Cora Bissett

Biography

Cora Bissett (born 1974) is a Scottish theatre director, playwright, actor and musician. As a director she has created Amada, Roadkill, Grit: The Martyn Bennett Story, Glasgow Girls and Room. As an actor she had regular appearances in the television programmes Rab C. Nesbitt and High Times. She is an associate director at the National Theatre of Scotland.

Directed

1. Adam (2021) — Director
2. The Singer (2023) — Director
3. John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues (2020) — Director
4. Ben & Lucy — Director

Also appeared in

1. God Help the Girl (2014) — Miss Browning
2. Red Road (2006) — Jo
3. Shetland (2013) — Eve Galbraith
4. Not Another Happy Ending (2013) — Bookshop Owner
5. Annika (2021) — Astrid McAndrews
6. Rebus (2000) — Trudy Laing
7. The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (2025) — Elma Pringle
8. High Times (2004) — Janet
9. The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth (2014) — Narrator - (Voice)
10. Scotland: Contains Strong Language (2020) — Presenter
11. Saved (2001)
12. Do You Have Kids? (2025) — Lee