Emily Bruni

Emily Bruni is an English actress Bruni has worked extensively in theatre TV and film playing leading roles across all genres Brunis recent credits include playing the sniper Shooter in Martin Campbells action picture Dirty Angels Slow Horses for Apple and the onewoman play Psychodrama Born to an English mother and Italian father Bruni was raised in the UK but spent part of her childhood living in Italy She is bilingual Bruni lives in London and is married to the British playwright and director Matt Wilkinson They have one son Bruni is a long term meditator and yoga practitioner and has taught both practices under the moniker Emily Valente Her other passions include food dance and travel Bruni attended St Peters High School Exeter Exeter Sixth Form College National Youth Theatre and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama In theatre Bruni spent three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company at which roles included Esmeralda in Camino Real directed by Steven Pimlott Bruni starred as Jean Rhys in The Shared Experience production After Mrs Rochester which opened the New Sydney Theatre She played Lady India in Ring Round The Moon Playhouse Theatre choreographed by Wayne McGregorIn 2013 she played Claire in Yes Prime Minister Trafalgar Studios written and directed by Jonathan Lynn In 2015 Bruni appeared in Donkey Heart and the onewoman play Before You Were Born both by Moses Raine and both directed by Nina Raine at the Trafalgar Studios In 2016 she starred in the Steven Berkoff double bill Lunch and The Bow of Ulysses Trafalgar Studios directed by Nigel Harman in 2016 Bruni played Goneril in King Lear Globe directed by Nancy Meckler Bruni played the iconic role of Debbie Deborah in Laurence Boswells production of the Donald Margulies play The Model Apartment at the Bath Ustinov theatre In 2021 Bruni played Actress in Psychodrama a onewoman play about an actress under investigation for the murder of an auteur theatre director while rehearsing a production of Hitchcocks Psycho Staged in a found space in London it transferred in 2022 to the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh The play was written and directed by Matt Wilkinson and produced by Pádraig Cusack Bruni was nominated for an Offie award for Best Actress On film Bruni played Tanya in the ITV drama Metropolis by Peter Morgan She starred alongside Rik Mayall in the sitcom Believe Nothing as Dr Hannah Awkward a professor of pedantics The series was written by Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks In 2002 she appeared alongside Bill Nighy in the return of Auf Wiedersehen Pet In 2004 she played Alice in Passer By by Tony Marchant directed by David Morrissey Bruni portrayed the Empress Catherine the Great in the 2005 television drama Catherine the Great From 2009 to 2012 she played Gail the girlfriend of Jeremys love interest in Series 6 7 and 8 of Channel 4s hit comedy Peep Show