Camilla Marie Beeput

Camilla Marie Beeput
Born	(1984-09-09) 9 September 1984 Westminster, London, England
Nationality	English
Other names	Camilla Camilla Marie Camilla Beeput
Occupation	Television actress Stage actress Singer
Years active	2002–present

Camilla Marie Beeput (born 9 September 1984), also known simply as Camilla or Camilla Beeput, is an English stage, television and film actress and singer.

Early life

Beeput was born in Westminster and raised in Brent, both in North London.

Career

She was spotted by theatre director Paul Kerryson while participating in the first season of the BBC reality television series Fame Academy in 2002.

After Fame Academy, Beeput went on to star as Maria in a production of the musical West Side Story at Leicester Haymarket Theatre, and Money to Burn at London's The Venue. In Kerryson's highly acclaimed production of "West Side Story" she received positive reviews.

After appearing as Bethany Mortimer in the ITV1 series Footballers' Wives, she landed the lead role of Rose in the London West End production of Daddy Cool, a musical based on the music of Boney M., at the Shaftesbury Theatre and European tour. Following Daddy Cool, Beeput appeared as Crystal Gordon in Bad Girls: The Musical from August through November 2007. Camilla played Shun in the Young Vic production of In The Red And Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney.

Singer

After her early work in theatre, Beeput wrote and recorded "Don't Hold Back", which features rapper Erick Sermon of the group EPMD and was released on 28 August 2006. In 2009, a track called "Oh What You Did", with US rapper Juelz Santana from the New York rap group Dipset, was recorded but never officially released.

Television

Beeput appeared as Bethany Mortimer, the girlfriend of closeted gay footballer Noah Alexander, in the ITV1 series Footballers' Wives. She appeared as Aimee in the Channel 4 comedy series Plus One in 2008 and later that year appeared in Doctors on BBC One. Beeput played the role of Lee Ann in BBC Three's comedy series Lunch Monkeys in 2009 and in 2010, she played Zahra in Peep Show series 7. In 2011, she played Natalie in Top Boy, a four-part TV drama on Channel 4. She played seductive siren, jazz nightclub singer Gloria Dee in series 1 episode 5 of Grantchester and she is featured heavily on the soundtrack under "Gloria Dee and her Quartet" alongside television composer John Lunn. In August 2015 played Sally Whitechurch in one episode of "New Tricks" on BBC1

Filmography

• Fame Academy (2002) as herself (Series 1)
• Footballers' Wives (5 episodes, 2005) as Bethany Mortimer
• The Bill (1 episode, 2006) as Kelly Haynes
• Plus One (1 episode, 2009) as Aimee
• Law & Order: UK (1 episode, 2009) as Maya
• Lunch Monkeys (6 episodes, 2009) as Leigh Anne
• Push (3 episodes, 2010)
• Peep Show (5 episodes, 2010) as Zahra
• Death in Paradise (1 episode, 2011) as Margaret
• Top Boy (2 episodes, 2011) as Natalie
• White Van Man (2 episodes, 2012) as Jasmine
• Doctors (3 episodes, 2009–2012) as Alice Hadley-Richards
• Birds of a Feather (8 episodes, 2014—) – Marcie
• Grantchester (2014) episode 1- Gloria Dee

External links

• Official website
• Camilla Marie Beeput at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of "Don't Hold Back" at ILikeMusic