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Andrea Arnold was born in Dartford, Kent. She is an English filmmaker and former actress, who made her feature film directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road. Arnold left high school when she was 16, when she was drawn to becoming an actress. When Arnold was 18 years old she left Kent for London where she began working as a host and actress for a children's TV show called "No. 73". She worked in TV for the next 10 years, while continually writing on the side. After retiring from her career as a television presenter, Arnold studied directing at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles and trained in screenwriting at the PAL Labs in Kent. Her early short films included Milk and Dog. She won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Wasp, in 2003. Arnold won the 2007 BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for directing Red Road.