Ayesha Gwilt

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Ayesha Gwilt
Born
Ayesha Dawn Gwilt
Other namesNisa Cole
OccupationActress

Ayesha Dawn Gwilt, [1] sometimes credited as Nisa Cole is an English actress. She trained at the National Youth Theatre and has appeared in several theatre productions since. [2] She also has a role in the BBC television series, All the Small Things as Grace Oudidja. [3] The series also stars Sarah Lancashire, Neil Pearson and Richard Fleeshman.

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Early life

She has one sister named Rhian Gwilt (born 1992); both are the daughters of Richard and Joan Gwilt. [1] Recent theatre credits include Seductive Shakespeare at Contact, Manchester; Meet the Mukherjees at The Octagon Theatre, Bolton; and Verbally Challenged at Contact, Manchester.

Career

Gwilt is best known for portraying pupil Amy Porter in series five to seven of the award-winning BBC drama series, Waterloo Road . She left from Waterloo Road in Series 7, Episode 10. In 2011, Gwilt began to use the name Nisa Cole after she left Waterloo Road. [4] In October 2016, she appeared as Penelope Betteredge in the BBC mini-series The Moonstone

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2009 All the Small Things Grace OudidjaMini-series
2009-2011 Waterloo Road Amy PorterSeries regular
2013 The Sparticle Mystery TinyEpisode: "The White Horse"
Doctors Nina JethroeEpisode: "Young Love"
Mount Pleasant Lianne1 episode
2016 Vera Mia HalefordEpisode: "Tuesday's Child"
Scott & Bailey Jenna Mawson3 episodes
The Moonstone Penelope BetteredgeMini-series
2022The Drowning of Arthur BraxtonEstelle JarvisFilm

References

  1. 1 2 England & Wales, Birth Index: 1984–2005, as accessed on Ancestry.co.uk.
  2. Ayesha Gwilt at Pemberton Associates [ permanent dead link ]
  3. "BBC - Press Office - All The Small Things press pack: cast list". bbc.co.uk.
  4. "Spotlight". spotlight.com.