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Ayvianna Snow
Born	Derry, Northern Ireland
Citizenship	British, Irish
Alma mater	Arden School of Theatre
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2016-present

Ayvianna Snow is a British-Irish actress known predominantly for her work in the horror genre. She was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. She trained at the Arden School of Theatre.

Film

Her first film appearance was in White Colour Black, directed by Joseph A. Adesunloye. White Colour Black was selected for the 2017 BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for two British Independent Film Awards.

She followed this with an appearance as the nun Sister Lilith in 2018 British film The Convent, directed by Paul Hyett.

Snow also appeared as the antagonist of 2020 feature film Black Lake, which screened at the Renegade Film Festival where it won the Best Cinematography award.

In 2021, she appeared as the lead antagonist, in British-Indian horror film Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff opposite Priyanshu Chatterjee and Nyra Banerjee. She also appeared opposite Tony Todd as Victoria in The Lockdown Hauntings which was directed by Howard J. Ford and filmed entirely during the COVID-19 lockdown in England.

In 2022, she appeared in the Irish film LOLA as reporter Rebecca Cavendish. LOLA screened at Locarno Film Festival, Dublin International Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival and had a theatrical release in 2023. It is the first Irish film to win the Melies D'Or at Sitges Film Festival. It also won the Melies d'Argent award at Trieste Film Festival. It was one of the most watched films on BFI Player in 2023. It featured a soundtrack by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy.

LOLA was nominated for seven IFTA Film & Drama Awards in 2024 in the categories Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Original Music, Best Script, and Best Production Design, winning two (Best Original Music and Best Costume Design).

She appeared in Video Shop Tales of Terror, playing a woman trafficked by the Nazis in the 1940's, directed by Michael Fausti with Spencer Hawken acting as executive producer. The film was inspired by the true story of Salon Kitty.

She first worked with Creativ Studios in 2022, appearing as Jessica in Ripper's Revenge, based on the Jack the Ripper legend. She worked with the studio again in 2023, this time appearing as Maria in Wrath of Dracula directed by Steve Lawson.

In 2022, she appeared as Elvina in Argh & the Quest for the Golden Dragon Skull directed by Martin Gooch, and played The Spy in the music video for "The Invisible Man" by The Damned from their Darkadelic album.

She appeared in two new horror films in the summer of 2023, both of which screened in competition at FrightFest; How To Kill Monsters directed by Stewart Sparke, and Punch directed by Andy Edwards.

In 2023, she was appointed a judge at the Romford Film Festival.

In 2024, she was appointed the host of Romford Film Festival, replacing Kevin Haldon.

She is a Trustee of Unity Theatre Trust.

Video games

She has worked with D'Avekki Studios, appearing as Millicent in Dark Nights with Poe and Munro and as Jamie in Murderous Muses.

Filmography

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External links

• Ayvianna Snow at IMDb

• British film actresses
• Irish film actresses
• Actresses from Derry (city)
• Living people
• Alumni of Arden School of Theatre
• Women in horror film