Ellora Torchia

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Ellora Torchia
Born
Rashmika Ellora Torchia

April 1992 (age 32)
London, England
Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA)
Years active2010–present

Rashmika Ellora Torchia (born April 1992) is a British actress. For her role in the film In the Earth (2021), she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award. Her other films include Les Cowboys (2015), Midsommar (2019), and Ali & Ava (2021).

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She was named a 2021 Screen International Star of Tomorrow and a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. [1] [2]

Early life

Torchia was born in Hammersmith, West London to South African-Indian mother Veena and Italian father Maurelio, who met in Switzerland. She has three sisters. The family lived in Sri Lanka, India, Turkey, Tunisia and Japan, before returning to London when Torchia was 13. [3]

Torchia graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. [4]

Career

Torchia made her television debut in a 2010 episode of the BBC One spy drama Spooks (also known as MI-5). She appeared in a 2014 installment of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher as well as two 2015 episodes of DCI Banks , both on ITV.

In her final year at RADA, Torchia was cast as Sita in the first series of the Channel 4 drama Indian Summers , which premiered in 2015. [5] She signed with an agent in Paris, through which she was cast in the French film Les Cowboys , marking her feature film debut. The following year, she played Vishka in the ITV fantasy series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands . She made her professional stage debut in Boys Will Be Boys at the Bush Theatre. [6] This was followed by a role in The Treatment at the Almeida Theatre in 2017.

After guest starring in a series 3 episode of Broadchurch on ITV, Torchia had a recurring role as Maggie Lavelle in the first two series of the BBC One legal drama The Split . She also spent a year working at Shakespeare's Globe, appearing in All That Ends Well and The Two Noble Kinsmen . In 2019, she played Connie in Ari Aster's A24 folk horror film Midsommar .

Torchia starred in the 2021 science fiction horror film In the Earth , [7] for which she was nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performance. She also had roles in the films Ali & Ava and Crisis .

In 2022, Torchia starred as Reva in the Canal+ series Infiniti. [8] In 2023, she played Sienna Rose in the BBC One miniseries The Gold . In May 2023, it was rumoured Torchia had joined the cast of the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon for its second season in an undisclosed role. [9]

Personal life

Torchia speaks English and French. [10] She was raised vegan, and helps her parents run a business called the Arty Vegan. [11] [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Les Cowboys Shazhana
2018Our Happy HolidayTania
2019 Midsommar Connie
2021 In the Earth Alma
Crisis Reeva
Ali & Ava Runa
2024 A Real Pain Priya
TBA Cold Storage Abigail

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Spooks Aala Hall1 episode
2014 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Miss Khan / Zeenat JabourEpisode: "Beyond the Pale"
2015 DCI Banks Nafeesah Kamel2 episodes
Indian Summers Sita9 episodes (series 1)
2016 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands Vishka12 episodes
2017 Broadchurch Nira1 episode
2018–2020 The Split Maggie Lavelle12 episodes (series 1–2)
2019 Dark Money Dr Emily WatkinsEpisode: "The Valiant One"
2021 The Nevers KnitterEpisode: "True"
On the EdgeMaiaEpisode: "Cradled"
2022InfinitiReva6 episodes
Grantchester Maya3 episodes (series 7)
2023 The Gold Sienna Rose5 episodes
2024 House of the Dragon Kat

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Boys Will Be BoysPriya Sengupta Bush Theatre, London
2017The TreatmentThe Maid Almeida Theatre, London
2018 All's Well That Ends Well Helena Shakespeare's Globe, London
The Two Noble Kinsmen Emilia
Votes for WomenJean Dunbarton National Theatre, London
2024 Look Back in Anger Alison Porter Almeida Theatre, London
Roots Pearl Bryant

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2019 Ian Charleson Awards The Two Noble KinsmenNominated [13]
2021 British Independent Film Awards Breakthrough Performance In the EarthNominated [14]

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