Sofia Oxenham

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Sofia Oxenham
Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2019-
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Sofia Oxenham is an English television actress. She played Tess Tregidden on the BBC One series Poldark and plays Carrie on the Disney+ series Extraordinary .

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Early life

Oxenham has an Australian father and Cornish mother,two brothers and a sister. Oxenham was born in France but grew up in Devon before the family moved to Cornwall when she was a teenager.

Oxenham was a keen actress and participated in school plays and local amateur dramatic productions in Cornwall. Twice she reached the final round of RADA interviews without becoming a successful applicant. She moved to London and worked as a runner on a film set and got paid to perform at children parties before a third application was successful. [1] She graduated from RADA in 2017. [2]

Career

Oxenham's television roles have included playing series 5 regular Tess Tregidden on BBC One’s series Poldark , [3] a recurring role as Eydis on Netflix series Cursed, as well as having parts on Doc Martin , Dracula , Soulmates , and Grantchester . [4] [5]

Since 2023 Oxenham played in the lead role of Carrie in the Disney+ superhero comedy series Extraordinary . [6] Carrie has the ability to communicate with spirits from beyond the world of living. [7] Oxenham described it as the first comedic role she had ever performed. [8] Mike Hale in The New York Times praised her for the communicating beyond the grave scenes which “a lip-syncing Oxenham does to great comic effect”. [9] The show was well received and renewed for a second season by Disney+ in January 2023. [10] In March 2024, she was nominated in the “Female performance in a comedy programme” category at the 2024 British Academy Television Awards. [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Grantchester Lottie1 episode
2019 Doc Martin Ally1 episode
2019 Poldark Tess Tregidden8 episodes
2020 Dracula Sam1 episode
2020 Soulmates Hannah1 episode
2020 Cursed Eydis5 episodes
2023 Extraordinary CarrieLead role. 16 episodes

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