Raniah originally trained as an actor, working for many years in London and New York before falling in love with the physical acting process of Lucid Body. She began working as a movement-practitioner-acting-teacher in 2013 and currently teaches for The Globe Theatre and Drama Studio London, as well as offering courses through her own company, Lucid Body London. She found a natural progression into Movement Direction and on further to Intimacy Direction in the last few years.

Intimacy Director: Peaky Blinders: The Rise (Immersive Everywhere), Supernova (Theatre503); How A City Can Save The World (Sheffield People’s Theatre); at Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Hyde & Seek, Our Town, Dennis of Penge, Intimate Apparel, Road, Pilgrims; at Conti Arts – Harvest, The Welkin, New Labour, Great Britain.

Intimacy Coordinator for film/tv: The Wife and Her House Husband (Dir. Marcus Markou); I’m Not Finished (Dir. Rebecca Gallon); Salt Wounds (Dir. Hannah Renton); Remi Milligan: Lost Director (Dir. Samuel Lodato); Break the Rule (LCC, Dir. Beata Jamroziak); Asst I.C. on Dreamland (Merman Prods, Dir. Ellie Heydon)