Liz Jadav.

Photo by Ruth Crafer

A brown-skinned woman in a two-toned red dress with a fitted bodice. She wears a feathered headress and is looking up excitedly.

Photo by Robert Day

The Ugly Duckling (Sheffield Theatres/ Nottingham Playhouse, 2007). Liz was proud to be recognised by a young audience member in a bookshop: ‘You’re that bad hen.’

Performer and Producer, A Beginner’s Guide to Widowhood

Liz’s work in theatre includes Hamlet at the National Theatre and BAM (New York); The Tempest at the RSC; Pygmalion at the Old Vic; Omar Khan’s 2025 production ofA Beginner’s Guide to Widowhood; My Name is Stephen Luckwell, The Elves and the Shoemakers, Under the Story Tree, Can You Whistle, Johanna? and The Ugly Duckling (with Sheffield Theatres) for Nottingham Playhouse; Twelfth Night for Stafford Gatehouse; Oliver Twist at Chester Storyhouse; A Christmas Carol and My Dad’s Corner Shop at Derby Theatre/Playhouse; Joking Apart and Better Off Dead at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and on tour; The Twits at Leicester Curve and on tour; Stone Face at the Finborough; Cymbeline and Stepping Out on UK tours; The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest and The Wind in the Willows for Illyria; and Grimms at Trafalgar Studios.
TV includes Unforgotten S7, Unforgiveable, Mr Loverman, Annika S2, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Sex Education S2, Emmerdale, Doctors, Coronation Street and Hollyoaks.
Film includes Next Life, Amma and Tristan White’s short film Trish: As Seen on TV.
Voice work includes Pretty Dead Girl (Almost Tangible for Audible Original), the video game The Serpent and the Seed, and the Zombies, Run! app and the related audio drama The Way of All Flesh (Six to Start for Audible Original).

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