Sofia Oxenham

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Sofia Oxenham
Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2019-
Television Extraordinary

Sofia Oxenham is an English television actress. She played Tess Tregidden on the BBC One series Poldark and 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]

In 2024, she appeared in Amazon Prime Video true-life series A Very Royal Scandal , appearing alongside Michael Sheen, playing Princess Eugenie. [12]

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
2023-2024 Extraordinary CarrieLead role. 16 episodes
2024 A Very Royal Scandal Princess Eugenie 3 episodes

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