Theatre She was spotted by theatre director Paul Kerryson while participating in the
first season of the
BBC reality television series
Fame Academy in 2002. After
Fame Academy, Beeput went on to star as Maria in a production of the musical
West Side Story at
Leicester Haymarket Theatre, Beeput played Shun in the
Young Vic production of
In The Red And Brown Water by
Tarell Alvin McCraney and various roles in the
James Graham play
Monster Raving Loony at
Theatre Royal, Plymouth. She played Rose in the London West End production of
Daddy Cool, a musical based on the music of
Boney M., at the
Shaftesbury Theatre and European tour. During summer 2017 Beeput premiered a one-woman show she had co-composed with musician
Alex Webb at the Norfolk & Norwich, Bath and Aldeburgh festivals.
Stormy: the Life of Lena Horne told the story of the
African-American singer, actress and
civil rights activist through Beeput's script and a series of Beeput-Webb compositions. The show received excellent reviews, including from
The Times, which called it 'a bravura one-woman display from the charismatic Camilla Beeput'.
Singer After her early work in theatre, Beeput wrote and recorded "Don't Hold Back", which features rapper
Erick Sermon of the group
EPMD and was released on 28 August 2006. In 2009, a track called "Oh What You Did", with US rapper
Juelz Santana from the New York rap group
Dipset, was recorded but never officially released.
Television In 2017, Beeput played Zita in the critically acclaimed drama
Save Me on
Sky Atlantic written and starring
Lenny James. In 2016-17 she played Vanessa in series 1 and 2 of
Sick Note on
Sky One. In 2016 Camilla worked with
Michael Gambon and
Luke Treadaway in
The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells on
Sky Arts. In 2015, Beeput played Jane Finn in the
BBC One Agatha Christie adaptation
Partners in Crime and played Fiona in
Legends with
Sean Bean. Beeput has also appeared in
The Attack,
Scott & Bailey,
Babylon,
Birds of a Feather,
Death in Paradise,
White Van Man,
Me and Mrs Jones and
Law and Order. In 2010, she played Zahra in
Peep Show series 7. In 2011, she played Natalie in
Top Boy, a four-part TV drama on
Channel 4. In 2014, she played nightclub singer Gloria Dee in series 1 episode 5 of
Grantchester and she is featured heavily on the soundtrack under "Gloria Dee and her Quartet" alongside television composer
John Lunn. In August 2015, she played Sally Whitechurch in an episode of
New Tricks on
BBC1.
Film Beeput worked with
Johnny Depp and
Gwyneth Paltrow in the film
Mortdecai, and played the lead in indie horror ''Writer's Retreat
. In 2015, Beeput played Lisa in the indie film Super Bob
with Catherine Tate. She also appeared in The Harry Hill Movie''. ==Filmography==