SELVA rasalingam
MORGAN & GOODMAN · Tel: 020-7437 1383 / 5293 · Email: mg1@btinternet.com
Trained:	Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Hair: Eyes: Height:	Black Brown 6’ 2½”
Website: Spotlight: Equity:	http://selvinfo.com   includes showreel clips 5305 M00131267
DRAMA IN BUSINESS
Performance of a Lifetime		BARCLAYS management training programme (impro); UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE – performance improvisation; AEGON – performance improvisation and coaching
Interact		NEwham homes Equality and Diversity programme (scripted); Department for Trade and Industry Challenging inappropriate behaviours (forum); ABBEY Management seminar (scripted)
Mast International		ST CHRISTOPHER’S HOSPICE – diversity training programme (scripted)
Jack Morton Worldwide		IBM (IBM North East Europe and South West Europe) Hundred Per Cent Club 2007, Mauritius: Son et Lumière performance (The Storyteller)
STEPS DRAMA LEARNING DEVELOPMENT		COUTTS & CO Diversity Workshop (forum theatre); DEUTSCHE BANK Diversity Workshop (forum); GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL Assessor Training; ING BANK Diversity Workshop (forum); RABOBANK (forum); PFIZER Managing Performance (role-play); HALIFAX-BANK OF SCOTLAND Diversity Workshop (forum); 3i Management Programme (role-play); ABN AMRO Amsterdam Management Talent Assessment Programme (role-play); ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP Corporate Banking Financial Markets Leadership Programme (impro), and Diversity Workshop (forum); MERRILL LYNCH Diversity Event (scripted); LLOYDS-TSB Privilege/Personal Choice Programme (role-play); LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY, LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN Client Focus Programme (forum/role-play)
Alston partnership		PHONES4U Management training programme (facilitation and role-play)
REACT ACTING FOR BUSINESS		BBC Editor Assessment programme (role-play); BBC Journalism – Sources, Scoops and Stories (role-play); BBC Assessment Programme (role-play); NHS Primary Care Trusts Aspiring Directors training (role-play)
ASTAR ManaGeMenT CONSULTANTS		SOUTH LONDON NHS MENTAL HEALTH TRUST Diversity Programme (scripted/role-play)
ACTIVATION		BARCLAYS Customer Service Programme (forum); HACKNEY COUNCIL Diversity Programme (forum)
CORPORATE AND TRAINING VIDEOS
Smile On – Communication in Dentistry		Mr Kumar		Tom Hickmore	Nice Media
Pre-Orientation Training		Tony		Tom Hickmore	Nice Media for Watson Wyatt
WHAM		Mandip		LESTER MILBANK	Cambridge Film & Television Productions for Scott Bradbury Ltd
Performance and Development		Dominic		Philip Williams	Crystal Media for Cairn Energy
Risk Management		Tony d’Souza		Tom Hickmore	Watson Wyatt – Nice Media – Epic Video
Cisco IIS		Marketing Director		Shak Butt	Cisco Systems
Giving Feedback		Tariq		Vincent Thompson	Supernova for Hay Group, London SW1X
The Seven Deadly  Sins – Ocean-Going Cargo Carriers		Mehmet		Freddie Goode	Department of Health
Full  Circle		Ma’moud		clive mitchell	Tabard Productions for MOD
DRAMA COACHING
actorspace.co.uk		Private coaching.  Successful drama school applicants to Central School of Speech and Drama, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Drama Studio London
NON-DRAMA-RELATED WORK (includes)
DEUTSCHE bank		I.T. Trainer and Support Technician
stripe couriers		Motorcycle Courier
TELEVISION
Production		Character		Director	Company
Diverted		Isaam Hassani		Miroslaw Baszak	Big Tree Productions
Londyńczycy (‘The Londoners’)		Zayed Rampal		Greg Zglinski	Besta Film / Twilight International
WAKING THE DEAD		Rashid Said		EDWARD BENNETT	BBC Television
TORCHWOOD		Mr Harris		JONATHAN FOX BASSETT	BBC Television
