A Life Worth Living: Acting, Activism and Everything Else
(Hardback)
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A Life Worth Living: Acting, Activism and Everything Else
By (Author) Tommy Jessop
Headline Publishing Group
Wildfire
10th October 2023
6th July 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Films, cinema
Individual actors and performers
Autobiography: arts and entertainment
Autobiography: general
616.8588420092
Physical Properties
Hardback
352
Width 162mm, Height 238mm, Spine 38mm
580g
Description
A powerful, moving and joyous memoir from Tommy Jessop, award-winning actor and activist.
I'm a man on a mission to show that life with Down Syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to live life to the full and to be fulfilled. Tommy Jessop is a multi-award winning actor, theatre performer, and campaigner. Tommy has been at the vanguard of bringing awareness of the potential of people living with Down syndrome to the media, and to government. A Life Worth Living will be Tommy's story - from his journey into acting and campaigning while showing his unstoppable determination, charisma, and love for life. Tommy's natural instinct to help others leaps out from the pages, as does his wish to make people aware that those with learning disabilities just want to be treated like everybody else.Author Bio
Tommy Jessop is a multi-award-winning actor starring in feature films and mainstream TV series - including Line of Duty and Coming Down the Mountain (written by Mark Haddon). Tommy also has an acclaimed stage career that includes being the first actor with Down Syndrome to play Hamlet on mainstream stages through his theatre company Blue Apple Theatre. He is the first actor with Down Syndrome to become a BAFTA member. His public profile has helped him campaign for, amongst other things, the passing of the Down Syndrome Act in Parliament - which aims to ensure suitable support and rights provisions for those with Down Syndrome. Tommy is an Ambassador to Mencap and Patron of the National Down Syndrome Policy Group.
