Early life and education
Maisie Richardson-Sellers was born and raised in London. Her mother Joy Richardson is black Guyanese and her father is white British. [1] [2] She comes from a family of stage actors. [3]
She grew up attending private schools through bursaries and scholarships. [4]
In 2013, Richardson-Sellers graduated, with a degree in archaeology and anthropology , from Hertford College, University of Oxford, [5] where she participated in and directed several plays, including Mephisto and There Will Be Red. [6]
Career
While studying at Oxford University, Richardson-Sellers began directing theatre, including a production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf . [7] After graduating, she started auditioning, and landed her debut feature film role in the Star Wars sequel Star Wars: The Force Awakens , [8] [9] in the cameo role of Korr Sella. [10]
Richardson-Sellers was then cast as Rebekah Mikaelson in the CW series The Originals in 2014, where the character of Rebekah inhabits a different body after a spell gone wrong. [11] She later played the character of Eva Sinclair on The Originals. [12] Executive producer Michael Narducci praised her performance. [13]
In early March 2015, it was announced that she would play a starring role in Of Kings and Prophets , a short-lived ABC drama series that was filmed in South Africa. [14] In June 2016, it was reported that she would be playing Amaya Jiwe / Vixen on the second season of the CW series Legends of Tomorrow , who is the grandmother of the titular character in the CW Seed animated series Vixen . [15] Her mother guest starred as a distant ancestor of Jiwe on two episodes, "Zari" and "No Country for Old Dads". [2] After two seasons, she was cast in the new role of shapeshifter Charlie. [16] [17] She exited Legends of Tomorrow in 2020 at the end of the series' fifth season. [18]
In 2018 she began shadowing directors on Legends of Tomorrow, and was accepted into the Warner Brothers Directors Program. [19] She then went on to direct two episodes of Legends of Tomorrow. [20]
In May 2019, it was announced that Richardson-Sellers would star in The Kissing Booth 2 as Chloe, directed by Vince Marcello for Netflix. [21] In 2021, Richardson-Sellers then starred in the sequel, The Kissing Booth 3 .
In 2021, she co-wrote and directed the short film, Sunday’s Child, which won acclaim at numerous film festivals. [22]
In 2022, Richardson-Sellers starred in the political drama The Undeclared War directed by Peter Kosminsky, opposite Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg. [23]
In June 2023, it was announced that she had been cast in the upcoming season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers , starring opposite Nicole Kidman, Murray Bartlett, and Liv Ullmann. [24]
Production company
Richardson-Sellers is the founder of Barefaced Productions, a production company that seeks to tell the stories of, and provide a platform for, marginalised communities and individuals. [25]
Personal life
Richardson-Sellers openly identifies as queer. [26] [27]
In 2017, along with her Arrowverse co-stars Caity Lotz and Candice Patton, Richardson-Sellers co-founded Shethority ("She + Authority"), an online global collective described as "a positive place for women and the feminine to inspire, empower, and share." [28] [27]
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