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Indica Watson
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Watson attending the London Premiere of Radioactive in 2020
Born
Indica Elizabeth Watson

(2010-01-20) 20 January 2010 (age 14) [1]
London, England
Occupation Actress
Years active2015–present

Indica Elizabeth Watson (born 20 January 2010) is an English actress. She is best known for her work in television series Who Is Erin Carter? , The Midwich Cuckoos , Sherlock and The Missing , as well as feature films A Boy Called Christmas , Radioactive and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain .

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Career

Watson's first acting appearance was in a short film in London when she was 5 years old. The six-minute film Who Are You? was commissioned by Somerset House. [2] After this she auditioned for the second series of television drama The Missing and was cast in the role of Lucy. The series was first screened in the UK in October 2016 and was a critical success. [3]

Her next role was in the crime drama Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. She played the young Eurus Holmes (as "Little Eurus"), Sherlock's younger sister, winning praise for her performance from the Daily Express . [4]

She spent three months filming the espionage thriller Deep State in Morocco and Southern England. The eight-part series was released in April 2018. [5] [ circular reference ]

Watson's first performance in a leading role was in the BFI-funded psychological horror short film Martyrs Lane, written and directed by Ruth Platt. This was followed by her second leading role in the short independent film Nurtured. In April 2019 it was announced that Watson had been cast alongside Jim Broadbent, Sally Hawkins, Kristen Wiig, Toby Jones and Maggie Smith in A Boy Called Christmas , a feature film adaptation of the novel by Matt Haig about the origins of Father Christmas. [6]

Filming began in August 2019 for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain in which Watson plays Young Felicie Wain.

In October 2019 she performed on stage with the punk group The Damned at the London Palladium for A Night of a Thousand Vampires. [7] The concert was released as a film in October 2022.

In November 2019 she appeared as Charlotte Day in BBC drama miniseries Gold Digger with Julia Ormond and Ben Barnes.

Watson was cast in Marjane Satrapi's film Radioactive as the young Irene Curie; the film was originally due out in cinemas in spring 2020. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic its release was delayed until the summer when it was released on Amazon Prime Video. [8] Watson received praise for her role from the London Evening Standard. [9]

In 2020 Watson narrated the audiobook Moojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMorran. [10]

Adapted for television by David Farr from John Wyndham's 1957 novel of the same name, The Midwich Cuckoos was released in June 2022. Watson played the character of Evie Stone, for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award. [11] [12]
Watson spent six months living in Barcelona during 2022 while filming the Netflix series Who Is Erin Carter? with Evin Ahmad and Sean Teale. [13] She played Erin Carter’s troubled daughter, Harper. Her performance drew praise from The Guardian who described Watson as "a preternaturally gifted actor". [14] [15] The series premiered on Netflix on 24 August 2023, going on to be the most watched Netflix show in the world the following week. [16]

Television

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2016 The Missing LucyBen ChananSeries 2, 4 episodes
2017 Sherlock Little Eurus Holmes Benjamin Caron Series 4, episode 3: The Final Problem
2018 Waffle the Wonder Dog Poppy EssamJack JamesonSeries 1, episode 9: Waffle and the Good Dog
2018 True Horror Meemi-Rose Rob Savage Series episode 2: Ghost in the Wall
2018 Deep State Lola Easton Robert Connolly

Matthew Parkhill

Series 1, 8 episodes
2019 Grantchester JessicaRob EvansSeries 4, episode 5
2019 Gold Digger Charlotte Day Vanessa Caswill

David Evans

5 episodes
2022 The Midwich Cuckoos Evie StoneBörkur Sigthorssonepisodes 6 & 7
2023 Who Is Erin Carter? Harper Carter Bill Eagles

Ashley Way
Savina Dellicour

6 episodes

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2019Martyrs LaneLeah Ruth Platt Short film

Lead role

2019NurturedAlexBen PearceShort film

Lead role

2020 Radioactive Young Irene Curie Marjane Satrapi Feature film
2021 A Boy Called Christmas Little Noosh Gil Kenan Feature film
2021 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Young Felicie Wain Will Sharpe Feature film
2022 The Laureate Catherine NicholsonWilliam NunezFeature film
2022 The Damned: A Night of a Thousand Vampires Claudia Martin Gooch Live concert film

Audiobooks

YearTitleRoleAuthor
2020Moojag and the Auticode SecretNema/NarratorN.E. McMorran

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