COURTNEY WATTS
If you can't do it for yourself, do it to spite your enemies...
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Call me Courtney
Or whatever you want, really. I'll respond to anything so long as there's food involved. I'm comfortable with who I am.
Queer. Autistic. ADHD. Teacher. Researcher. Cereal Killer. I’ve had a lot of labels throughout my life and I’ve now reached a point where I fully embrace them all.
Performance has been everything, every day of my life growing up. Now, as a disability educator and critical academic, I advocate for intersectional understanding, cultural competence, and human rights for all.
Acting, singing, teaching, research, writing and stand up are all tied to the same goals for me: reclaiming my acting skills for myself rather than for survival, educating the world on authentic representations of Neurodivergent and otherwise disabled experiences...
and spitefully making my voice heard after a lifetime of being told to shut up.
Biography
Courtney Watts is an actor, writer and producer, starting out as an extra on productions such as Paper Dolls and The Fall Guy. Passionate about the psychological wellbeing of cast and crew on set, they also utilise their intersectional disability expertise in Intimacy and Access Coordination.
A published author, with YA fantasy series Ventura, and children's picture book series The Neurodivergents under the pseudonym I.M.Orkwerd, they began screenwriting in 2024 under the mentorship of Dominic Morgan of the Scriptfella Program.
Watts has been singing since high school, utilising their unique vocal skills for voice over and character work, and has a growing presence on the stand up comedy scene, having been a state finalist in the RAW Comedy Competition in 2024.
Driven to grow the Newcastle based entertainment industry, Watts' grant applications all include expectations of Newcastle based cast, crew and locations, and is acting as a producer on an independent feature film and and two short films set to wrap by the end of the year. They are also currently in development for an original sitcom.