India Amarteifio

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India Amarteifio
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Amarteifio behind the scenes of Queen Charlotte
Born (2001-09-17) 17 September 2001 (age 22)
Years active2009–present

India Amarteifio (born 17 September 2001) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress on the West End. In 2023, she portrayed the title role of the Netflix period drama Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story , winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. [1]

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Early life

India Amarteifio was born in Kingston upon Thames on 17 September 2001, and she grew up in Twickenham. Her father is of Ghanaian origin, and her mother is of British origin. [2] She joined the Richmond Academy of Dance in 2012, through which she auditioned for and earned a scholarship to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School. [3]

Career

Amarteifio made her West End debut as young Nala in The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre in 2011. She then appeared in Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre as Hortensia. Amarteifio was in the 2013 original cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the alternating role of Violet Beauregarde. That same year, she made her television debut in the BBC One film Gangsta Granny . [4]

In 2015, Amarteifio appeared in the miniseries The Interceptor and guest starred in the Doctor Who series 9 episode "The Magician's Apprentice", [5] both on BBC One, and began starring in the Disney Channel series The Evermoor Chronicles (also known as just Evermoor in some countries) as Lacie Fairburn, a role she would play for both series. She went on to have recurring roles as Roz Huntley's (Thandiwe Newton) daughter Sophie in the fourth series of Line of Duty and Maya Roebuck in the third series of the Sky Atlantic and Canal+ crime drama The Tunnel . [6] [7]

Amarteifio made her feature film debut in the 2019 comedy-drama Military Wives . In 2022, she played Nora Randall in the Sky Max science fiction series The Midwich Cuckoos . [8] The following year, she starred in the leading role of a young version of Golda Rosheuvel's titular character in the Netflix period drama prequel Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story . [9] For her acting performance she was nominated at the NAACP Image Awards and Astra TV Awards. [10] [11] She appeared on the 2023 Variety list of 10 Brits to Watch [12] and was named a Bright Young Thing by Tatler . [13]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Gangsta Granny FlorenceTelevision film
2015 The Interceptor Hannah / Chloe7 episodes
Doctor Who AlisonEpisode: "The Magician's Apprentice"
Hank Zipzer Simone GreenEpisode: "Ballot Box Blunder"
Fungus the Bogeyman Ella3 episodes
2015–2017 The Evermoor Chronicles Lacie FairburnMain role
2017 Line of Duty Sophie Huntley3 episodes
2017–2018 The Tunnel Maya RoebuckRecurring role (season 3)
2018 Unforgotten Kaz1 episode
2019 Sex Education Lizzie Peach
Military Wives Frankie
2022 The Midwich Cuckoos Nora Randall7 episodes
2023 Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Young Queen Charlotte Main role

Music videos

YearTitleArtist(s)Ref.
2023 Mosquito PinkPantheress [14]
2024End Game Cat Burns

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dancer Richmond Theatre
2011–2012 The Lion King Young Nala Lyceum Theatre, London
2012–2013 Matilda the Musical Hortensia Cambridge Theatre, London
2013 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Violet Beauregarde Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

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