Sally McLean. Actor.
Sally McLean is a UK trained, Australian based, internationally award-winning stage and screen actor, who has played lead, support and guest roles in film, television and theatre in Australia, the USA and UK. She’s also known for having a bit of thing for Shakespeare.
Sally the actor.
Some of Sally’s notable screen acting credits include “Angie Powers” in the BAFTA Award-winning BBC mini series Bootleg, “Stacy” in the AACTA Award-winning ABC TV series Utopia and recurring roles of “Miss Giddens” in the ABC/CBBC TV series The Worst Year of My Life … Again and “Barb” in the cult USA Sony/AMC TV series, Preacher opposite Pip Torrens & Christopher Kirby.
Sally the writer/director.
While acting is her main focus, Sally also runs a production business alongside her acting career, gaining international success and accolades for her behind the camera roles, most notably her writing and directing work for the screen.
For the past decade, she has been creator/director for the multi award-winning and critically acclaimed Shakespeare Republic universe of projects, featuring actors such as Nadine Garner, Michala Banas, Alan Fletcher, Scott Major, Christopher Kirby, Dean Haglund and more.
Sally the teacher.
With nearly 30 years experience performing Shakespeare, over a decade of teaching and directing his work and a cabinet of international awards for writing, directing and acting in Shakespeare adaptions for the stage and screen, Sally’s continuing mission is to make Shakespeare accessible, inclusive, exciting, relatable and most of all, fun. She does this via her educational program Playing The Bard.
She has taught at various institutions in Australia, such as Howard Fine Acting Studio Australia (where she was on faculty for six years), the Equity Foundation and ran her own acting program, Acting Up at the House for 5 years. She also speaks at educational conferences and schools on the power of Creativity and Shakespeare.
Photo: Sally with the Full Time Acting Class at Howard Fine Acting Studio in 2019. Photo by Phoebe Anne Taylor.
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