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Genesis Lynea (born October 20, 1989) is a Bermudian-born actress, dancer and singer. She is best known for her role in the new Netflix series Shadow and Bone as the inferni general 'Natacha' and series regular 'Archie Hudson' in the long running BBC medical drama Casualty.

Genesis Lynea
Born	Cooper's Island, Bermuda
Alma mater	Arts Educational School (BA)
Occupation	Actress singer dancer model
Years active	2010–present

Early life

Genesis Lynea was born in Bermuda to her musical parents Lionel Edwards and Ginea 'Adi' Wolf. Her father is a self-taught saxophonist and her mother is an actress/singer. Her credits include Tina as 'GG' in the 2020 Hamburg production at Operettenhaus.

In the summer of 1997, her mother was accepted into the Performing Arts programme at Middlesex University and the two moved to London, followed soon after by her stepfather. The three lived in North London where she went to school at Trent Primary School and started secondary school at Ashmole before the family moved back to Bermuda for three years. After starting her Geography degree at Kings College, Genesis realised she wanted to be a performer and within three months she changed her degree and trained at Arts Educational School in Chiswick, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre in 2013.[1][2]

Career

Lynea's first performing experience was at the ENO as a part of the children's ensemble for The Magic Flute. Once the family moved back to London in 2006, Lynea went to LaSwap where she and some friends founded Britain's first Krump family, called Krumpire, which later developed into Wet Wipez. Soon after, she featured in Jessie J's debut music video "Do It Like A Dude". For the 2012 London Olympics, she was selected for [[Project 32]] as an ambassador for Adidas.[3] Lynea's early stage work included roles in productions of The Bodyguard, Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical, the Olivier Award winning Jesus Christ Superstar, and In the Heights as well as the role of Pilar in a 2016 production of Legally Blonde at The Curve in Leicester.[4]

Lynea starred in the 2017 production of The Wild Party at The Other Palace.[5] She then landed roles in Ode to Leeds at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties.[6][7] She landed the starring role of Anna of Cleves in the original cast of Six at the Arts Theatre and recording on the 2018 SIX Studio album that has recently sold over 100,000 copies worldwide.[8] Lynea made her television debut in 2018 with the main role of Miss Maddie Harper in series 7 and 8 of CBBC series 4 O'Clock Club.[9] She secured her first theatrical lead at The Old Vic in Sylvia.[10][11]

Lynea has filmed a few short films including Love is a Hand Grenade which won 'Best LGBT' at the Bristol Independent Film Festival.[12] Cost of Living was selected for Raindance Film Festival 2021 and BFI Flare London Film Festival. Her most recent short film, 'Finding Dad', made the official selection for Berlin British Shorts Film Festival and Leeds Film Festival.

On 23 March 2019, she began appearing as Archie Hudson in the BBC medical drama Casualty. In 2021 she joined the cast for series 24 of the long-running British crime drama television series Silent Witness produced by the BBC, as pathologist Simone Tyler in the team at the Lyell Centre, and series 25 which began airing on 23 May 2022.[13]

Personal life

Lynea identifies as queer,[14] and appeared in an issue of the Gay Times in 2019.[15]

Filmography

Television and film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018–2019	4 O'Clock Club	Maddie Harper	Main role (series 7–8)
2019–2020	Casualty	Archie Hudson	Series regular
2019	Samsonite: Born to Go	Voiceover	Advertisement
2019	How Can I Forget	Connie Mellon	Short film
2020	Love is a Hand Grenade	Gabby	Short Film
2021	The Cost of Living	Death	Short film
2021	Finding Dad	Dionne	Short Film
2021	Shadow and Bone	Natacha	Episode: "A Searing Burst of Light"
2021	Silent Witness	Simone Tyler	Series 24 Regular - from ep 7
2022	A Discovery of Witches	Geraldine	Season 3, from ep 3
2022	The Baby	Sam	Post Production
2022	Silent Witness	Simone Tyler	Series 25 Regular

Music videos

Song	Year	Artist	Notes
"Do It like a Dude"	2010	Jessie J
"Sexual Fantasies"	2018	Mont Jake	Additional vocals

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012–2014	The Bodyguard	Ensemble	Adelphi Theatre, London
2015–2016	Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical	Ensemble	Phoenix Theatre, London
2016	Legally Blonde	Pilar	The Curve, Leicester
2016	Jesus Christ Superstar	Soul Girl	Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
2016	In the Heights	Ensemble	King's Cross Theatre, London
2017	The Wild Party	Oscar D'Armano	Directed The Other Palace, London
2017	Ode to Leeds	Queenie	Leeds Playhouse, Leeds
2017–2018	Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties	Betty 5 / Richard	Southwark Playhouse, London
2017	Six	Anna of Cleves	Arts Theatre, London
2018	The Assassination of Katie Hopkins	Nina	Theatr Clwyd, Mold
2018	Sylvia	Sylvia Pankhurst	The Old Vic, London
2019	Club Mex	—	Choreographed Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester

References

External links

• Genesis Lynea at IMDb

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