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Career
History
Early Life
Becky Simpson
grew up in a creative environment. Her father Dave Simpson is a
professional writer behind such stage plays as Girls Night Out and
Raving Beauties. Her mother Diane Whitley started her career as an
actress, later moving into writing, producing and directing. It was
therefore natural for Becky to follow in their footsteps and she has
always had an interest in the arts. Becky has written short plays,
stories, poetry and films; she took up guitar at 13 and now also plays
drums and bass guitar as well as writing songs, and she had her first
acting role at the age of 8.
Acting Successes
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She was given the opportunity to
play the role of Lottie in a radio adaptation of the Little
Princess, which was produced by a friend of the family. Her
parents noticed Becky had a talent for acting and asked her
whether she would be interested in doing more.
Contacts in the industry were
helpful and she had a string of radio roles, culminating in
being offered the part of Spoonface Steinberg - the inner
monologue of an 8 year old autistic girl dying of cancer.
The play, written by Kate Rowland
and directed by Lee Hall was a 60 minute monologue for Radio 4
which caused a stir when first released in 1997. Becky was asked
to attend the Talkie awards where she picked up the Best Radio
Drama and Talkie Of The Year award. |
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Shortly after this success, Becky
was signed up with Jane Hollowood Associates who began to
represent her in the acting world.
She moved into television, getting
guest roles on Always and Everyone, Peak Practice and Doctors.
Her biggest TV role was in See How
They Run, a 6 part drama for CBBC about a family on the run from
gangsters. Half the series was filmed in Australia - quite an
adventure for Becky at just 12 years old! |
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Music Interests
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At the age of 13, Becky took up learning
guitar and began to develop a keen interest in music as well as the idea
that her career could take a different direction. She pursued her hobby
and began to write her own songs. Between the ages of 14 and 19, she was
in a series of bands playing either guitar, drums or bass guitar. She
now plays bass with rock n roll group The Wes Paul Band.
Becky is also a keen songwriter, and as well as playing in the
band she writes and records her own original songs. She also
co-writes with Wes Paul and together they are looking to sell
some of the songs for other artists to record. You can hear some
of her original music at
http://www.reverbnation.com/thehoneybeats |
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The Wes Paul Band |
Writing & Producing
Becky has been a keen writer since the
tender age of 9 and it was only natural for her to study Creative
Writing at University. She wrote and produced her first film in 2010 -
Thinking Straight, which was snapped up for several festivals round the
world including London Independent Festival, Melbourne Queer Fesitval,
Cannes Short Film Corner, Mix Milano and London Lesbian & Gay Film
Festival.
Becky has written two feature films which
she is keen to get into development. She enjoyed the experience of
producing and would definitely venture down that road again, although
she is also keen to try her hand at directing.
In 2010 Becky & Wes formed their own
production company Honey Hole Productions which includes
sub-companies Honey Hole Films, Honey Hole Theatre, Honey Hole Records
and Honey Hole Honey (they keep their own bees!)
Today...
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Becky is looking forward to taking
her career to the next level and is pleased the way she can
balance her two passions - music and writing.
Upon graduating from University in 2007 she moved to Calderdale where she now lives, and
plays gigs around the area with The Wes Paul Band. The group are looking
forward to their imminent trip to the States on the 32 day Route
66 Tour. |
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