Drawing: Carey Mulligan

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

London-born Carey Mulligan made her film debut in 2005’s Pride and Prejudice, but her breakthrough role was Jenny in An Education in 2009. Likened to Audrey Hepburn by some critics, she was nominated for numerous awards including the Oscar and a BAFTA, which she went on to win.

In 2007 she appeared in Christopher Hampton’s adoption of Chekhov’s The Seagull at London’s Royal Court Theatre to critical acclaim. She starred opposite Kristin Scott Thomas and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

It transferred to Broadway in 2008 resulting in a Drama Desk Award nomination.

Carey signed my sketch in London on 24 May 2010.

Drawing: Lily Cole

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

An alumna of King’s College, Cambridge, Lily Cole has had to balance her scholarly activity with her screen and modelling commitments. From appearing on the cover of British Vogue at the age of 16, she has modelled for the world’s leading brands including Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier and Prada. Paris Vogue listed her as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.

Lily has appeared in a dozen films with her first lead role as the bohemian Valentina in Terry Gilliam’s fantasy The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009).

A Daily Mirror poll in 2010 voted her the fourth sexiest redhead of all time, behind Florence Welch, Prince Harry and Nicola Roberts. She supports a variety of humanitarian and environmental causes including the children’s charity Global Angels and the Environmental Justice Foundation.

The biro sketch is based on her character Lettuce Leaf in Sally Potter’s murder mystery Rage. It was the first feature film to debut on mobile phones and starred Jude Law and Judi Dench. I left the drawing at the Soho Hotel where Lily was attending the premiere of Dr Parnassus in October 2009, and she returned it signed a month later.

Drawing: Freida Pinto

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

Freida Pinto rose to prominence in her debut film as Latika in the 2008 British drama Slumdog Millionaire. The ‘sleeper hit’ of that year went on to be nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning eight, including Best Pictures, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. It was also nominated for 11 BAFTA Awards, including Supporting Actress nod for Freida. It won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.

Freida is also a member of the Agassi Foundation, which was founded by tennis legends Andre Agassi and his wife Steffi Graff to provide education for deprived children.

Freida signed my quick biro sketch at the Gala screening of Miral, at the Vue Cinema in Leicester Square, which was part of the BFI London Film Festival in October 2010.

Drawing: Caroline Quentin

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

Caroline Quentin is best known as Maddie Magellan in Jonathan Creek, and as Dorothy in Men Behaving Badly, for which she won Best Actress at the 1995 British Comedy Awards. She won again in 2004 for her role in the TV film Von Trapped.

Caroline will head the cast of the satirical WWI musical Oh What A Lovely War at the Theatre Royal Stratford East next year. She signed my sketch just before the final performance of Terrible Advice at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London on 12 November 2011.

Drawings: Michelle Ryan in Cabaret at the Savoy Theatre

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

Former ‘Eastender’ and ‘Bionic Woman’ Michelle Ryan performed the role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret for a UK tour, before transferring to London’s Savoy Theatre in October 2012 for its season finale, where Michelle signed my sketches.

Drawing: Kylie Minogue

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

Kylie Minogue has sold more than 68 million records worldwide. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head reached number one in more than 40 countries. She has won mulitple ARIAs and BRIT awards and a Grammy. In 2008 Kylie was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and the French Government bestowed the title Chevalier (Knight) of the Order des Arts et des Lettres on her.

Her hit single I Should Be So Lucky was added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive Registry.

Born in Australia, Kylie is widely accepted as “an adopted Brit” and is considered a ‘gay icon’. In March 2010 she was declared by researchers as the “most powerful celebrity in Britain”.

She overcame breast cancer in 2005 to resume her career and is involved in a number of humanitarian works.

Kylie signed my sketch at her London office late last year.

Drawing: Henry Goodman in The Resistible Rise of Arturu Ui at the Duchess Theatre

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

It was one of the undoubted hits of the 2012 Chichester Festival, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui with Henry Goodman in the title role transferred to London’s Duchess Theatre in September. It is a sharp and thrilling parable of the rise of Hitler, set in Chicago during the Great Depression of the 1930s – a perfect time for a small-fry crime boss and his mob of gangsters to make it big. “You simply can’t take your eyes off Goodman… He is horribly, hypnotically watchable,” said Charles Spencer for The Daily Telegraph.

“Henry Goodman is astonishing.. a virtuoso, vocally and physically.” – The Daily Telegraph
“Goodman dazzles,” from The Evening Standard. Time Out simply claims it’s “the best stage performance… this year.”

Henry has won two Olivier Awards, the first in 1993 for Best Actor in a musical in Assassins and for his role as Shylock in the National Theatre’s production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Trevor Nunn in 2000.

Drawing: Paula Wilcox in Great Expectations at the Vaudeville Theatre

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

Graham McLaren’s production of Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations was part of the bicentenary events celebrating the birth of the great author. After a National Tour it transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End in early 2013. Adapted by Jo Clifford, Dickens 13th novel is considered by many to be his most popular.

Paula Wilcox – best known as Chrissy in the 70s British TV comedy Man About The House took on the role of Miss Havisham, one of literature’s most tragic heroines. Dickens created some of the world’s most memorable characters and Miss Havisham is one of them.

She has her heart broken on her wedding day when she was jilted at the alter by her cruel lover. She adopts a daughter called Estrella and trains her to wreak revenge on men.

Estrella was played by Grace Rowe, who previously featured in the Olivier Award Winning production of The Railway Children at Waterloo Station.

Drawing: Toby Jones in The Painter at the Arcola Theatre

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

Toby Jones has appeared in twenty films since his first role in Orlando in 1992. He voiced ‘Dobby’ the house elf in the Harry Potter films.

He received BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in the TV film The Girl (2012). In 2001 he starred in the West End comedy The Play What I Wrote directed by Kenneth Branagh. Toby’s comic role as Arthur won him the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Tony Award nomination when it moved to Broadway in 2003.

In 2011 Toby played the British Romantic landscape artist JMW Turner in The Painter at the Arcola Theatre.

Drawing: Billy Boyd as Banquo in Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Mark Winter / Chicane

Known globally as the hobbit Pippin in all three Lord of the Rings films, Scottish actor Billy Boyd is also an accomplished musician, singing, playing guitar, bass and drums. He fronts the band Beecake named after his LOTR co-star, Dominic Monaghan, sent him a picture of a cake covered in bees. Billy wrote the song The Edge of NIght for Peter jackson’s last instalment of LOTR The Return of the King.

Billy just finished a season of ‘the Scottish play’ at Shakespeare’s Globe in London this week. He signed my sketch on the last day.