Sorcha Groundsell

Sorcha Groundsell
Groundsell in 2018
Born	Sorcha Mary Groundsell (1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 27) Bristol, England
Education	Glasgow Gaelic School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2014–present

Sorcha Mary Groundsell (born 15 February 1998) is a Scottish actress. She starred in the Netflix series The Innocents (2018) and the independent film Far From the Apple Tree (2018).

Early life

Groundsell was born in Bristol, England ^[1] and grew up in Ness on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides until she was nine. Her father was a graphic designer, and her mother worked in marketing. A fluent Scottish Gaelic speaker, Groundsell attended the Glasgow Gaelic School upon moving to the city. She took drama classes at the Citizens Theatre and later the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. ^[2] She left school at 16 to pursue acting as career and moved to London at 18. ^[3]

Career

In 2015, Groundsell made her feature film and stage debuts as Sarah in Iona and Amy in Stain, respectively, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. ^[4] She received an RTS Award nomination for her role in Sleeping Lions. ^[5] The following year, she starred as Jane Muncie in the ITV true crime miniseries In Plain Sight .

Groundsell played Elizabeth Smith in the first series of the BBC Three thriller Clique . ^[6] In 2018, Groundsell starred in leading fantasy roles in the Netflix series The Innocents as well as the independent film Far from the Apple Tree . She appeared in the 2019 Yard Theatre production of The Crucible , the two-parter Thanks for the Memories, made a guest appearance in Grantchester , and had a recurring role in the BritBox adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Crime .

In 2022, Groundsell appeared in series three of the BBC One and HBO adaptation of His Dark Materials and the seventh series of Shetland , also on BBC One. ^[7]

In 2025, she played family liaison officer Kat Crichton in the Scottish-Gaelic language crime series An t-Eilean . ^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The Scribbler	Anna
2015	Iona	Sarah
2018	Skipper	Matilda	Short film
2018	Sunday Tide	Sunday	Short film
2018	Far from the Apple Tree	Judith
2019	The Trap	Emily	Short film
2020	Portrait	Rhetta	Short film
	Voce	Chiara	Short film
	Upstairs	Jennifer	Short film
2021	A Sunday in Portsmouth	Matilda	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Sleeping Lions	Mia	Television short
2016	In Plain Sight	Jane Muncie	Miniseries
2017	Clique	Elizabeth Smith	Series 1
2018	The Innocents	June McDaniel	Main role
2019	Thanks for the Memories	Bella Beckmann	Miniseries
2020	Grantchester	Vronky	1 episode
2021	Crime	Carly McCargill	4 episodes
2022	Shetland	Bryd Fleming	3 episodes
	His Dark Materials	Maddy
2023	The Long Shadow	Nicola Briggs
2025	An t-Eilean	Kat Crichton	Lead role [9]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	All of Them	Nora	Episode: "Nora"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Miyabi	English dub [10]
	The Diofield Chronicle	Waltaquin Redditch	English dub [10]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Stain	Amy	Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2019	The Crucible	Mary Warren	The Yard Theatre, London

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2015	RTS North West Awards	Best Performance in a Single Drama	Sleeping Lions	Nominated	[11] [12]
2019	Toronto International Spring of Horror & Fantasy Film Festival	Best Performance	Far from the Apple Tree	Won	[13]

References

1. Nicol, Patricia (6 August 2018). "Interview: Sorcha Groundsell, star of Netflix's next horror hit The Innocents". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 March 2022.(subscription required)
2. Allan, Vicky (11 August 2018). "Sorcha Groundsell: The strange thing of being Netflix's new supernatural star". The Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
3. Pithers, Ellie (22 August 2018). "Meet Sorcha Groundsell, The Innocents Actress Dreaming Big". British Vogue. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
4. Cooper, Neil (16 August 2015). "Iona actor is on the fast track". The Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
5. Manson, Marianna (2018). "How Netflix Star Sorcha Groundsell is Redefining the Teen Queen for the 21st Century". Phoenix. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
6. Byers, Rosie (15 October 2018). "Sorcha Groundsell". Wonderland. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
7. "Sorcha Groundsell". Conway van Gelder Grant. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
8. Nicholson, Rebecca (14 January 2025). "An t-Eilean review – this Gaelic language crime drama should have happened years ago". The Guardian.
9. "Cast announced for BBC's first Gaelic crime thriller". BBC News. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
10. "Sorcha Groundsell (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 4 August 2025. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
11. "RTS North West Awards 2015: Lindsey Russell meets Sorcha Groundsell". Royal Television Society. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
12. Greenwood Lassman, Charlotte (27 August 2018). ""The Innocents" Star Sorcha Groundsell on Why Playing a Teenage Shape-Shifter Is About Women's Autonomy". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
13. ""Cleaver the Beaver" Awards". Toronto Int'l Spring of Horror & Fantasy Film Festival. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

External links

• Sorcha Groundsell at IMDb