Thalissa Teixeira (; born 1992/1993) is a British actress and filmmaker. She began her career in theatre, earning an Ian Charleson Award nomination, before breaking out in the BBC miniseries Trigonometry. She was named a 2021 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.
Early life Teixeira was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire; her mother is British and her father from Salvador in Brazil. She spent her childhood in Vitória, Espírito Santo in Brazil before returning to England with her mother at the age of 8 to live in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire where she joined a local theatre group called Through the Wardrobe. She went on to train at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2014.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2016 Billionaire Ransom Paloma Nava 2017 Yerma Des National Theatre Live 2018 Julie Kristina National Theatre Live 2019 A Family Affair Lola Short film 2019 Hobbs & Shaw Nanny 2019 Wildfire Ella Short film 2019 Exit Eve Eve Short film 2020 We Met Before Short film; Directed, wrote, produced2024HarvestMistress BeldamSixteen Films2026SupergirlMareck Vran
Television Year Title Role Notes 2016 The Musketeers Sylvie Series 3; 9 episodes 2017 Midsomer Murders Jane Everard 1 episode 2017 The Jonah Man Miv Television film 2018 Press Angie 1 episode 2019 One Red Nose and a Wedding Best Woman Comedy special 2020 Baghdad Central Florida 5 episodes 2020 Trigonometry Gemma Miniseries 2020 Two Weeks to Live Thompson Miniseries 2021 Too Close Vanessa "Ness" Jones Miniseries 2021 Anne Boleyn Madge Shelton Miniseries 2021 Ragdoll DI Emily Baxter Miniseries 2024 Alice & Jack Rachel Miniseries
Stage Year Title Role Notes 2014 Electra Chorus Old Vic, London 2015 The Changeling Diaphanta Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London 2015 The Broken Heart Euphrania Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London 2016 BU21 Thalissa Theatre503, London 2016 The Night Watch Vivian Royal Exchange, Manchester 2016–2017 Yerma Des Royal National Theatre/Young Vic/Park Avenue Armory 2017 Othello Emilia Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London 2017 The Unknown Island Gate Theatre, London 2018 Julie Kristina Royal National Theatre, London 2019 Dear Elizabeth Gate Theatre, London 2019 Blood Wedding Moon Young Vic, London 2020 Women Beware Women Bianca Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London 2022 Dr Semmelweis Maria Semmelweis Bristol Old Vic, London 2023 Julius Caesar Brutus Royal Shakespeare Company 2024The Taming of the Shrew Katherina Shakespeare's Globe2026A Doll's HouseKristine LindeAlmeida Theatre
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResult Ref. 2015 Ian Charleson Awards Electra 2021 Carmarthen Bay Film Festival Poetic Short Film We Met Before (with AK McCallum) 2022 Underwire Film Festival Best Actress We Met Before (Short film)
Audio Sappho in Fragments – BBC Radio 4 Doctor Who: Defender of the Earth "The Opacity Factor" Jenel Kilum’bu / Saggy Doctor Who: Into the Stars "Break the Ice" Dr. Lenni Fisk In Flux – BBC Radio 3 Electra – BBC Radio 4
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