Olivia Vinall

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Olivia Vinall
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Olivia Vinall in 2015
Born1988or1989(age 35–36) [1]
Alma mater University of East Anglia (BA (Hons))
OccupationActress
Years active2011 – present

Olivia Vinall is an English actress known for her roles in Apple Tree Yard (2017), The Woman in White (2018) and as Detective Matilda Stone in Queens of Mystery in 2019.

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Early life

Olivia Vinall was born in Brussels, Belgium [2] but spent part of her childhood in London and Washington DC, [3] .Vinall lived most of her early life in Belgium, attending secondary school there, moving to Washington DC for five years. [1]

Vinall studied drama at the University of East Anglia and graduated in 2010 [1] with a First Class BA (Hons) Degree in Drama before going on to further her education at the Drama Studio London. [4] [2] [1] Vinall has performed at the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) and is an NSDF alumna. [5]

Theatre

In 2010, Vinall's first appearance on stage was in a production of Romeo and Juliet. [1] Further theatre work 2013 included playing Desdemona in Othello, and in 2014, Vinall starred as Cordelia in Sam Mendes's King Lear at The Royal National Theatre. [6] [1] In 2015, Vinall took centre stage again at National Theatre Live in Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem as Hilary. [7] In 2015, Vinall was nominated for Best Supporting Performance for playing Nina in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull where she performed at Chichester Festival Theatre and when the production was transferred to the National Theatre. [8]

TV and film

Vinall's first television appearance was as Cassie Lock in the episode Cupcakes in Doctors in 2011. [9] In 2013, she starred as the heroine Juliette in the rock musical Gutterdämmerung alongside rock stars such as Iggy Pop, Grace Jones, Lemmy and Slash. [10] In 2017, Vinall starred in the BBC's Apple Tree Yard , where she played Carrie alongside Emily Watson. [6] Vinall also starred as Arlette in the 2017 ITV television drama Maigret in Montmartre opposite Rowan Atkinson who played Maigret. [11]

In 2018, she starred in the Amma Asante-directed romantic war drama arthouse film Where Hands Touch playing Hermine, a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany, alongside Abbie Cornish and Christopher Eccleston. [6] [4] In the same year, Vinall played two characters; asylum patient Anne Catherick and also Laura Fairlie in the BBC period drama adaptation of Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White, alongside Charles Dance. [6] [4] In 2019, Vinall took lead role as Detective Matilda Stone in three episodes of the Acorn TV comedy-drama murder-mystery series Queens of Mystery [12]

Vinall takes lead role as Sophie in Hermione Sylvester directed short film Fuel which has its international premiere at the 2020 Arrow London FrightFest Film Festival, an event which was held online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] Vinall played the role of Julia Blythe, the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (played by Helen McCrory) in the BBC political thriller television series Roadkill in 2020. [14]

Vinall played a main role of Stella in the modern romantic film A Beautiful Curse in 2021, where she is struck down by a form of sleeping disorder. [15] The Martin Garde Abildgaard directed film premiered at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in 2021. [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2016 Gutterdämmerung Juliette
2018 Lungs (Short)Claire
2018 Where Hands Touch Hermine
2019 Fuel (Short)Sophie
2019 Salt (Short)Olivia
2019 Vert (Short)Jem
2021A Beautiful CurseStella
2022Truth Serum (short)Abbie

Live streaming theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 National Theatre Live Othello Desdemona Live via satellite
2014 National Theatre Live King Lear Cordelia Live via satellite
2015 National Theatre Live The Hard Problem HilaryLive via satellite

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Doctors Cassie Lock1 episode Cupcakes
2012 Casualty Georgia SaddlerSeason 27, episode 4 An Amateur Sport
2013 Doctor Who Effie1 episode The Crimson Horror
2014-2015 Holby City Lisa Chad3 episodes
2016 Midsomer Murders Kim Fosse1 episode - Breaking the Chain
2017 Maigret in Montmartre ArletteTV film
2017 Apple Tree Yard Carrie4 episodes
2018 The Woman in White Laura Fairlie / Anne Catherick5 episodes
2019 Queens of Mystery Matilda Stone6 episodes
2020 Roadkill [14] Julia BlytheAll 4 episodes

Audio

YearTitleRole
2019 Middlemarch (BBC Audio) [16] Dorothea (voice)

Video games

YearTitleRole
2015 Sword Coast Legends (Video Game)Illydia Maethellyn (voice)
2019 Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 (Video Game)Autarch Yramahr / Id'artharn (voice)
2020 South of the Circle (Video Game)Clara (voice)
2021 Bravely Default 2 (Video Game)Marla (voice) - English version

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2013 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Milton Shulman award for outstanding newcomer Othello Nominated [17]
201414th WhatsOnStage Awards London newcomer of the year Othello Nominated [18]
2014 Ian Charleson Awards Outstanding performances by actors under 30 in classical roles Othello Nominated [19]
2015 UK Theatre Awards Best Supporting Performance The Seagull Nominated [8]
2018 Screen International Stars of Tomorrow (Career so far)Won [20]

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