Thalissa Nuttall-Teixeira (/təˈliːsə teɪˈʃeɪdə/;[1] born 1992/1993) is a British-Brazilian actress and filmmaker. She began her career in theatre, earning an Ian Charleson Award nomination, before breaking out in the miniseries Trigonometry. She was named a 2021 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.[2][3]
Thalissa Teixeira | |
---|---|
Born | Thalissa Nuttall-Teixeira 1992/1993 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
Alma mater | Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2014–present |
Teixeira was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire to an English mother and a Baiano father. She spent her childhood in Vitória, Espírito Santo before returning to England with her mother at the age of 8 to live in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. She joined a local theatre group at the back of a church.[4][5] She went onto train at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2014.[6][7]
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 | [8] |
2019 | Wildfire | Ella | Short film |
2019 | Exit Eve | Eve | Short film |
2020 | We Met Before | Short film; Directed, wrote, produced | |
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[9] |
2020 | Two Weeks to Live | Thompson | Miniseries[10] |
2021 | Too Close | Vanessa "Ness" Jones | Miniseries[11] |
2021 | Anne Boleyn | Madge Shelton | Miniseries[12] |
2021 | Ragdoll | DI Emily Baxter | Miniseries[13] |
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[14][15] |
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 | |
2020 | Women Beware Women | Bianca | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London[16] |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Ian Charleson Awards | Electra | Nominated | [17] | |
2021 | Carmarthen Bay Film Festival | Poetic Short Film | We Met Before (with AK McCallum) | Nominated | |