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David Proud
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Overview
Born
March 14
,
1983
·
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Nickname
Twiglet
Height
4′ 11¾″ (1.52 m)
Mini Bio
David Proud was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. He is an actor, writer, and director known for
EastEnders (1985)
,
Marcella (2016)
and
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007)
. In December 2020 David joined the core writing team of
Coronation Street (1960)
. David was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist for 2021.
David was born with a condition called Spina Bifida and uses a wheelchair.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: DP
Family
Spouse
Amy Joy Proud
(August 19, 2016 - October 14, 2021) (divorced)
Trivia
Has a small scar on his right hand which he got from catching his hand accidentally on a piece of set whilst filming EastEnders.
Has an older sister called Dawn who is a Drama Teacher.
Can play the drums and guitar.
Nicknamed 'Twiglet' by his Basketball friends due to his size when growing up.
Listed in the Shaw Trust/Channel 4 Power 100 List, the most influential disabled people in the UK for 2015, 2018 and 2019.
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An artist is only limited by imagination; a disabled artist is only limited by opportunity.
Disability equality in media is inevitable, the voice and will is too strong and the arguments against too week...
Your life is a three-act story. Fill it with plot, memorable images, and pithy dialogue, and try and make the end have some sort of purpose...
You cannot represent what you do not understand...
All the worlds a stage, and both have bad wheelchair access
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