Susan Turner-Cray

Born in England, her introduction into acting was with "The Leicestershire Youth Shakespeare Company which she was accepted into at the age of 15 and traveled to The Edinburgh Festival and Italy during school holidays. Distracted by dreams of escaping Northern England, at 18 Sue was offered a chance to model in Tokyo Japan which she did for 5 years inspiring her hit stage show "Manchester Girl". "Manchester Girl"recently won a prestigious Fringe First Award at The Edinburgh Festival. It was then moved to Londons Off West End Theatre The Riverside Studios for a very successful run. The show debuted in Los Angeles and Sue was also nominated for a LA Weekly Award for Best Solo Performance there. After her modeling stint and in pursuit of a professional acting career, Sue moved to America, attended and graduated from The American Conservatory Theaters 2 year advanced training program (ACT) in San Francisco. Soon after graduating she played the Mother of James in Disney's James and the Gia