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Samantha Colley stars alongside Antonio Bandaras and Poppy Delevingne in Genius

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National Geographic’s second season of Genius had its preview screening at Tate Modern on 10th April.  It focusses on the life of artist Pablo Picasso, played by Antonio Banderas.  Samantha Colley, who appeared alongside Johnny Flynn as Albert Einstein’s wife in season one, stars as Picasso’s lover and muse Dora Maar.

The 10-part series is set to premiere April 24 on National Geographic Channel.  Season one garnered rave reviews and 10 Emmy nominations. It also earned the channel’s best ratings ever, with 45 million viewers tuning in globally.

 

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Seamus Allen

Seamus trained in his hometown, Dublin at the Conservatory of Music and Drama. After graduating he toured nationally with some of Ireland’s premier children’s theatre companies, as well as developing and performing clown performances for Barrabbas, and magic shows for Cahoots N.I. 

Since moving to the UK Seamus has appeared in The Tempest, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth and Robin Hood (Creation Theatre Company), Quest (Folklore Presents) The Disappearance (The Sticking Place),and Where’s My Desi Soulmate? (Rifco Arts). Tv work includes Bear Behaving Badly (Thames Valley).  Seamus is also a skilled improviser, training with Ken Campbell’s School of Night and core cast in the annual London 50 hour Improvathons and performs with “Austentatious, The improvised Jane Austen Novel”.  

Seamus was the director of the Young Company at the Watermill theatre in Newbury. He established Readings only Improvisation comedy club, “What’s the Game?! Improv”, hosting shows as well as coaching professional performers.  Seamus was Head of acting at Read college, a course which he wrote and which became one of the most successful Foundation courses for getting students into the top acting degree programmes in the UK.  Most recently he has been Head of Year at Drama Studio London and gained an MSc in Performance Psychology focusing on excellence in actor training.

Seamus is Head of Foundation and teaches on the Foundation Courses