Cora Bissett

Cora Bissett

Cora Bissett (born 1974) is a Scottish theatre director, playwright, actor and musician. As a director she has created Amada, Roadkill, Grit: The Martyn Bennett Story, Glasgow Girls and Room. As an actor she had regular appearances in the television programmes Rab C. Nesbitt and High Times. She is an associate director at the National Theatre of Scotland.

Movies for Cora Bissett...

Title: Annika
Character: Astrid McAndrews
Released: August 17, 2021
Type: TV
The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.
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Scotland: Contains Strong Language
Title: Scotland: Contains Strong Language
Character: Presenter
Released: April 4, 2020
Type: Movie
Schooled in Fife, coming of age in a rock ’n’ roll band, then finding her forte was directing temperamental actors, Cora Bissett is no stranger to theatrical Scottish swearing. So who better to present a celebration of Caledonian cursing? This documentary sees Cora sing, swear and scrutinise why Scotland swears so well. Cora begins with the first hurdle – how does one discuss swear words on the BBC? Aunty Beeb is the institution that has been historically priggish about language - always bleeping words and apologising for those that slipped through. So Cora runs a list past BBC Scotland’s head of editorial standards to see what she can get away with.
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The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth
Title: The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth
Character: Narrator - (Voice)
Released: August 31, 2014
Type: Movie
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Forth Road Bridge, charting the memories of those who built it and those who operated the Forth ferries that ran until the bridge opened.
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God Help the Girl
Title: God Help the Girl
Character: Miss Browning
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: Movie
Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a group.
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Not Another Happy Ending
Title: Not Another Happy Ending
Character: Bookshop Owner
Released: October 11, 2013
Type: Movie
When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.
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Red Road
Title: Red Road
Character: Jo
Released: October 27, 2006
Type: Movie
Jackie is a CCTV operator. Each day, she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.
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Title: Rebus
Character: Trudy Laing
Released: April 26, 2000
Type: TV
Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent the law to enforce it.