| Cecilia Appiah | |
|---|---|
| Born | London |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2010- |
Cecilia Appiah is an English stage, screen and voice actress.
Early life
Appiah was born in West London. She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and was a Carleton Hobbs Bursary winner.
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. She would later also provide voice work for the Big Finish Productions audio story The War Master: Self-Defence.
Stage
On the stage, she appeared in an adaptation of Andrea Levy's The Long Song at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2021. She played Phoebe in Mike Bartlett’s Scandaltown at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2022. In 2023, she appeared as Estella in Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of Great Expectations, at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.
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 and Channel 4 comedy series Toast of Tinseltown.
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.
Filmography
| 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
- 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.