Safiyya Ingar | |
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 Ingar at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival | |
| Alma mater | ArtsEd |
| Years active | 2017–present |
Safiyya Ingar is a British actor, voiceover artist, and writer. Their films include Layla (2024). On television, they appeared in the BBC Two miniseries Summer of Rockets (2019) and the Netflix series The Witcher (2023).
Ingar voiced Valarie Lockwood in The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles audio series for Big Finish Productions. [1]
Ingar was born to an Indian Muslim family and brought up in an East London flat with six siblings. [2] [3] Ingar attended Leyton Sixth Form College and went on to study at Arts Educational School (ArtsEd). [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Inappropriate Behaviour | Mandy | Short film |
| 2022 | What's Love Got to Do with It? | Girl | |
| 2024 | Layla | Princy | |
| TBA | Brides | Muna | |
| TBA | Faith | Samira | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Summer of Rockets | Shirley | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 2021 | Doctors | Nadira Shahbazi | Episode: "It Takes You Away" |
| 2023 | The Witcher | Keira Metz | 4 episodes (season 3) [5] [6] [7] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Another Eden | Elga | English version |
| 2022 | Valkyrie Elysium | Taika | English version |
| 2023 | Diablo IV | Additional voices | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Growth | Various | Paines Plough tour |
| The Box of Delights | Maria Jones | Wilton's Music Hall, London | |
| 2018 | Holes | Magnet | Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham |
| Lava | Rach | ||
| 2019 | Hobson's Choice | Ruby Hobson | Royal Exchange, Manchester |
| The Canterville Ghost | Virginia Otis | Unicorn Theatre, London | |
| 2021 | Marvin's Binoculars | Sita | Unicorn Theatre, London |
| The Child in the Snow | Hester Thornton | Wilton's Music Hall, London | |
| 2022 | Two Billion Beats | Asha | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Inexplicables | Shuhela Begum | Neon Inkwell |
| 2022 | Torchwood: The Black Knight and Death in Venice | Lynne Sharman / Elena | Big Finish Productions |
| 2022–2023 | The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles (multiple boxed sets) | Valarie Lockwood | |
| 2022 | The War Master / Escape From Reality | Hobgoblin | |
| 2023 | Short Trips: The Galois Group | Valarie Lockwood | |
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