Former Students
A selection of Drama Studio London students, with their career highlights.

Adrian Lukis
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Cory English
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Emily Watson
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Forest Whitaker
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Lesley Vickerage
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Roma Downey
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Sharman MacDonald 1972/73
Playwright.
Luis 'Loy' Arcenas 1975/76
Director and set designer – Broadway.
Peter Howitt 1976/77
TV: Bread, Frontiers, Killing Me, Softly, Stone Cold.
Director: Sliding Doors, AntiTrust, Johnny English, Laws of Attraction, Dangerous Parking.
Trevor Cooper 1978/79
TV: Ivanhoe, Days Like These, Dalziel and Pascoe, Longitude.
Theatre: The Lieutenant of Innishmore, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Iceman Cometh.
Pip Short 1979/80
TV Director: Bad Girl, Eastenders, Brookside.
John Vickery 1979/80
Theatre: The Lion King Broadway.
TV: Star Trek, Babylon 5, NYPD Blue.
Forest Whitaker 1981/82 (Berkeley)
Film: Good Morning Vietnam, Bird Cannes Best Actor 1988, The Crying Game, Waiting to Exhale, Ghost Dog, Panic Room,
The Last King of Scotland Oscar & BAFTA Best Actor 2007.
Adrian Lukis 1982/83
TV: Pride and Prejudice, Peak Practice.
Theatre: The Relapse National Theatre.
Leland Orser 1983/84
Film: Alien Resurrection, The Bone Collector, Pearl Harbor.
Roma Downey 1983/84
Film: Touched By An Angel, A Woman Named Jackie, Monday After The Miracle, Borrowed Hearts, The Circle.
Helen Schlesinger* 1985/86
Theatre: Oresteia National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company.
Film: The Way We Live Now, Twenty-Four Hour Party People.
TV: Bad Girls.
Lee Sellars 1988/89
TV: ER, Law and Order.
Charles Simpson 1988/89
Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Company, Arcadia National Theatre.
TV: London Bridge Carlton TV.
Lesley Vickerage* 1988/89
TV: Soldier Soldier, Grafters, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
Theatre: Two Gentlemen of Verona Royal Shakespeare Company.
Emily Watson 1990/91
Film: Breaking the Waves Cannes Best Newcomer 1996 & Oscar Best Actress Nomination 1997, Hilary and Jackie Oscar
Best Actress Nomination 1998, The Boxer, Angela's Ashes, Gosford Park, Miss Potter.
Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre.
John Lightbody 1994/95
TV: Dalziel and Pascoe.
Theatre: National Theatre.
Susie Trayling 1996/97
Theatre: National Theatre.
Cory English* 1998/99
Theatre: Guys & Dolls, The Producers Drury Lane Theatre.
Sheena Irving 1999/2000
TV: Casualty.
Theatre: National Theatre.
Jamie Harding 2001/02
Film: Flight 93.
Theatre: National Theatre.
Jess Murphy 2002/03
Theatre: Blood Wedding Almeida, Amadeus Wilton’s Music Hall.
Nadine Lewington 2003/04
TV: Holby City regular.
Jason Nwoga 2005/06
Theatre: Macbeth Royal Shakespeare Company.
*Drama Studio London teacher
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