Firth, Adele: - Adele Firth (nee Lawson) grew up in Manchester, England. She studied drama at Mountview Theatre School, London, and spent six years working as an actress in repertory theatre. She went on to train as a primary school teacher. She now works in various schools in South Manchester and runs three branches of Adele Lawson's School of Theatre for actors aged six to sixteen. She happily became Mrs. Firth when she married Peter in June 2002.