| Phyn Nevelle |
| Phyn sang her first solo in a lead role in a musical at the age of three. Admittedly this was in Kindergarden (and she was cast as an Arch-Angel, which never happened again), but it started a life-long passion for performing and creating. Growing up, Phyn initially continued performing as musician, playing solos with piano and clarinet at numerous recitals, and being part of several amateur and semi-professional choirs, orchestras and bands. In 1984 she performed for the first time as a solo pianist in the "Rittersaal" in Montfort Castle, in 1988, during her year as exchange student in the US, she performed with her school choir in Carnegy Hall, N.Y., and in the same year she won the 1st price for her solo clarinet performance in a 3-school competition in Iowa. During the subsequent years at university in Europe, she earned some additional income as a singer in a 60s band. Her free time she spent mainly learning and practicing a variety of sports, reading political biographies and fantasy novels, and contributing to the activities of local charities, which included holding weekly workshops for kids, and helping at the local animal shelter, walking abandoned dogs, and spending time rescue cats and moving and excercising rescue horses. After finishing her degree at Konstanz University and during her subsequent traineeship which lead to a degree as a judge/state prosecutor/attorney, she moved to the U.S. and started to simultainously train as actress with Gloria Estefan's personal acting coach Stewart Solomon. Phyn has since been cast in parts ranging from a plastic bag to the leading woman's role in 'Side by Side by Sondheim'. Starring theatre roles in the US included Madam Toureau in 'Cafe Noir' (co-starring Vince Cecere and John Trapiani), 'Sue' in the 'Plastic Murder Case', and 'Mama' in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. A short appearance in the award-winning feature film 'Rope Art' followed. Phyn then moved to England in the beginning of 2000. Her debut was the Solo 'Time heals everything' from Mack and Mabel in the London Palladium. It was followed by the role of one of 6 co-starring Elisabethian players in "The March of Time" in Wellingborough, a stage production with the huge budget of �1/2 million, which was later aired on local television. The cast in other parts of the show included among others Richard Todd (launch), Arnold Peterson, and Sandra Payne (Waiting for God, Only fools and horses, Sherlock Holmes, ex-wife of Allen G Lerner (My fair lady)), while Joe Longo and Alistair Farrant made their way over from New York to contribute. Phyn returned to London for the role of 'The singer' in Julia Pascal's 'Woman in the moon' - starring Thomas Huber and directed and produced by Julia Pascal, who cast her straight from there for her next production 'The Yiddish Queen Lear' (Bridewell, London), in which Phyn co-starred as 'Annie' and also doubled as musician and acting musical director. The cast in this production also included Ruth Posner and Amanda Boxer - the latter had just finished the West End Production of the Graduate (opposite Kathreen Turner and later Jerry Hall) and had portrayed the mother of Private Ryan in Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan". Peter Hepple in the "Stage" wrote about Phyn's performance in this production: "...Phyn Nevelle shows commandable versitility as actress and musician." Regarding film roles, Phyn started small with a tiny part in the award winning "Rope Art" (NY Independent Film Festival 2001, category "Best Thriller"). In an effort to understand the film-medium better, she then worked crew and production on several projects and for several production companies, including the BBC and Straight-away-movies, the production company behind 'Rope Art', starting to produce little pieces and negotiate contracts. A big step up was the leading role of "Sam" in the dramatic short film 'Flipside', which was followed by the part 'Petra' in Tom Griffith's feature film 'Wheels' (also credited as 'Filmmaker' under alias), and Voice-overs for three different women in the documentary "Jerry Love" (BBC FOUR). After a number of smaller roles/productions, her most recent part was a supporting role in the London scene for the Miami satelite TV feature "American Skin II: Eagles Gathering", a sequel to the critically acclaimed feature "American Skin". She also produced and directed the London sequence, the cast again including Amanda Boxer. After a few years of researching and concentrating her energies on the arts to a great degree, on stage/camera and behind the scenes, her Canadian Visa finally came through unexpectedly after 2 1/2 years after all, and she decided to finally finish her research of the film and TV scene back on the American continent, before returning to England in August 07 to pursue her legal career once more in a more stable environment then the entertainment industry can provide on the whole. She is now on a creative break until further notice. In her free time, she is enjoying nature and her friends' company, and she is planning on taking up music and sports again, while also once again volunteering to contribute to wildlife and environmental protection and rescue efforts. |