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Cecilia Appiah is an English actress.
Early life
Appiah was born in West London. She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
Career
As 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.[1]
Stage
On the stage, she appeared in an adaptation of Andrea Levy's The Long Song at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2021.[2] She played Phoebe in Mike Bartlett’s Scandaltown at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2022.[3][4] In 2023, she appeared as Estella in Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of Great Expectations, at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.[5]
Film & television
She portrayed Carla in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Mona in Apple TV series Hijack. She also appeared in The Chelsea Detective[6] and Channel 4 comedy series Toast of Tinseltown.[7]
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.[8][9]
References
- ^ Popescu, Lucy (24 December 2010). "Christmas by the Lake: love, loss and second chances". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 3 April 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.
External links
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Category:Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Category:Black British actresses