SPOOKS		Nirav Maruti		OMAR MADHA	Kudos Film and Television   BBC1
CORONATION STREET		Doctor		MICHAEL KERRIGAN	Granada Television   ITV
Britain’s First Suicide Bombers		Zahid Sharif		Jon Hacker	Chameleon TV   BBC1
HEROD THE GREAT: THE TRUE STORY US TITLE: SECRETS OF HEROD'S REIGN		Herod		Nigel Levy	Atlantic Productions American network TV National Geographic / La7 / Fremantle
SADDAM’S TRIBE		Newsreader		Christopher Menaul	World Productions   More4
Panorama (Documentary)		Abdul Rahman		Tristan Quinn	BBC   BBC1
Oxyrhynchus, Decoding the Papyri		Tryphon – readings		Richard PArkin	BBC   BBC4
the bill		Yusuf Miah		alan Mcmillan	TALKBACK THAMES ITV
the bill		Yusuf Miah		Bob Bierman	TALKBACK THAMES ITV
jonathan creek		Sharif		Chris gurnan	BBC   BBC1
holby city		DS Gorsey		Minkie spiro	BBC   BBC1
REAL MEN		Dixon		sallie Aprahamian	BBC   BBC2
murder in mind		Pravin		david innes-edwards	BBC   BBC1
DREAM TEAM		Dr Vilvaraj		rita lynn	Hewland International   Sky One
bad girls		DC Patel		LAURENCE MOODY	Shed Productions   ITV
bad girls		DC Patel		jim o’hanlon	Shed Productions   ITV
Joseph		Asher		Roger Young	Lube/Turner Network TV BBC1
US Emmy Award Winner – Best Mini-Series
The Golden Years		Guatemotzin		Paul Bryers	Brook Productions   Channel 4
FILM
PRince of Persia: the Sands of Time		The Persian Captain		Mike Newell	Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Walt Disney Pictures
man about dog		Sheik Aga Fayed		Paddy Breathnach	Treasure
anita and me		The Mechanic		Metin HÜseyin	Anita Productions
The cut		Dave		Alex woods	Redwood Film Comedy
PULSE		Mobile Man		anita makris	Praxis
Son of the Pink Panther		Customs Officer		Blake Edwards	Paramount
Carry on Columbus		Abdullah		Gerald Thomas	The Comedy House
Cuba Libra		Guerilla		aNDREAS SENN	Senn Production
THEATRE
Eden’s Empire		Nasser / Nutting		Gemma Fairlie	Pyre Productions / Finborough Theatre
MARY STUART		Leicester		UZMA HAMEED	Derby Playhouse
guantanamo: ‘Honor Bound to Defend Freedom’		Moazzam (lead)		nicolas kent & sacha wares	Sonia Friedman Productions / Tricycle New Ambassadors Theatre, London
midnight’s children		Shiva		tim supple	Royal Shakespeare Company
merlin		Lancelot		Patricia benecke	Dialogue Productions Riverside Studios, London
speak		Quintian		Pippa bailey	Museum Of the Unknown Oxo Tower, London
the woman who swallowed a pin		Vincent		Deborah Bruce	Southwark Playhouse TheLab, London
Year 2000 Top 10 in The Observer and Time Out
THE WINTER’S TALE Time Out Critic’s Choice		Polixenes		erica wHyman	Southwark Playhouse
A Minute of Silence		Shem (lead)		Harris Freedman	Mettle Productions       The Gatehouse, Highgate
Twelfth Night		Orsino		Nick Young	Shakespeare Open Air, Worthing
The Epic of Gilgamesh		Gilgamesh (lead)		stamatios mesimeris	London Theatre Base Africa Centre, Covent Gdn
The Play’s the Thing		Albert  Adam		Andras Marton	Merlin International, Budapest
Julius Caesar		Mark Antony		David Harris	Sewell Barn Theatre, Norwich
The Merchant of Venice		Prince of Morocco		Ian Emmerson	Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich
COMMERCIAL
Egypt Air		Businessman		Martin Swift	DDB UK for Star Alliance
Mon Tresor, Mauritius		Voiceover artist		Daniel Koenig	Contrastetter / Eruption Studio
the aa (aUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION)		Nick (AA Patrolman)		Pedro Rohmanyi	Outsider, for The AA
MUSIC VIDEO
go england		Simeone		Matthaus hoene	Virgin Radio
Native Accents			other accents
RP & London/Cockney; Sri Lankan Tamil			Asian, Middle Eastern, Standard US, Liverpool & various UK, various European
other skills
Singing: Strong, wide range.   Stage Combat. Sports: Horse riding; football.   Driving: car/motorcycle.