Alexis Zegerman
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Alexis Zegerman is a British actress and writer.
Zegerman grew up in a Jewish family[1] in London, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.[2]
Acting career
Film and TV
Zegerman won a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Zoe, Poppy's best friend and roommate, in Mike Leigh's comedy-drama film Happy-Go-Lucky.[3] The role also garnered a London Film Critics award nomination. This was her second collaboration with Leigh. She played the part of Daliah Sofer in Storm which premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009, and Gemma in ITV drama U Be Dead. She also appeared in the films Albatross, The Wedding Video, and Disobedience.
Theatre
In 2005 Zegerman appeared in the original cast of Mike Leigh's play Two Thousand Years, at the Royal National Theatre in London.[2] In 2009, she also appeared in Seven Jewish Children, a play by Caryl Churchill at the Royal Court Theatre.[4] She played Cissie in the revival of Arnold Wesker's Chicken Soup with Barley from June 2011 at the Royal Court Theatre.[5] She appeared onstage in Travelling Light at the Royal National Theatre, directed by artistic director Nicholas Hytner.[6] She recently appeared as Eva Jacobowicz in the world premiere of Tom Stoppard's play Leopoldstadt at the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End. [7] In 2022, Hampstead Theatre put on Zegerman's new play, The Fever Syndrome, directed by Roxana Silbert and starring Robert Lindsay as Professor Richard Myers, fictional inventor of an IVF treatment.[8]
