Early life and education
Allan was born on 6 September 2001 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and attended Headington School in Oxford. [2] [3] Her parents separated when she was one and she lived with her mother in Australia and the French Pyrenees, where she attended a French-language school before returning to Oxford; she now lives in London. She has a younger half-brother and half-sister. [4] [5]
At school Allan studied drama and ballet and was part of the company in a touring production of Rapunzel at age eleven. [6] She starred in two short films, Bluebird and The Christmas Tree [3] produced by National Film and Television School [7] and later performed the part of Linda in the short film Captain Fierce, produced by Bournemouth Film School.
Career
Allan played a minor role in the first episode of the 2019 BBC drama The War of the Worlds . [8] The same year she appeared on the front cover of Schön! magazine, whilst they were celebrating their 10th anniversary. [9]
Since 2019, Allan has starred as Princess Ciri alongside Henry Cavill and Anya Chalotra in the Netflix fantasy drama series The Witcher , [10] adapted by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich from the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. Originally cast as a one-off character before being recast as Ciri, she lived in Budapest, Hungary for eight months during the filming of the first series. [8] [11] Allan reprised the role of Ciri for the second series, which was produced in London in early 2020 and released in 2021 on Netflix. [10] [12] The third season began in June 2023 and saw Ciri training to become a warrior, for which Allan was trained in sword fighting. [13] Allan was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in 2021 and 2024 for her work on The Witcher. [14]
In 2021, Allan played the lead role in the horror film Baghead , directed by Alberto Corredor and co-starring Ruby Barker. [15] In 2023, Allan filmed Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in Australia, playing human character, Mae. [16] Acknowledging the physicality of the role, Allan opted to perform some of her own stunts. [17] While later promoting the film she refuted reports she kept the dirt make-up on as part of her method, but instead that it took too long to wash it all off. She was barefoot for the majority of filming and admitted to becoming self-conscious of people looking at her feet, as they ended up becoming stained with fake blood and dirt. [18] [19] While promoting the film she posted clips of her performing stunts and playing with her dirtied feet on her Instagram. [20] Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was released on 10 May 2024 and went on to gross $397 million at the worldwide box office. [21]
Allan was cast in director Janell Shirtcliff's horror film Triton , which wrapped filming in Greece in early 2024. In 2025 she was reported to be attached to play Marianne Faithfull in a biographical film of the singer. [22]
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