Katie Jarvis

Katie Jarvis ( born June 22, 1991 Dartford, Kent) is an English film actress. A wide audience was aware of the amateur actress by starring in the British drama film Fish Tank (2009) by Andrea Arnold.

Life

Katie Jarvis grew up in Essex and has three siblings. Her parents split up and she lived until 2008 when her mother, a hairdresser, and their significant other. The unemployed Schulabgängerin 2008 was discovered by a casting agent in the station at Tilbury in Essex, England, as they just had a fight with her ​​boyfriend. She did not believe the agent initially, but was nevertheless give their card and eventually took part in the regular auditions for Andrea Arnold's film Fish Tank. The drama tells the story of the rebellious teenager Mia, with her single mother ( Kierston Wareing played by ) in an English council estate is alive and inclined towards the alcohol and breakdancing.

Although she had no acting training and harbored an aversion to dancing in front of the audience, Jarvis secured the lead role in Arnold's film, which won a prize at the film festival of Cannes 2009, and Jarvis great critical acclaim earned for her first film role.

Since the success of Fishtank Katie Jarvis took acting lessons and is represented by Artist agencies in the United Kingdom and the United States. In 2012, she played in the film " Your Sister 's Sister ," a supporting role.

In May 2009, she brought a daughter into the world.

Filmography

• 2009: Fish Tank
• 2012: Your Sister 's Sister

Awards

British Independent Film Awards 2009

Nominations in the categories

• Best Actress for Fish Tank
• Best Newcomer for Fish Tank

Edinburgh International Film Festival

• Best British Performance for Fish Tank

European Film Awards 2009

• Nomination for Best Actress for Fish Tank