Isabella is an award-winning BAFTA Connect actor, producer, director and co-founder of female-led production company, Backscatter Productions, which she set up in 2020 after becoming aware of a lack of connective tissue between underrepresented filmmakers.  Her films have won selections and awards at over 30 BAFTA and Academy Award qualifying international film festivals. Her most recent film, Wild Animal, was selected by Variety as a prediction to win an Oscar in 2024. She is the winner of the CIFE Award for outstanding achievements in the arts, the BBC mentoring programme from the Little Wing Film Festival and is a represented by Independent Talent. Driven by a desire to redress the gender imbalance on both sides of the camera and illuminate female authorship, her focus is on telling bold and compelling stories for Film & TV.

Isabella Speaight

Isabella is an award-winning BAFTA Connect actor, producer, director and co-founder of female-led production company, Backscatter Productions, which she set up in 2020 after becoming aware of a lack of connective tissue between underrepresented filmmakers.  Her films have won selections and awards at over 30 BAFTA and Academy Award qualifying international film festivals. Her most recent film, Wild Animal, was selected by Variety as a prediction to win an Oscar in 2024. She is the winner of the CIFE Award for outstanding achievements in the arts, the BBC mentoring programme from the Little Wing Film Festival and is a represented by Independent Talent. Driven by a desire to redress the gender imbalance on both sides of the camera and illuminate female authorship, her focus is on telling bold and compelling stories for Film & TV.

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Isabella is an award-winning BAFTA Connect actor, producer, director and co-founder of female-led production company, Backscatter Productions, which she set up in 2020 after becoming aware of a lack of connective tissue between underrepresented filmmakers.

Her films have won selections and awards at over 30 BAFTA and Academy Award qualifying international film festivals. Her most recent film, Wild Animal, was selected by Variety as a prediction to win an Oscar in 2024. She is the winner of the CIFE Award for outstanding achievements in the arts, the BBC mentoring programme from the Little Wing Film Festival and is a represented by Independent Talent.

Driven by a desire to redress the gender imbalance on both sides of the camera and illuminate female authorship, her focus is on telling bold and compelling stories for Film & TV.

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Skills

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Actor Showreel
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Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Powerpoint
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Microsoft Word
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Short Film
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Education

MA Acting at The Oxford School of Drama
September 14, 2017 - September 10, 2018
BA Theatre & Performance at University of Leeds
September 30, 2014 - May 14, 2017
Film Production Intensive at New York Film Academy
April 30, 2020 - May 30, 2020

Qualifications

CIFE Award for Outstanding achievements in A Levels
May 24, 2014
Awarded at the House of Lords
Winner: Best Actress
August 16, 2019
Florence Film Awards
Winner: Best Actress
January 30, 2020
Little Wing Film Festival
Winner: Best Short Film
October 1, 2020
British Film Awards

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Travel & Hospitality
    uniE608 Isabella Speaight - Showreel
    #actor #actress #showreel
    uniE608 Abella London - FASHION (COMMERCIAL)
    Producers - Isabella Speaight + Molly Murphy Production Company - Backscatter Productions Director/Editor - Laurie Barraclough Director of Photography - Fraser Stephens Stylists - Ella-Lousie Gaskell + Grace Power Make-Up - Katie Jude Models - Kit Reeve + Polly Carter Colourist - Misha Kim Music - Zoe Mead (Wyldest) #video
    uniE608 Kinked - Short Film - Trailer
    Kinked (2023) was written/directed by Freya Mavor & was backed by the BFI. It just had it's UK premiere at BAFTA & BIFA Qualifying London Short Film Festival. It stars 2021 Screen International Star of Tomorrow Thalissa Teixeira, Fehinti Balogun (Dune, I May Destroy You) & Stanley Townsend. #video #filmdirector