Gemma Deerfield

Gemma Deerfield studied performing arts at London Metropolitan University. After graduating she went on to perform on stage at the Lion & Unicorn theatre in Kentish Town in Moliere's Imaginary Invalid playing Angelique and The Maids at Camden's Etcetera Theatre playing Solange; a show she also produced. For a time Gemma produced cabaret shows before moving onto film. Her first film role was in Alan Ronald's Jesus Versus The Messiah; playing the female lead; Sally. She then went on to star in the short films; Lady by the Lake and Milky Thursday later that year. Gemma started to explore film production as well as performing and worked on the short film Last with Paul Anderton (creator of Milky Thursday) and the feature film Breathe with Ricci Hartnett. Then along came the chance to play Joan of Arc and Cleopatra in Parthenon Entertainment's award winning drama-doc series Mystery Files which as been shown on Nat Geo and the Discovery channels both in the UK and the USA. She was then asked back to play Amy Robsart in series 2 the following year. Soon after she was cast in Deborah Hadfield's award winning feature; The Kindness of Strangers and Stephen Murphey's haunting feature; Marvin's Song where once again Gemma played the lead female role; Polly. She went on to collaborate on the short films Fresh Canvas and Near & Far with 2 newcomers to the film industry; Peter Goundrill and Kieng Ly. Getting to work with Dave Spikey on his short Buzz Dish was terrific as it won the Cofilmic Festival; Audience Choice Award. She also made the short film Ella with some film students in Manchnchester which won them a Royal Television Society award. After a long time away Gemma returned to theatre in 2012. Gemma and the cast of the fringe musical; A Fistful of Love by Kellie Taylor won an award and a 5 star review for their Not Part of Festival show in the same year. Her latest role was the lead in the horror feature film; Amnesiac which Gemma also produced. Distributed through Midnight Releasing this is now available to watch. Gemma now runs her own Media company; Fancy Pants Productions and is developing 2 features and a TV series.