Sara Kestelman
Sara Kestelman is an English actress, who is known for her role as Lady Frances Brandon, Lady Jane Grey's mother, in the 1986 film Lady Jane, as well as for providing the voice of Kreia in Star Wars [Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords].
Life and career
Kestelman was born in London, the daughter of Dorothy Mary, a dress designer, and Morris Kestelman, an artist. Her father was Jewish, from a family from Russia.During the 1970s Ms. Kestelman appeared in Granada Television's daytime drama seris Crown Court, in which she played the part of Barrister Ann Merritt Q.C.
In 1994, she won a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for her performance as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret in the London revival of the show. She has performed with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Kestelman joined the latter in 1968 but left in 1973 when she had her first film role in Zardoz. In 1982, she played Lady Macbeth.
Kestelman wrote a book of poetry, A Two Hander, with Susan Penhaligon. It was published by The Do-Not Press in 1996.
She voiced the character Kreia in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.
Filmography
Documentaries
- Reputations – Wiesenthal and Lord Kitchener
- Horizon – Beyond a Joke
Theatre
- The Importance of Being Earnest ~
- The Crucible ~
- The Physicists ~
- A Midsummer Night's Dream ~ 1970 – Titania
- Enemies ~ 1971 –
- Macbeth ~ 1972 – Lady Macbeth
- Marquise of Keith ~ 1974 – Mona/Anna
- Bedroom Farce ~ 1977 –
- State of Revolution ~ 1977 – Kollontai
- Twelve Repertoire Leaflets ~ 1978 –
- The Double Dealer ~ 1978/9 –
- As You Like It ~ 1979 – Rosalind
- Undiscovered Country ~ 1979 –
- The Fruits of Enlightenment ~ 1979 – Lady with the Monocle
- Eleven Repertoire Leaflets ~ 1979 –
- Nine Repertoire Leaflets ~ 1980 –
- Childe Byron ~ 1981 –
- Macbeth ~ 1982 –
- Love for Love ~ 1985 –
- Repertoire Leaflet ~ 1985/6 –
- The Threepenny Opera ~ 1986 –
- Four Repertoire Leaflets ~ 1986 –
- The American Clock ~ 1986 –
- Dalliance ~ 1986 –
- Lettice and Lovage ~ 1988 –
- Point Valaine ~ 1991 – Linda Valaine
- Cabaret ~ 1993 – Fraulein Schneider
- Fiddler on the Roof ~ 1994 –
- Three Tall Women ~ 1995 –
- Nine ~ 1996 –
- Copenhagen ~ 1998 – Margrethe Bohr
- Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn and Victorian Music Hall ~ 1999 – Dame Marten
- All About Me ~ 2001 – one woman show
- Hamlet ~ 2001 – Queen Gertrude
- Bitter Fruits of Palestine ~ 2002 –
- The Shape of Metal ~ 2003 – Nell Jeffrey
- Girl with a Pearl Earring ~ 2008
- Torch Song Trilogy ~ 2012 – Mrs Backoff
- The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures – 2016 – Clio –
- The Lady in the Van - 2017 - Margaret Fairchild/Miss Shepherd -
Audio books
- King Lear ~ 2002 – Regan
- Mill on the Floss
- Proto Zoe
- Quarantine
- The Siege
- When I Lived in Modern Times
- ''Full House''
Radio
- Full House
- ''Baldi''
Video games
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords ~ 2004 – voice of Kreia
- Shattered Union ~ 2005 – Narrator