Jane Lapotaire

Acting


Biography

Tony and Olivier award winning and BAFTA nominated Jane trained at BOVTS from 1961 to 1963.

She has gone on to have an illustrious acting career spanning fifty years, as well as writing several memoirs. Most recently, Jane has appeared in Rebecca (2020), Downton Abbey and The Crown.

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate