Camilla Power was born on November 13, 1976. She is an Irish-born English actress who is most notably remembered in her role as Jill Pole in BBC's TV adaptation of the book "The Silver Chair" (1990) by C.S. Lewis. The show was aired in the six Sundays preceding Christmas 1990, shortly after her 14th birthday.
This was followed by parts in "Bonjour La Classe" for the BBC (1993), and "Moonacre" (BBC) (1993) a part which involved horse-riding. Other early parts have included: "The Manageress" (Ch4)(1990).
Camilla started acting from an early age; her very first TV appearance was on a chicken nuggets advertisement. Girl made her stage debut in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at the National Theatre in 1998. Her voice was featured in the English dubbed version of Alice. Actress was a regular cast member on Yorkshire Television soap Emmerdale as Jessica McAllister for two years. Camilla had a small role in the television show "Murder In Mind".
When she was 30 years old Power appeared in the BBC drama "Waterloo Road" as English teacher Lorna Dickey and returned for the second series in 2007, until her character committed suicide having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Camilla was born in Cork, Ireland and is a distant cousin of Irish actor Tyrone Power. Camilla's great-grandfather was Sir John Power, Member of Parliament for Wimbledon before the Second World War. Power Hall at Chatham House is named in his honour.
Girl attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone. During her teenage years, Camilla's heart-throb idol was film actor Liam Neeson according to Inside Soap magazine 1994. Actress has a partner, but is not married and has one child from a former relationship. |
