Student & graduate profiles

Friedli Walton

BA in Acting Degree (H Level)

Year of graduation 2026

Viola
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare for Young Audiences 2025) directed by Abigail Graham
Eliante / Dubois
The Misanthrope (course project) directed by Aoife Smyth
Alex / Janey
Short Stories (course project) directed by Yael Shavit
Guard
Antigone (course project) directed by Beru Tessema

The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi (course project) directed by Anastasia Velikorodnaya
Boris Trigorin
The Seagull (course project) directed by Yael Shavit
Glory
American Scene Study: Fugitive Kind (course project) directed by Anastasia Velikorodnaya

Accents and dialects: Good ear for accents - French, Leeds, General American, Belfast, South London, Dublin

Awards: Juliet Bernard Prize

Singing: mezzo soprano

Dance: period, ballet, jazz, contemporary, flamenco

Languages: German (intermediate), Swiss-German (basic)

Driving licence: UK

Other: ice skating (intermediate), drawing, painting, Drag King, film director/writer

Theatre
Jo March, Little Women, dir. Amy Connery and Steph Allison (The Roman Open Air Theatre)

Clytemnestra, Shadows of Troy, dir. Jamie Murphy (Oxford Playhouse)

Katie, Abandon, dir. Anne-Louise Sarks (Lyric Hammersmith)

Lotta, The Red Shoes, dir. Tim Norton-Smith and Jo Billington (The Pleasance)

Radio
Adele, The Hummingbird, dir. John Retallack (BBC Radio 3)

TV
Queen’s player, A Gallop Through History, dir. Polly Bennet (ITV)

Short Film
Imogen, Dọlápọ̀ is Fine, dir. Ethosheia Hylton (Disney+)

Writing and Directing
Waiting, short film (Accidental Donkey)

Education
First Class BA English Literature and Language, University of Oxford

Training
Lyric Ensemble

RADA Youth Company

Soho Theatre Drag Lab