Thaddea Graham

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Thaddea Graham
Born (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 (age 27) [1]
China
Education Arts Educational Schools (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

Thaddea Graham (born 17 September 1997) is a Northern Irish actress. She is known for her roles in the Sky One series Curfew (2019), the Netflix series The Letter for the King (2020), The Irregulars (2021) and Sex Education (2023), and the BBC series Us (2020), Doctor Who: Flux (2021) and Wreck (2022).

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Graham appeared on the 2023 Screen International Rising Stars Ireland list. [2]

Early life and education

Graham was adopted from an orphanage in Changsha, China at one year old and was raised in County Down. [3] She was one of the first international adoptees in Northern Ireland. [1] She attended Killinchy Primary School in Killinchy and later Bloomfield Collegiate School in Ballyhackamore. [4] [5] She trained with Arts Educational School in London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2018. [6]

Career

Graham made her television debut with a recurring role in season 3 of The Sparticle Mystery . In December 2018, [7] she landed her first major role as Iona in the 2020 Netflix fantasy series The Letter for the King , an adaptation of the classic Dutch book by Tonke Dragt. [8] [9] The following December, she was cast as Bea in the 2021 Sherlock Holmes spinoff The Irregulars , also on Netflix. [10] In the meantime, she played Hanmei Collins in the Sky One action series Curfew , and Kat in the BBC One comedy-drama miniseries Us . [11] [12] She joined the cast of Doctor Who for its thirteenth series (known as Doctor Who: Flux ) as Bel, making her debut in "Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time". [13] [14]

In 2022, Graham was in the main cast of the Virgin Media One and ITV crime drama Redemption as Siobhán Wilson and began starring as Vivian Lim opposite Oscar Kennedy and Jack Rowan in the BBC Three horror comedy Wreck . She joined the cast of the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education for its fourth season playing the character "O".

In 2024, Graham was announced as part of the cast of Margot's Got Money Troubles created by David E. Kelley. [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014PainkillerShort film
2021VHSLeaShort film
2022BallywalterFrances
2025 Jay Kelly TBAPost-production [16]
TBA After the Hunt TBAPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 The Sparticle Mystery LucieSeries 3; 3 episodes
Dani's Castle AtkaSeries 3; Episode 8: "Groundbog Day"
2019 Curfew Hanmei CollinsMain role; 7 episodes
2020 The Letter for the King IonaMain role; Episodes 1–6
Us KatMain role; Mini-series; Episodes 1–3
2021 The Irregulars BeaMain role; Episodes 1–8
Doctor Who Bel Series 13; Episodes 3–6
2022 Redemption Siobhán WilsonMain role; Mini-series; Episodes 1–6
2022–2024 Wreck Vivian LimMain role; Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes
2023 Sex Education Sarah 'O' OwensMain role; Series 4; Episodes 1–8
2024DNA JourneyHerself - NarratorSeries 5; Episodes 1–3
Bad Sisters DI Una HoulihanSeries 2
TBAMargo's Got Money TroublesSusiePre-production

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 Sifu Fighter (voice)
2023 Dead Island 2 Jessie (voice)

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016London Stories Made by Migrants Battersea Arts Centre [17]

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  2. ↑ McCarthy, Esther (15 February 2023). "Rising Stars Ireland 2023: Thaddea Graham (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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