Some might say Mary McCartney leads a very interesting double life. On a typical day, she is preparing correspondence in her office environment before heading home to change into a hat, scarf, and parka, or other role-appropriate clothing, to record a self-tape she’ll submit to a casting agent. Her true passion, her future, however, beckons from the world of the performance arts.
Mary pursued her calling first as a freshman at Boston College before transferring to the world-renowned Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), where she would complete her degree over the next three years. In addition to stage craft at RCS, she spent time in fully professional studios exploring and producing commercials, radio programs, audiobooks, and dialogue for video games and mastering a variety of British accents, at which she has become most proficient.
In 2021 Mary landed a role as a British nurse in the NBC medical drama
New Amsterdam—her RCS accent training had prepared her well. More recently, she read the part of a 13-year-old British girl in the audiobook,
Demon in the Wood, the prequel to the bestselling
Shadow and Bone written by Leigh Bardugo.
Demon in the Wood won a highly prestigious 2023 Audie Award for best audiobook in the Young Adult category. This book also won the coveted Odyssey Award for best audiobook for children and young adults.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE ABOUT MARY PUBLISHED IN THE SUMMER 2023 MILLBROOK MAGAZINE