Gabrielle English
Gabrielle is available for Parades, Public Speaking, Conventions, Televised Programs, Educational Programs, Teas, Personalized Tours, Music Programs and Theatrical Performances. She has been performing since the age of eleven and is 5 2", petite, with auburn-blonde hair, hazel eyes, and an ivory-porcelain skin tone.
She works with horses, plays harpsichord, creates informative programs in character, sings in four languages, dances ballet, and studies egyptology, cultural anthropology, astronomy, history, and humanities in her spare time. One of her greatest passions is performing for historical locations and museums.
Gabrielle started developing her artistic talents and interest in history at a young age. During her childhood she also began developing a serious interest in music and the harpsichord. Her younger years consisted of private ballet lessons, painting, playing the piano, singing and needlepoint.
In her teens years she began modeling and sewing costumes for professional acting projects. Some of her garments consisted of 100% hand sewing with embroidery and beadwork. She also began singing professional and quickly developed a passion for performing on stage and drawing.
At age fifteen she created holiday events for a local foundation to benefit at risk and underprivileged children. She also created her Anna Pavlova ballet and lecture program for local libraries that same year.
1991-1998
During her teens she gained an interest in performing for hospitalized children. She created a live broadcasted program for All Children's Hospital were she was allowed to bring her "characters to life" for the bedridden children. She created monologues, skits, costumes and activities that were broadcasted live from room to room every Tuesday. During finals she revised and directed a play complete with local actors for the broadcasts.
In 1998 Gabrielle was hired to work for Titanic, The Exhibition in St. Petersburg. She presented an idea to have the docents dress as former passengers in period costume and offered to create their monologues. She was transferred from her former position and became the first paid actress for the Exhibition as Madelaine Astor. While working at the Florida International Museum they also sold her jewelry collection inside the museum store. Now the exhibit hires actors in every state during its tour to portray titanic passengers.
Gabrielle is also mentioned in one of the RMS Titanic Society's Newletters for her hard work and wonderful ideas for their Exhibit.
Since 1998 she has appeared as Tsarina Alexandra, Anastasia Romanov, Princess Diana, Grace Kelly, Queen Elizabeth I, Anne of Austria, Empress Sissi, Marie Antoinette, the Duchess of Cornwall, and other various wives, daughters and characters in history.
2000-present
In 2001 Gabrielle was invited to attend Cambridge University in the United Kingdom for their Shakespeare Theater abroad program. She jumped at the opportunity to be classically trained and graced the globe stage in London as Ophelia for live audiences. After this experience she was able to portray different roles at the last minute- due to the difficult and demanding structure of the curriculum. Since 2001 she has also studied in Budapest, Hungary and has performed in 8 different states.
She has studied professional Ballet at The Academy of Ballet Arts and the Florida Dance Conservatory. She has also taken harpsichord and piano lessons, classical voice training, acting, ballroom dancing, fencing, and has dabbled in Cultural Anthropology at USF. Gabrielle is now a member of the National Honor Society.
2004
This was a very busy year for Gabrielle. She was hired for a major Exhibit and began heavily participating in reenactments. At the end of 2004 her bio and photographs were forwarded onto Charles Spencer, (the brother of the late Princess of Wales) by a curator named Cynthia Duvall. He was impressed with her background and asked her to participate as an official part of his exhibition from Althorp honoring Princess Diana. She gave museum tours, created programs for young children, made official appearances to all local charities, and performed as a Princess interpreter and dancer during special events.
Gabrielle is grateful to have such wonderful opportunities and continues to expand her knowledge of historical figures that have changed the way we live today. Her favorite location to date has been Hampton, Virginia, where she felt that historical events were held to the highest integrity.
" The best parts I have portrayed are those who also had talent and were involved in the arts. I get to be someone else for a day and perform all at the same time."
Gabrielle is available for Parades, Public Speaking, Conventions, Televised Programs, Educational Programs, Teas, Personalized Tours, Music Programs and Theatrical Performances. She has been performing since the age of eleven and is 5 2", petite, with auburn-blonde hair, hazel eyes, and an ivory-porcelain skin tone.
She works with horses, plays harpsichord, creates informative programs in character, sings in four languages, dances ballet, and studies egyptology, cultural anthropology, astronomy, history, and humanities in her spare time. One of her greatest passions is performing for historical locations and museums.
Gabrielle started developing her artistic talents and interest in history at a young age. During her childhood she also began developing a serious interest in music and the harpsichord. Her younger years consisted of private ballet lessons, painting, playing the piano, singing and needlepoint.
In her teens years she began modeling and sewing costumes for professional acting projects. Some of her garments consisted of 100% hand sewing with embroidery and beadwork. She also began singing professional and quickly developed a passion for performing on stage and drawing.
At age fifteen she created holiday events for a local foundation to benefit at risk and underprivileged children. She also created her Anna Pavlova ballet and lecture program for local libraries that same year.
1991-1998
During her teens she gained an interest in performing for hospitalized children. She created a live broadcasted program for All Children's Hospital were she was allowed to bring her "characters to life" for the bedridden children. She created monologues, skits, costumes and activities that were broadcasted live from room to room every Tuesday. During finals she revised and directed a play complete with local actors for the broadcasts.
In 1998 Gabrielle was hired to work for Titanic, The Exhibition in St. Petersburg. She presented an idea to have the docents dress as former passengers in period costume and offered to create their monologues. She was transferred from her former position and became the first paid actress for the Exhibition as Madelaine Astor. While working at the Florida International Museum they also sold her jewelry collection inside the museum store. Now the exhibit hires actors in every state during its tour to portray titanic passengers.
Gabrielle is also mentioned in one of the RMS Titanic Society's Newletters for her hard work and wonderful ideas for their Exhibit.
Since 1998 she has appeared as Tsarina Alexandra, Anastasia Romanov, Princess Diana, Grace Kelly, Queen Elizabeth I, Anne of Austria, Empress Sissi, Marie Antoinette, the Duchess of Cornwall, and other various wives, daughters and characters in history.
2000-present
In 2001 Gabrielle was invited to attend Cambridge University in the United Kingdom for their Shakespeare Theater abroad program. She jumped at the opportunity to be classically trained and graced the globe stage in London as Ophelia for live audiences. After this experience she was able to portray different roles at the last minute- due to the difficult and demanding structure of the curriculum. Since 2001 she has also studied in Budapest, Hungary and has performed in 8 different states.
She has studied professional Ballet at The Academy of Ballet Arts and the Florida Dance Conservatory. She has also taken harpsichord and piano lessons, classical voice training, acting, ballroom dancing, fencing, and has dabbled in Cultural Anthropology at USF. Gabrielle is now a member of the National Honor Society.
2004
This was a very busy year for Gabrielle. She was hired for a major Exhibit and began heavily participating in reenactments. At the end of 2004 her bio and photographs were forwarded onto Charles Spencer, (the brother of the late Princess of Wales) by a curator named Cynthia Duvall. He was impressed with her background and asked her to participate as an official part of his exhibition from Althorp honoring Princess Diana. She gave museum tours, created programs for young children, made official appearances to all local charities, and performed as a Princess interpreter and dancer during special events.
Gabrielle is grateful to have such wonderful opportunities and continues to expand her knowledge of historical figures that have changed the way we live today. Her favorite location to date has been Hampton, Virginia, where she felt that historical events were held to the highest integrity.
" The best parts I have portrayed are those who also had talent and were involved in the arts. I get to be someone else for a day and perform all at the same time."
