marsha
thomason
thomason
Thomason follows in Eddie Murphy's footsteps, regarding
his ability to play several roles in one movie–she plays three characters
in Haunted Mansion.
Butterfly top: Matthew Williamson.
Butterfly top: Matthew Williamson.
Townsend tackled a live production of Tennessee Williams'
Orpheus Descending at London's Donmar Warehouse. Two of
his best films
will be in 2004.
will be in 2004.
booked her on a kid's TV show in her native England. Though ecstastic
to get her first job at 14, Thomason says it actually wasn't until later that
she realized she wanted to have a career as an actress. Thomason had
focused her energies on a university degree in English. At 17, however,
she landed a role in Antonia Bird's Safe,
a film about homeless kids in London.
"It was my first grown-up job," says Thomason, who further describes it as her first in a series of three big breaks. "Working with Robert Carlyle, Aidan Gillen, and Kate Hardie was a real learning curve."
Thomason's eye widened with Safe, yet she continued to pursue her degree in literature. That is, until she soon got the itch again. "A lot of my peers were not studying, but were working [as actors], and I became, well, I just couldn't wait. I went out and got an agent." Her first audition? The British television phenomenon Prime Suspect 5.
"That kind of put me back on the map in England," explains Thomason, who then navigated her way to America for her third big break, this one in Hollywood as the leading lady opposite Martin Lawrence in Black Knight. Now the actress calls LA
and London home and has just finished filming alongside Eddie Murphy in
Disney's latest theme-park-attraction
flick, Haunted Mansion, due for a Thanksgiving release.
"It was my first grown-up job," says Thomason, who further describes it as her first in a series of three big breaks. "Working with Robert Carlyle, Aidan Gillen, and Kate Hardie was a real learning curve."
Thomason's eye widened with Safe, yet she continued to pursue her degree in literature. That is, until she soon got the itch again. "A lot of my peers were not studying, but were working [as actors], and I became, well, I just couldn't wait. I went out and got an agent." Her first audition? The British television phenomenon Prime Suspect 5.
"That kind of put me back on the map in England," explains Thomason, who then navigated her way to America for her third big break, this one in Hollywood as the leading lady opposite Martin Lawrence in Black Knight. Now the actress calls LA
and London home and has just finished filming alongside Eddie Murphy in
Disney's latest theme-park-attraction
flick, Haunted Mansion, due for a Thanksgiving release.
