Keziah Joseph (, born 12 August 1992 in Hammersmith, London) is a British actress who trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She won the BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary in 2016.
Education Joseph attended a foundation course in acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in 2012/13 before enrolling at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2013. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting with specialism in Collaborative and Devised Theatre in 2016.
Career Acting Joseph made her professional theatre debut in Sandi Toksvig's Silver Lining in 2017 and has gone on to work prolifically in theatre across the UK. She played Bibi - a fictional NHS nurse - and Betsy - a real African American enslaved woman experimented on by J Marion Sims in the 1800s, in the award-winning play Family Tree by Mojisola Adebayo, directed by Matthew Xia (2021 and reprised in 2023). In 2021 she also played Tia in the award-winning Wayward Productions/Complicité play Language of Kindness adapted from the novel of the same name by Christie Watson. She played Lucy Pevensie in Sally Cookson's The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (2019) at The Bridge Theatre alongside Wil Johnson as Aslan and Laura Elphinstone as the White Witch. She played Polly in the Olivier-nominated Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear (2019) at the National Theatre alongside Steve Furst and Gary Wilmot, adapted from the best selling children's books of the same title by Andy Stanton.
Voice acting Joseph is a member of BBC Radio Drama Company and has appeared in many radio plays broadcast on Radio 4 and Radio 3. She played Fran in Audible's original audio play Crush Hour alongside Ellie Goulding and Rory Kinnear (2022). She currently plays Sheila in BBC Radio 4 Drama series Faith, Hope and Glory, written by Roy Williams.
Playwriting Joseph began writing plays in 2021 and her first short play, Vanitina won an open call to be published in German magazine, DRAMA MAGAZIN. It was printed and sold in Berlin in 2022.
Accolades In 2016 she received the BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award, and was a Spotlight Prize nominee.
Joseph would star in the play Language of Kindness, and it received the 2022 Offie for IDEA production (IDEA standing for Innovative, Devised, Experiential and Atypical).
Credits Stage Year Title Role(s) Venue(s)/ProductionNotes and 2017Silver Lining, by Sandi ToksvigHope DaleyRose Theatre Kingston and UK tour2017Kanye the First, by Sam SteinerEve / KimHighTide Festival2017-2018The Jungle Book, adapted by Jessica SwaleMowgliRoyal and Derngate and UK tour2018As You Like ItCeliaRegent's Park Open Air Theatre2018-2019Dick WhittingtonTom CatLyric Hammersmith2018-2019The Paper ManPerformerNorfolk & Norwich Festival and La Strada Festival in Graz, Austria (2018); Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol and Soho Theatre, London (2019)Also a co-creator of the show.2019Sweeney Todd Johanna BarkerEveryman Theatre, Liverpool2019Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear - the Musical!PollyDorfman Theatre2019The Lion, the Witch, and the WardrobeLucyBridge Theatre2021The Language of Kindness, adapted by Sasha Milavic DaviesEnsembleShoreditch Town Hall2021-2023Family Tree, by Mojisola AdebayoBibi / BetsyGreenwich+Docklands International Festival (2021), Young Vic (2022) and UK tour (2023)2023-24The Wind in the WillowsRattyShakespeare North2024The Women of LlanrumneyCerysSherman Theatre Audio and radio plays Year Title Role(s) Station/NetworkNotes and 2016 The Archers Dorothy BBC Radio 4 3 episodes The Confidential Agent Adapted by Nick Perry Elsie Griffiths BBC Radio 4 The Watership Down Cowslip (episode 1)Nelthilta (episode 2) BBC Radio 4 Wild ThingsBy Charlotte Jones Cassie BBC Radio 4 Northanger AbbeyAdapted by Hattie Naylor Harriet BBC Radio 4 Episodes 9 and 10 2017 The ThicknessBy Daniel Lawrence Taylor Lyeasha BBC Radio 4 Agnes GreyAdapted by Rachel Joyce and Tracy Neale Rosalie BBC Radio 4 Assata Shakur - The FBI's Most Wanted WomanBy debbie tucker green Student 2 (episode 2)Prisoner 3 (episode 4) BBC Radio 4 Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures Lorna Big Finish Productions Volume 2, Episode 3 ("Cold Vengeance") The MotherBy Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton The girl BBC Radio 4 2021 Don JuanAdapted by Robin Brooks Gulbeyaz BBC Radio 3 2022Crush HourFranAudible Original2022-presentFaith, Hope and GloryBy Roy WilliamsSheilaBBC Radio 4Recurring role from Series 32023Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor AdventuresFreya BrettBig Finish ProductionsSeries 12, Episode 2 ("Antillia the Lost")
Short film
Joseph starred as Uche in the 2016 short film Hush, written by Candice Onyeama.
Television YearTitleRoleNetwork/ChannelNote2021Octonauts: Above & BeyondCBeebies and Netflix2025TestamentDiscipleAngel Studios1 episode
References
External links
https://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/9917-0195-9071