---
name: "Cora Bissett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cora-bissett"
fi1m_id: "cora-bissett"
imdb_id: "nm1748297"
tmdb_id: 1342224
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:24:54.205956+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cora Bissett

## Identity

Cora Bissett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cora-bissett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cora-bissett
- **IMDb ID:** nm1748297
- **TMDB ID:** 1342224
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1748297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1342224

Director. Born in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1748297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1342224

## Biography

Cora Bissett is a Scottish theatre director, playwright, actor and musician. She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and began her career as lead singer with the band Darlingheart before working in professional theatre, film and television.

As an actor she appeared in the film *Red Road* (2006) as Jo and had regular roles in the television series *Rab C. Nesbitt* and *High Times*. As a director she founded the company Pachamama and created productions including *Roadkill* (2010), *Glasgow Girls* and *Adam*. She was Associate Director at the National Theatre of Scotland from 2014 to 2022.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nationaltheatrescotland.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Red Road* (2006), Fi1m 74, as Jo — [page](https://film.one/film/red-road.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Bombing of Pan Am 103* (2025), series, as Elma Pringle
- *Do You Have Kids?* (2025), as Lee
- *The Singer* (2023), Director
- *Annika* (2021), series, as Astrid McAndrews
- *Adam* (2021), Director
- *John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues* (2020), Director
- *Scotland: Contains Strong Language* (2020), as Presenter
- *The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth* (2014), as Narrator - (Voice)
- *God Help the Girl* (2014), as Miss Browning
- *Not Another Happy Ending* (2013), as Bookshop Owner
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Eve Galbraith — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Red Road* (2006), as Jo — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/red-road.md)
- *High Times* (2004), series, as Janet
- *Saved* (2001), Actor
- *Rebus* (2000), series, as Trudy Laing
- *Ben & Lucy*, Director

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