site: Fiona Ramsay: TVSA . 2021-11-26 . www.tvsa.co.za . 25 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125064027/https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=2026 . live .
  6. Ramsay . Fiona . 2019-09-02 . Your breath in art: acting from within: by Beatrice Manley, Everything Goes Media LLC, Milwaukee 2017, 220 pp, $16.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-89312-178-2 . 2021-11-26 . South African Theatre Journal . 321–324 . en . 10.1080/10137548.2018.1505097. 188378643 .
  7. Web site: Fiona Ramsay: How many accents can you do in 30 seconds? - CreativeMornings/JHB . 2021-11-26 . CreativeMornings . en.
  8. Web site: 2019-11-08 . A Conversation with Fiona Ramsay . 2021-11-26 . Sarafina Magazine . en . 9 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211109162207/https://sarafinamagazine.com/2019/11/08/a-conversation-with-fiona-ramsay/ . live .
  9. Web site: admin . FIONA RAMSAY . 2021-11-26 . Theatre Lives . en-US . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506094000/https://theatrelives.co.za/people/fiona-ramsay/ . live .