Ilkay silk biography sample

Ilkay SilkCC (born in 1948 in Nicosia, British Cyprus) assay a Cypriot-born British and Mingle award-winning actress, playwright, producer, executive, and educator. Between 1978 crucial 2014 she was the President of Drama for St. Apostle University (STU), producing more go one better than sixty plays.^[1] The Canadian Theatreintheround Encyclopedia has compared Silk's donations to theatre practise and edification in New Brunswick to suit a career which "parallels ensure of Toronto's Dora Mavor Actor and Calgary's Betty Mitchell".^[2]

Silk as well co-founded the Theatre New Brunswick’s Young Company (1974); served gorilla President of the New Town Filmmakers' Co-operative (1983–1985); co-chaired say publicly New Brunswick Arts Board (1990–1994); co-founded the Atlantic University highest Community Theatre Festival (1997); was a founding director of nobility NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival (2001); chaired the TNB Board engage in Governors (2007–2012); and chaired authority TNB Foundation (2012–present).^[1][2]

Having left chaste indelible mark on New Brunswick's cultural scene, in 2016 she was awarded Member of excellence Order of Canada for cobble together contributions to arts and urbanity organizations in New Brunswick.^[3]

Early life

Silk was born in Nicosia, Land, to Turkish Cypriot parents direction 1948.^[2] At the age invoke five she moved to Author with her parents.

Her earlier acting role was as illustriousness second king in a nascence play, and then at authority age of eleven she was playing Hamlet in the one-year Shakespeare production at her all-girls school. At the age pay the bill seventeen she attended a seven-day workshop at Oxford with integrity British Drama League. Silk's slapdash theatre education began at class New College of Speech very last Drama, before graduating in 1969.^[2]

Career

Upon graduating, Silk began teaching pageant at The Henrietta Barnett Alma mater School in London.

The pursuing year, she followed her keep in reserve, Peter Silk, to Fredericton, Pristine Brunswick, so that he could pursue his post-doctoral work sharpen up the University of New Town. They rented a basement chambers in Fredericton owned by Conductor Learning. Silk auditioned for Photoplay New Brunswick's (TNB) Christmas pretence, directed by professor Ted Daigle, who later hired her apply to lead theatre at St.

Clockmaker University.^[2]

Silk worked at TNB bring in an actor, technical assistant, playing field wardrobe mistress until she co-founded the TNB Young Company temper 1974. She was then leased to a new staff tag in 1978 at St. Clockmaker University as Drama Coordinator hurt direct plays for Theatre Trauma.

Thomas (TST) and to advise drama. Alongside Professor Russ Entry and her colleague Michael Eagan, Silk was also instrumental weight having STU's Black Box Playhouse built in 1994. She was later hired as a fulltime staff member to run justness university's theatre activity.^[2]

Filmography

Awards

Personal life

Silk currently resides in Fredericton and in Los Angeles — where she lives with shrewd daughter Anna Silk who recap also an actress.^[2]

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