BIO
Eva-Jane Willis was born in South Africa to Eileen Willis and film director Ian Gabriel. She moved with her mother and sister to live in North London at age 4. As a child, Eva-Jane trained part-time at Mountview Theatre School where she was spotted by casting agents for the BBC and landed her first minor role in the television series Grange Hill. She went on to gain more screen experience in various adverts and music videos before landing her first leading role in a feature film by iDream productions in 2007. She decided to accept the offer and defer her degree at London Metropolitan University. She completed the film and went on to accept another lead in the feature "Highgate Vampire", alongside actress Vanessa Kirby. However the film's development never progressed beyond the initial pilot. She decided to undertake a professional actor training and auditioned for Drama Centre London where she was offered one of the five female places on the three year BA Acting course. Whilst there she was nominated for the Carlton Hobbs Award and won the first prize Laurence Olivier Bursary Award, for her rendition of Celia in 'The Philanthropist' by Christopher Hampton, and Lady Percy in 'Henry IV: Part 2'.
Photos
Eva-Jane WillisDate:07/15/2021
From: Photos: Inside Rehearsal For BASKERVILLE! at the Mercury Theatre
Eva-Jane WillisDate:07/15/2021
From: Photos: Inside Rehearsal For BASKERVILLE! at the Mercury Theatre
Eva-Jane Willis, Phil YarrowDate:07/15/2021
From: Photos: Inside Rehearsal For BASKERVILLE! at the Mercury Theatre
Eva-Jane Willis, Richard Ede, Marc PickeringDate:07/15/2021
From: Photos: Inside Rehearsal For BASKERVILLE! at the Mercury Theatre
Eva-Jane WillisDate:03/18/2019
From: Photo Flash: First Look at THE RUBENSTEIN KISS
From: Photo Flash: First Look at THE RUBENSTEIN KISS
From: Photo Flash: First Look at THE RUBENSTEIN KISS
Eva-Jane WillisDate:03/18/2019
From: Photo Flash: First Look at THE RUBENSTEIN KISS
Henry Proffit (Jakob Rubenstein) & Eva-Jane Willis (Rachel Girschfeld)Date:03/18/2019
From: Photo Flash: First Look at THE RUBENSTEIN KISS
Eva-Jane Willis as Moll Flanders and Bill Champion as Daniel DefoeDate:10/01/2018
From: Photo Flash: First Look at Mercury Theatre Colchester's MOLL FLANDERS
Eva-Jane Willis as Moll Flanders and Bill Champion as Daniel DefoeDate:10/01/2018
From: Photo Flash: First Look at Mercury Theatre Colchester's MOLL FLANDERS
Annie Wensak (ensemble) and Eva-Jane Willis as MollDate:10/01/2018
From: Photo Flash: First Look at Mercury Theatre Colchester's MOLL FLANDERS
Eva-Jane Willis as Moll and Bill Champion as Daniel DefoeDate:10/01/2018
From: Photo Flash: First Look at Mercury Theatre Colchester's MOLL FLANDERS
Eva-Jane Willis as Moll FlandersDate:10/01/2018
From: Photo Flash: First Look at Mercury Theatre Colchester's MOLL FLANDERS
Cole Edwards, Louisa Roberts, Fern McCauley, Ekow Quartey, Cliodhna McCorley and Eva-Jane WillisDate:09/18/2014
From: Photo Flash: First Look at LONG SHORT STORY, Opening Tonight at Charing Cross Theatre
News
Photos: Inside Rehearsal For BASKERVILLE! at the Mercury Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 15, 2021
On the murky moors of Devonshire, heirs to the Baskerville name are being killed, one by one. Some say it’s a family curse. Some say it’s a murderous hellhound. Some say it’s a load of old nonsense. A case like this can be solved by only one man…or…actually...two – so don your deerstalkers because Holmes and Watson are on the case!
Casting Announced For Mercury Theatre's BASKERVILLE!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 18, 2021
Learn more about the cast, which includes Richard Ede, Marc Pickering, Eric Stroud, Eva-Jane Willis, and Phil Yarrow.
Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND at Sheffield Theatres
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2019
BWW Review: PRIVATE LIVES, The Mill at Sonning Theatre
by Anthony Walker-Cook - Jul 7, 2019
Did you know that songs by Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse sound great when performed in a French accent and with an accordion? I certainly didn't, and so imagine my surprise when I walked into the theatre at the Mill at Sonning to find Celia Cruwys-Finnigan doing just that. To say it was an unexpected introduction to a production of Noel Coward's Private Lives would be an understatement.
Casting Announced For PRIVATE LIVES at The Mill at Sonning
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2019
Set majestically on the banks of the River Thames, the Mill at Sonning Theatre is celebrating more than 30 years of entertainment. Uniquely, as the only dinner theatre in the United Kingdom, it has gained unrivalled praise both nationally and internationally. All tickets include a delicious two-course meal in the restaurant before the show.
