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SHAIRA
BERG

Screen and stage storytelling.

HEIGHT

5 feet 4 inches (163cm)

PLAYING AGE

18–30

Selected work

Full credits

About Shaira

Shaira Berg is an actor and writer whose credits include Taken Pieces, The Hack and Gaslight. She wrote and performed the lead role in Gaslight on stage and returned for its film adaptation. Her training includes RADA’s Young Actors’ Programme and Actors’ Lab Manchester.

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From Shaira Berg’s Spotlight profile · Updated 5 September 2026. Years are as listed; “Not listed” indicates no detail supplied.

Film

YearProductionRoleDirectorCompany
2026Taken PiecesRose (Lead)Michaela BottinoMBOT Films/Shy Girl Productions
2026HabitsLila (Lead)Shaira BergMBOT Films/Shy Girl Productions
2025Gaslight (UK Film Awards Winner)Scarlet (Lead)Mark HamptonShy Girl Productions
2021Life in a DayShairaKevin MacdonaldRidley Scott Associates (RSA) Films
2019Long WeekendTara (Lead)Matthew FoulertonManchester School of Art
2018VictimsMandy (Lead)Alex GiopanosManchester School of Art
2018TVC-15Tessa (Lead)Louis SmithUniversity of Salford
2018IslaIsla (Lead)Muna Chando SilverbergTalentScreen
2018American FantasyLola (Lead)Muna Chando SilverbergTalentScreen
2018Thelma and Louise Go MancLouise (Lead)Jack McKnight, Jonny SterrittMcKnight Productions

Audiobook

YearProductionRoleDirectorCompany
2026The Heimdall ProjectStella/NarratorElla Harpaz-JoralemonAudible/Amazon

Television

YearProductionRoleDirectorCompany
2025The HackProtesting ModelLewis ArnoldITV Studios/ITVX
2020BBC: Sport ReliefDancerChristopher Poole, Adam Finch, Kieron SchiffBBC Studios
2019The FeedWitnessCarl TibbettsAmazon Studios
2019More Canals Than Venice (Pilot)Elisha (Lead)James TaylorLast Light Productions
2019BBC Three: Things Not To SayPresenterJosh CluderayBBC Three

Stage

YearProductionRoleDirectorCompany
2024Oedipus TyrannusJocasta (Lead)Jonathan Wilson, Ella Harpaz-JoralemonADC Theatre
2024Romeo and JulietJuliet (Lead)Sophie RaynerThe Dryden Society
2024Remains to be SeenEllen (Lead)Eliza KaneCorpus Playroom
2024King and CastleWilliamLara IbrahimThe Howard Theatre
2024The ByrothonFeatured SpeakerAdrian PooleThe Dryden Society
2023Gaslight (Cambridge Run)Scarlet (Lead)Ella Harpaz-JoralemonPembroke Players
2023Gaslight (Off-West End Award Nominated)Scarlet (Lead)Arianna MuñozThe Etcetera Theatre
2023God of CarnageVéronique Houllié (Lead)Sophie Rayner, Alex VelodyThe Dryden Society
2023Second Generation: The Return of the Lemon and HerbWriter/PerformerDiya ShahADC Theatre
2023The AffairJoanie (Lead)Qawiiah BisiriyuADC Theatre
2023Underwater PebblesA (Lead)Julia Jin WangADC Theatre
2023The Pineapple (Monologue)PerformerCassia Thakkar, Jenny Cyffin-JonesThe Marlowe Society
2022Femme FataleManager/Interviewer/EnsembleShreya Ganesh KumarPembroke Players
2022Phaedra's LoveMother/EnsembleRalph JeffreysPembroke Players
2022Much Ado About NothingMessenger/Watchman/EnsembleHannah Samuel-OgbuADC Theatre
2022Queer StreetTiffanyAjay GillCorpus Playroom
2018Fragments (Venus in Fur)Vanda Jordan (Lead)Sue JenkinsThe Lowry Theatre
2012Mary PoppinsJane Banks (Lead)Clayton DohertySimply Theatre Productions
2010Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeLucy Pevensie (Lead)Karen PeckoverEBDG
2009CinderellaEnsembleKaren PeckoverEBDG
2008The Wizard of OzMunchkinKaren PeckoverEBDG
2008UblobHelen (Lead)Janice WhiteWG Studio
2007A Victorian StoryAnnie (Lead)Janice WhiteWG Studio
2007Oliver!EnsembleKaren PeckoverEBDG
2006Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatEnsembleKaren PeckoverEBDG

Commercial

YearProductionRoleDirectorCompany
2021Akademie St. Gallen Online Film (Switzerland)StudentKatja Zwilling, Markus ZwillingNew Step Media Switzerland
2019Azar Social Media Advertisement (Worldwide)Lead GirlRyan JohnsonHyperconnect

Writing

YearProductionRoleDirectorCompany
2026HabitsWriterShaira BergMBOT Films/Shy Girl Productions
2025Gaslight (Off-West End Award-Nominated, UK Film Award-Winning)WriterMark Hampton, Ella Harpaz-Joralemon, Arianna MuñozShy Girl Productions

Rehearsed Reading

YearProductionRoleDirectorCompany
2024Box OfficeGeorgie (Lead)Sophie RaynerThe Dryden Society

Corporate

YearProductionRoleDirectorCompany
2023POLICE NOW: Detective AcademySammy NovakIsobel JonesPolice Now

Event

YearProductionRoleDirectorCompany
2019Miss England 2019Semi-FinalistMark JonesMiss England Limited

Skills & performance

Accents & Dialects

English-Standard (Native) · RP (Native) · American-Standard · Geordie · Leeds · London · Manchester · Midlands-East

Languages

English (Native) · German (Native) · Swiss-German (Native) · French

Music & Dance

Ballet (Highly skilled) · Cheerleading (Highly skilled)

Other Skills

Writer

Sports

Horse-riding (Highly skilled) · Running (Highly skilled) · Skiing (Highly skilled) · Swimming (Highly skilled) · Cycling

Vehicle Licences

Car Driving Licence

Training & details

Training

2021-2025: University of Cambridge, Trinity College, PhD in Psychology

2019: RADA Young Actors' Programme

2017-2020: University of Manchester, BSc in Psychology

2017-2019: Actors' Lab Manchester

Locations listed

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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