Originally from Newcastle - upon - Tyne, Anna Gilthorpe is a singer and actress who recently graduated from The Royal Academy of Music with Distinction in the Musical Theatre Diploma headed by Mary Hammond.
Anna has just completed filming the lead Gemma in a new BBC3 comedy series The Gemma Factor directed by BAFTA winner John Henderson. The show is written by Tony Pitts and follows Gemma and her quest for fame before her 21st birthday in a rural Yorkshire village. It also stars Ross Adams, Claire King, Gwyneth Powell and Angus Barnett and will be aired 9th March 2010 10:30pm BBC3
She has also played 17 year old Annie West in Holby City for the BBC, Velma in Pimlico Opera's Westside Story (performed in Wandsworth Prison alongside the inmates which received glowing reviews in The Financial Times, The Observer and The Guardian), Ella in Mack & Mabel (an actor/ musician role) at The Broadway Theatre Catford and most recently appeared in a mobile phone advert for The Sun Newspaper. This can be viewed at -
Anna also performs regularly with cabaret girl jazz, tap and close harmony group The Tootsie Rollers in various venues around London.