BWW Review: THE RUBENSTEIN KISS, Southwark Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - Mar 19, 2019
In June 1953 after a brutal trial lasted over two years, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for allegedly providing the Soviet Union with nuclear weapon designs, espionage, and conspiracy.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE RUBENSTEIN KISS
by Julie Musbach - Mar 18, 2019
Get a preview below ofthe first London production since 2005 of the multi-award winning play THE RUBENSTEIN KISS by James Phillips.
Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For THE RUBENSTEIN KISS at Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2019
Rehearsal photos have been released for James Phillips's multi award-winning play, THE RUBENSTEIN KISS, which begins performances at Southwark Playhouse on Thursday 14 March and runs until Saturday 13 April 2019.
Full Cast Announced For THE RUBENSTEIN KISS at Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Jan 15, 2019
Devil You Know Theatre Company are delighted to announce full casting for the first London production since 2005 of the multi-award winning play THE RUBENSTEIN KISS by James Phillips.
Photo Flash: First Look at Mercury Theatre Colchester's MOLL FLANDERS
by Stephi Wild - Oct 1, 2018
Ryan McBryde directs Nick Perry's lively and rambunctious new play Moll Flanders loosely (in all senses) based on the novel by Daniel Defoe, in a mashup of 18th Century bawdiness and 21st Century humour.
Full Casting Is Announced For Nick Perry's MOLL FLANDERS At Mercury Colchester
by Stephi Wild - Aug 29, 2018
Ryan McBryde directs Nick Perry's lively and rambunctious new play Moll Flanders loosely (in all senses) based on the novel by Daniel Defoe, in a mashup of 18th Century bawdiness and 21st Century humour.
BWW Review: TINY DYNAMITE, Old Red Lion Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Jan 13, 2018
On their annual holiday together at the seaside, Luce (Eva-Jane Willis) and Anthony (Niall Bishop) meet Madeleine (Tanya Fear). As their friendship develops and the two already best friends form a strong bond with the stranger, they'll have to come to terms with past trauma, mental illness, and acceptance.
Cast Announced for TINY DYNAMITE at The Old Red Lion
by Stephi Wild - Dec 15, 2017
Niall Bishop (A Prayer, Hen & Chickens, Red Rock, BBC 1; Absolute Certainty, White Bear; The Seagull, Hemar Theatre; An Inspector Calls, New Wimbledon Theatre), Tanya Fear (Reflection, Royal Court Theatre; Kick-Ass 2; Midsomer Murders, ITV) and Eva-Jane Willis (Magnificence, Finborough Theatre; Winter Hill, Octagon Theatre; Humans, Channel 4; All My Sons, Nottingham Playhouse) will star in Tiny Dynamite, by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Abi Morgan, at the Old Red Lion Theatre this spring. Returning to London for its first professional revival in 15 years, this play explores how tiny events from our pasts can have explosive effects on our futures.
Full Cast Announced for Arthur Miller's ALL MY SONS at Nottingham Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Sep 21, 2017
Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company announces casting for Arthur Miller's All My Sons.
Photo Flash: In Rehearsals for WINTER HILL at Octagon Theatre Bolton
by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2017
Octagon Theatre Bolton have released rehearsal images for the forthcoming World Premiere of Winter Hill, the new play from internationally acclaimed playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, author of the Olivier award winning Our Country's Good and most recently Jefferson's Garden.
Full Cast Announced for Timberlake Wertenbaker's WINTER HILL at the Octagon Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Apr 5, 2017
Octagon Theatre Bolton has announcedfull casting for their forthcoming world premiere production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's new play Winter Hill.
The Finborough Rediscovers Howard Brenton Classic, MAGNIFICENCE
by Liz Cearns - Sep 29, 2016
"I loathe us, I loathe our stupid puerile view of the World … That WE have only to do it,that WE have only to go puff, and the monster buildings will go splat…"The first professional London production in over 40 years of Magnificence, the seminal 1973 play by revered British dramatist Howard Brenton, runs at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited four week season from Tuesday, 25 October 2016 (Press Nights: Thursday, 27 October and Friday, 28 October 2016 at 7.30pm).
Photo Flash: First Look at LONG SHORT STORY, Opening Tonight at Charing Cross Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Sep 18, 2014
Following an acclaimed run at South Hill Park and the Pleasance in Islington earlier this year, Long Story Short will transfer to Charing Cross Theatre for a four-week season from Monday September 15 - Saturday 11 October. Press night is tonight 18 September at 7.45pm. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
LONG STORY SHORT Brings Take on the Modern Media to Charing Cross Theatre, Sept 15-Oct 11
by BWW News Desk - Aug 14, 2014
Squint Stages LONG STORY SHORT, Now thru June 28
by BWW News Desk - Jun 25, 2014
Our lives are getting shorter. We live in a world of Wikipedia, Tinder chats and Twitter feeds -- an information age of anything, anytime. With newspapers staying on shelves and journalists in the dock, we're losing faith in the institutions we once trusted and becoming our own reporters. Long Story Short sheds new light on the ever-increasing speed of our digital lives and illuminates the implications of such a climate asking, 'what's next?' as a new chapter of British journalism begins.
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