Cecilia Appiah is an English stage, screen and voice actress.
Cecilia Appiah | |
|---|---|
| Born | London |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2010- |
Early life
editAppiah was born in West London. She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and was a Carleton Hobbs Bursary winner.[1]
Career
editAs a child actress in 2010, she voiced Mary, daughter of Niamh Cusack's Helen in the BBC Radio 4 play Christmas by the Lake, which was broadcast on Christmas Day and also starred Robert Lindsay.[2] She would later also provide voice work for the Big Finish Productions audio story The War Master: Self-Defence.[3]
Stage
editOn the stage, she appeared in an adaptation of Andrea Levy's The Long Song at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2021.[4] She played Phoebe in Mike Bartlett’s Scandaltown at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2022.[5][6] In 2023, she appeared as Estella in Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of Great Expectations, at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.[7]
Film & television
editShe portrayed Carla in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Mona in Apple TV series Hijack. She also appeared in The Chelsea Detective[8] and Channel 4 comedy series Toast of Tinseltown.[9]
In 2024, she was cast as Nan Seymour, sister of Jane, in the BBC One adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.[10][11][12]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Casualty | Cleo | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Toast of Tinseltown | Receptionist | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | The Chelsea Detective | PC Lana Appelby | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Carla | |
| 2023 | Torchwood: The Story Continues | Diana Lopez | Voice role |
| 2023 | Hijack | Mona | 7 episodes |
| 2024 | Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light | Nan Seymour |
References
edit- ^ Cerdd, Tŷ (25 October 2023). "Beyond Borders / Beyond Barriers". Arts.Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ Popescu, Lucy (24 December 2010). "Christmas by the Lake: love, loss and second chances". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Kitson, Brian (August 7, 2022). "Review: 'The War Master: Self-Defence' from Big Finish". Thecosmiccircus. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Davis, Clive (8 October 2021). "The Long Song review — powerful scenes as Andrea Levy's novel comes to the stage". Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Ryan, Anya (15 April 2022). "Scandaltown review: Mike Bartlett's contemporary Restoration play is a clutter of a parody". The Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Saville, Alice (15 April 2022). "Scandaltown: Review". Time Out. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Mukherjee, Ankhi (October 2, 2023). "Great Expectations: new theatrical adaptation sets Dickens novel in partition-era Bengal". The Conversation. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Shreya, Kumari (March 29, 2022). "The Chelsea Detective Season 2: Renewed or Cancelled?". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Toast Of Tinseltown". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Cast named for the return of Wolf Hall". Televisial. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Faber, Alex (3 April 2024). "BBC's Wolf Hall returns to TV screens with diverse cast of courtiers". The Times. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Farber, Mike (6 November 2024). "Wolf Hall's colourblind casting 'blessed by Hilary Mantel'". The Times. Retrieved 7 November 2024.