Safiyya Ingar

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Safiyya Ingar
Safiyya Ingar at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival2.jpg
Ingar at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Alma mater ArtsEd
Occupation(s)Actor, voiceover artist, writer
Years active2017–present
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)

Safiyya Ingar is a nonbinary British actor, voiceover artist, and writer. Their [a] films include Layla (2024) and Brides (2025). On television, they appeared in the BBC Two miniseries Summer of Rockets (2019) and the Netflix series The Witcher (2023). [2]

Contents

Ingar voiced companion Valarie Lockwood in The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles audio series for Big Finish Productions alongside Jacob Dudman as the Eleventh Doctor. [3]

Early life

Ingar was born in 1996[ citation needed ] to an Indian Muslim family and brought up in an East London flat with six siblings. [4] [5] Ingar attended Leyton Sixth Form College and went on to study at Arts Educational School (ArtsEd). [6]

Filmography

Ingar talking about their work on the video game Dustborn

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Inappropriate BehaviourMandyShort film
2022 What's Love Got to Do with It? Girl
2024 Layla Princy
TBA Brides Muna
TBAFaithSamira

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019 Summer of Rockets ShirleyMiniseries, 5 episodes
2021 Doctors Nadira ShahbaziEpisode: "It Takes You Away"
2023 The Witcher Keira Metz4 episodes (season 3); season 4 [7] [8] [2]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Another Eden ElgaEnglish version
2022 Valkyrie Elysium TaikaEnglish version
2023 Diablo IV Additional voices
2024 Dustborn Sai
2024 Wuthering Waves AbbyEnglish version

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017GrowthVarious Paines Plough tour
The Box of DelightsMaria Jones Wilton's Music Hall, London
2018HolesMagnet Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham
LavaRach
2019 Hobson's Choice Ruby Hobson Royal Exchange, Manchester
The Canterville GhostVirginia Otis Unicorn Theatre, London
2021Marvin's BinocularsSitaUnicorn Theatre, London
The Child in the SnowHester ThorntonWilton's Music Hall, London
2022Two Billion BeatsAsha Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond [5] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021InexplicablesShuhela BegumNeon Inkwell
2022Torchwood: The Black Knight and Death in VeniceLynne Sharman / Elena Big Finish Productions
2022–2023Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles (multiple boxed sets)Valarie Lockwood
2022The War Master: Escape From RealityHobgoblin
2023Doctor Who - Short Trips: The Galois GroupValarie Lockwood
2025 Irwin Allen's the Time Tunnel MBPodcast series

Notes

  1. ↑ Ingar is non-binary and uses the pronouns they/she. [1] This article uses they/them for consistency.

References

  1. ↑ Ingar, Safiyya [@SafiyyaIngar] (July 13, 2021). "Raging reminder that I am non binaryy- if you work with me my pronouns are they/she - I do notice when people just use She and I understand it sits normally... but please please try use both 💕🏳️‍⚧️" (Tweet). Retrieved December 30, 2024– via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 Hullender, Tatiana (30 January 2025). "Brides Director & Stars Clarify How The Heart Of Their Potentially Controversial Sundance Movie Is Ride-Or-Die Teen Friendship". Screen Rant . Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Safiyya Ingar - Contributions". Big Finish. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Safiyya Ingar (February 2018). "Street Rat - The Camden Chronicles". TedxCamden. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. 1 2 Ying Ting Lau (31 January 2022). "Safiyya Ingar: A chat with the star of 'Two Billion Beats'". &Asian. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Expressive Arts Alumni". Leyton Sixth Form College. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Gravemaster (2022-03-11). "Safiyya Ingar cast in The Witcher Season 3". Redanian Intelligence. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  8. ↑ Lyus, Jon (2023-06-28). "The Witcher Season 3 UK Premiere Interviews: The cast on the bold new season". HeyUGuys. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  9. ↑ Radical, Norwich (2022-03-04). "Safiyya Ingar". The Norwich Radical. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  10. ↑ Stewart, Greg (2022-01-17). "Interview: Safiyya Ingar on Sonali Bhattacharyya's Two Billion Beats at Orange Tree Theatre". Theatre Weekly. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  11. ↑ Stewart, Greg (2022-02-09). "Review: Two Billion Beats at The Orange Tree Theatre". Theatre Weekly. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  12. ↑ Felix (22 February 2022). "Two Billion Beats: The personal is political | Arts | Felix Online". felixonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
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