New screenshot collection

30 October 2014 23:10

A large new collection of screenshots from some of Zoe's TV roles, including Love Hurts and My Family, is available to view online, thanks to River Song, a digital and screenshot artist.

You can view all of the images on Facebook.

With thanks to River Song for the link.

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Zoë due to speak at The Sick Children's Trust carol service

7 October 2014 20:40

Zoë is due to give a seasonal reading at The Sick Children's Trust's Christmas carol service, which will take place on 4 December at St Marylebone Parish Church in London.

The charity, which provides free accommodation and support to families with sick children in hospital in the UK, remarks on its website that 'the event will make a lovely start to the festive season!'

Tickets are available now.

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Zoë backs Sightsavers Million Miracles campaign

7 October 2014 17:08

Zoë is helping to raise awareness of A Million Miracles, the biggest ever campaign by charity Sightsavers. You can see Zoë's message of support about this ambitious campaign on her Twitter profile.

A Million Miracles aims to change the lives of people who are losing their vision due to cataracts, by providing a million sight-saving operations in some of the poorest areas of the world. Moreover, on 8 and 9 October, at 1:30pm GMT, you can watch live one such patient, Winesi, receiving his surgery in Malawi, thanks to Sightsavers.

To make a donation to the campaign in order to help fund sight-saving surgery, please visit Sightsavers's website.

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Kristin Scott Thomas on how Electra changed her life: 'Seeing Zoë, I thought, ''Aha, that's how I do it.'''

27 September 2014 17:08

The Telegraph has today published an interview with actress Kristin Scott Thomas, in which she discusses the profound effect that Zoë's performance as Electra (1997 in UK; 1998-9 in US) has had on her.

Watching the Ancient Greek tragedy unfold on Broadway, with Zoe in the title role, inspired Scott Thomas to shift the focus of her career away from film and towards acting for the stage. As she comments, 'Seeing Zoë, I thought, ''Aha, that's how I do it.'''

Scott Thomas, who is currently playing Electra at London's Old Vic, points to the play's power as she recalls Zoe's production: 'the play was just so meaningful to me about life – my life and others. I started to weep and everyone around me, men and women, was doing the same thing.'

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Sam Wanamaker would be 'thrilled and delighted' with the Playhouse, says Zoë in BBC interview

5 September 2014 21:06

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is the focus of the 'Friday feature' in today's edition of World Update, a current affairs radio programme broadcast by the BBC World Service.

Interviewed about the Playhouse, Zoë explains that this recreation of an indoor Jacobean theatre, which complements the outdoor Globe Theatre, was 'always in the plans' that her father had for the Globe site on London's South Bank.

Zoë emphasises that her father would have been 'thrilled and delighted' with the Playhouse, which opened earlier this year.

You can listen to the full interview on the BBC's website any time during the next seven days; it begins about 20 minutes into the programme.

Updated: The interview is now available as a standalone clip on the BBC's website and a podcast to download.

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