Juliet Rylance

Juliet Rylance
Juliet Rylance at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards
Born	Juliet van Kampen (1979-07-26) 26 July 1979 London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present
Spouse(s)	Christian Camargo (m. 2008)
Website	http://www.julietrylance.com

Juliet Rylance (born Juliet van Kampen; 26 July 1979) is an English actress and producer, known for the film Days and Nights.

Early life

Rylance was born as Juliet van Kampen in Hammersmith, London, England, to architect Chris van Kampen and composer Claire van Kampen. She had a younger sister, Nataasha, who became a filmmaker. Her parents divorced when she was seven, and her mother subsequentely married actor Mark Rylance. She was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

Her first major role upon leaving RADA was as Medea in Neil LaBute's Bash: Latter-Day Plays at the Union Theatre in London. She then went on to play Perdita in The Winter's Tale and Cressida in Troilus and Cressida at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. She portrayed British writer Mary Sidney in I Am Shakespeare, written by her step-father Mark Rylance and directed by Matthew Warchus at the Chichester Festival Theatre and its UK tour. That same year, along with two of her contemporaries, David Sturzaker and director Tamara Harvey, she started her own production company, Theater of Memory. She subsequently starred in the Theater of Memory's productions of Romeo and Juliet and Bash: Latter-Day Plays, portraying Juliet and Medea respectively.

In 2009, Rylance played Desdemona at the theater in New York City, in Othello, for which she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award. She next appeared in the Sam Mendes-directed Bridge Project, a joint venture between the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn and The Old Vic in London. She appeared as Rosalind and Miranda, respectively, with her husband appearing alongside her as Orlando and Ariel. Rylance was awarded a 2010 Obie Award for her performance as Rosalind.

In 2012, Rylance co-starred in the horror film Sinister. In 2014 she appeared in and produced Days and Nights, written and directed by her husband. Since 2014, Rylance has starred in the Cinemax medical drama The Knick.

Personal life

In 2008, Rylance married actor Christian Camargo at New York City Hall. They had met over a decade earlier when he worked with her stepfather Mark Rylance at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Sinister	Tracy Oswalt
2013	Days and Nights	Eva	Producer
2016	A Dog's Purpose	Elizabeth

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014–present	The Knick	Cornelia Robertson

Stage

Title	Role	Notes
The Winter's Tale	Perdita	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Troilus and Cressida	Cressida	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Bash: Latter-Day Plays	Medea	Trafalgar Studios, London
I Am Shakespeare	Mary Sidney	Chichester Festival Theatre and UK Tour
Romeo and Juliet	Juliet	Middle Temple Hall, London
Othello	Desdemona	Nominated – Lucille Lortel Award for Best Featured Actress
As You Like It	Rosalind	Bridge Project Obie Award
The Tempest	Miranda	Bridge Project
Three Sisters	Irina	Classic Stage Company
The Cherry Orchard	Varya	Classic Stage Company
Ivanov	Sasha	Classic Stage Company

External links

• Juliet Rylance at the Internet Movie Database