All About Our All-Star Cast....

Catherine Annastasia Ashby was born in Bournemouth in 1979, raised in Chelmsford and trained in the Performing Arts in London, where she still lives today. As a singer/songwriter, V-Day has marked a welcome return to her first love, which is acting.

Louisa de Albuquerque recently graduated from Cardiff University with a degree in Social Science, and is currently working for digital media company in London. She is passionate about the arts, particularly music and film.

Claire Cahill is currently training at Drama Centre London as a screen actress, and holds a degree in Performance from the University of London. She has previously performed in benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues in collaboration with V-DAY.

Anna Lindup trained at LAMDA and was awarded the actress of the year award. She has appeared in numerous productions for stage, television, film and radio. These include Dead Funny, Vaudeville, Children of the Dust, both directed by Terry Johnson; BBC television series The Woman in White; The Bill; Casualty; The Voysey Inheritance. Film includes: The Eleventh Commandment; Ladykillers; In My Head. Radio: Maximum Credible Accident; Whale Music - both by Anthony Minghella; Fixed Images; Glaring Lack of Ambition; Fish Hooks.

Kate Paxton trained at Lamda. Her theatre work includes "Sunsets and Mornings" at The Castle, "Pretty Boy" at the White Bear, "King Lear" at Stamford Brook and "F*** List Celebrity" at the Etcetera Theatre. Her television work includes Susan in "Double Trouble," a sitcom pilot. For the past 3 years Kate has been teaching in South London.

Sophie de Albuquerque studied Drama at Bristol University then came to London where she has worked for an education authority, the National Theatre's fundraising department and various arts and education websites. Since 2005, she's directed a short play for Barcelona New English Theatre Society and led drama workshops with children and adults. She's now working at Justgiving.

Jack Kelly has three films currently in production as actor, writer and director. He graduates from the three year Acting Course at ALRA in July 2008.

William Fowler is an advertising copywriter from West London.

Anna Holbek finished her degree in acting at Italia Conti last year and is currently in the process of creating her own piece of theatre on the subject of sex trafficking with a fellow Conti graduate, which they hope to have up and running in the very near future, so watch this space! Recent credits include Sleeping Beauty in Sleeping Beauty, Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods and Mrs Clerimont in The Beau Defeated.

Kirstin Smith is an actress with recent appearances in The Wings of The Dove (tour) and in the Royal Court's Rough Cuts season. She also works in access - as a subtitler and audio describer.

Nat Cotterill was in The Vagina Monologues in collaboration with V-DAY in 2007. She holds a Master’s degree in English literature and enjoys belly dancing and playing the spoons.

Marcella Evaristi has written extensively for the theatre - The Travis, Edinburgh; The Tron, Glasgow; and The Lyric, Hammersmith - and for BBC radio and television. Her latest acclaimed one-woman show, This Time I Promise, was premiered last year at the Oran Mor, Glasgow. “Evaristi... took command of the stage in a memorable glow of performing presence and luscious vocal tone.” (The Scotsman).

Annie Saunders has been involved with V-DAY as an actress, writer, producer, director and collaborator since 2002. Previous productions have benefited Women’s Aid and other organisations working to end violence against women. She encountered the Helen Bamber Foundation when working on the ‘Journey’ exhibition in 2007. She holds a Master’s degree in English literature and currently works as a research coordinator at Great Ormond Street Hospital.