Imogen Boorman
Encyclopedia
Imogen May Pratt Boorman (born 13 May 1971) is an English
film actress and television actress. She is known for portraying Tiffany in the horror
classic
film Hellbound: Hellraiser II
, Lorina in Dreamchild
, Clothhide in May to December
, and Hannah Preston in Westbeach
.
Educated at Benenden School
in Kent, Boorman went on to attend the Kent Institute of Art and Design at Maidstone
for a BTEC Foundation Diploma in General Art and Design.
She gave up her acting career in 1993. By then, she was accomplised in training Judo
and started to train Jiu-Jitsu
. She went on to make a prosperous career in Jiu-Jitsu competitions, from 1994 to 1999, and continues to train with the British Jiu-Jitsu team in Birmingham.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
film actress and television actress. She is known for portraying Tiffany in the horror
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
classic
Classic
The word classic means something that is a perfect example of a particular style, something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality. The word can be an adjective or a noun . It denotes a particular quality in art, architecture, literature and other cultural artifacts...
film Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a 1988 horror film directed by Tony Randel. It draws heavily upon, and was made by much of the same cast and crew as its precursor, Hellraiser.-Summary:...
, Lorina in Dreamchild
Dreamchild
Dreamchild is a 1985 British drama film produced by Verity Lambert, directed by Gavin Millar and written by Dennis Potter. It stars Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Nicola Cowper and Amelia Shankley and is a fictionalized account of Alice Liddell, the child who inspired Lewis Carroll's...
, Clothhide in May to December
May to December
May to December was a British sitcom which ran for 39 episodes, from 2 April 1989 to 27 May 1994 on BBC1. The series was written by Paul Mendelson and produced by Cinema Verity....
, and Hannah Preston in Westbeach
Westbeach
Westbeach is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1993.The series was set in the fictional seaside town of Westbeach and dealt with two feuding families, the Cromers and the Prestons, who controlled the local businesses...
.
Educated at Benenden School
Benenden School
Benenden School is an independent boarding school for girls in Kent, England. It is located in Benenden in the Kentish countryside, between Cranbrook and Tenterden....
in Kent, Boorman went on to attend the Kent Institute of Art and Design at Maidstone
Maidstone
Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the centre of the agricultural...
for a BTEC Foundation Diploma in General Art and Design.
She gave up her acting career in 1993. By then, she was accomplised in training Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
and started to train Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
. She went on to make a prosperous career in Jiu-Jitsu competitions, from 1994 to 1999, and continues to train with the British Jiu-Jitsu team in Birmingham.
Television credits
- WestbeachWestbeachWestbeach is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1993.The series was set in the fictional seaside town of Westbeach and dealt with two feuding families, the Cromers and the Prestons, who controlled the local businesses...
(1993), Hannah Preston - TV, nine episodes - CasualtyCasualty (TV series)Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
(1992), Nikki Wyatt - TV, three episodes - May to DecemberMay to DecemberMay to December was a British sitcom which ran for 39 episodes, from 2 April 1989 to 27 May 1994 on BBC1. The series was written by Paul Mendelson and produced by Cinema Verity....
(1992), Clothilde - TV, one episode - Screen One (1991), Hayley Forbes-Clinton - TV, one episode
- LovejoyLovejoyLovejoy is a TV series about the adventures of Lovejoy, a British antiques dealer and faker based in East Anglia, a less than scrupulous yet likeable rogue. The episodes were based on a series of picaresque novels by John Grant...
(1991), Melissa Harrington-Morse - TV, one episode - Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1990), Veronica Williams - TV, one episode
- The TripodsThe TripodsThe Tripods is a series of young adult novels written by John Christopher, beginning in 1967. The first two were the basis of a science fiction TV-series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s....
(1984), Fiona Vichot - TV, two episodes