“We saw a lot of promising players, but there was one girl who stood out for us, please see her work...
Sir Richard Attenborough
Elif Knight is an award-winning actress of Turkish/Kurdish/British heritage.. She was awarded the Patricia Rothermere, Evening Standard Theatre Award by Sir Richard Attenborough in a joint award. Elif acts and directs.
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Elif Knight is a Turkish–British actress who began acting at the age of nine. She went on to train with Bob Williams MBE, later attending Rose Bruford Drama School, and continuing her professional development with Jack Waltzer of The Actors Studio.
In 2003, Elif Knight was awarded a joint Evening Standard / Patricia Rothermere Award and Scholarship, alongside Sir Richard Attenborough CBE (director of Gandhi and Chaplin). Sir Richard personally selected Elif and presented her with the award at the televised 2003 Evening Standard Awards Ceremony, commenting:
“We saw a lot of promising players, but there was one girl who stood out for us… please see her work as Cuba in Cuba Si!.”*
