Photography by Alan Howard – www.head-shot.co.uk
I've always been drawn to what makes people behave the way we do, a curiosity rooted in studying depth psychology at university.
17 years in corporate financial services management taught me how to read a room, hold difficult conversations, and understand people under pressure.
Add to that, over a decade building my own coaching business, and sitting with people's ambitions, fears and the messy reality of being human.
About Sanae...
I'm fascinated by the complexity of being human...
...What happens when someone who is normally completely capable and together, begins to lose their grip of that control...
I love finding the internal logic of a character whose behaviour appears extreme from the outside.
All life experience that has shaped the kind of complex characters I gravitate toward as an actor:
Psychologically extreme characters - where their internal reality isn't necessarily the same as the reality around them!
What happens when the cracks start!
VIDEO SHOWREELS AND SELF TAPES
2026 Showreel: Bar None
Directed by Brian Timoney
Production: Brian Timoney Actors Studio
Self Tape 2026 - The Lady From The Sea by Simon Stone
Filmed and edited by Sam Cartwright – www.sam-cartwright.co.uk
Showreel 2026 - Tea for Two
Director: Brian Timoney
Company: Brian Timoney Actors Studio
SELECTED CREDITS
The Lady From The Sea by Simon Stone
Type: Stage | Year: 2026
Role: Ellida | Director: Brian Timoney
Company: Brian Timoney Actors Studio
Tea For Two
Type: Short Film | Year: 2026
Role: Sonia | Director: Brian Timoney
Company: Brian Timoney Actors Studio
Bar None
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Type: Short Film | Year: 2026
Role: Stacey | Director: Brian Timoney
Company: Brian Timoney Actors Studio
Type: Stage | Year: 2026
Role: Blanche DuBois | Director: Brian Timoney
Company: Brian Timoney Actors Studio
The Bear by Anton Chekhov
How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found
Type: Stage | Year: 2025
Role: Elena Ivanovna Popova | Director: Brian Timoney
Company: Brian Timoney Actors Studio
Type: Stage | Year: 2025
Role: TubeMan / Bureaucrat 2 | Director: Daniel Finlay
Company: ACT - The Lantern Theatre Brighton
Road by Jim Cartwright
A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney
Type: Stage | Year: 2024
Role: Molly and Brenda | Director: Graeme Dalling
Company: ACT - The Lantern Theatre Brighton
Type: Stage | Year: 2024
Role: Helen | Director: Mark Burgess
Company: ACT - The Lantern Theatre Brighton
TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Brian Timoney Actors Studio: Ultimate Acting Programme (One Year Course), 2025–2026
- The Brighton Acting Workshop: Screen Acting Technique (5-Week Course), Aug 2026
- Academy of Creative Training: 1st Year Diploma in Acting, 2024–2025
- Academy of Creative Training: 1 Year Foundation Course in Acting, 2023–2024
- Nathalie Antonia - Comedy Improv Workshops, Sept 2022 - Mar 2023
Professional Inquiries
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