Tracy Ifeachor

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Tracy Ifeachor
Born
Chinwe Tracy Ifeachor

(1985-11-26) 26 November 1985 (age 38)
Plymouth, Devon, England
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Tracy Ifeachor // ⓘ is a British television and theatre actress best known for playing the role of Aya Al-Rashid in The CW vampire series The Originals and Abigail Naismith in both parts of the Doctor Who Christmas special, "The End of Time". She played main role of duty solicitor Cleo Roberts in the BBC drama, Showtrial. [1]

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Early life and education

Ifeachor was born in Plymouth, Devon, [2] England, where she attended Plymouth College preparatory school followed by the secondary school Eggbuckland College, also in Plymouth. Ifeachor attended The Raleigh School of Speech and Drama under the tutorship of Norma Blake [3] and the Deborah Bond Dance academy, where she enjoyed the ISTD syllabus in tap, ballet, modern and jazz. After completing her A-levels, Ifeachor used her gap year to audition for London drama schools and gained a scholarship to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. [4]

Career

After graduating from the now merged Central School of Speech and Drama, Ifeachor appeared in her first feature film, Blooded , directed by Sundance Film Festival winner Ed Boase and appeared in two commercials. Ifeachor then went on to make her theatre debut as Minerva in the Royal Shakespeare Companys production of Noughts & Crosses, directed and adapted by Dominic Cooke. It was from here she made her television debut as Leila in the "No Going Back" episode of BBC One’s Casualty .

Ifeachor went on to play Rosalind in Tim Supple’s As You Like It for the opening of the new Curve Theatre in Leicester. Whilst rehearsing, Ifeachor was offered the role of Abigail Naismith in David Tennant’s final two Doctor Who episodes ("The End Of Time" Parts One and Two) which were broadcast at Christmas 2009 and on New Year's Day 2010. [5] She played the daughter of the billionaire Joshua Naismith (David Harewood) who wanted his daughter to have immortality and live forever. [4]

Ifeachor played the role of Beneatha in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun , directed by Michael Buffong for the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester which opened to rave reviews. She also played Ismene at The National Theatre in the premiere of Moira Buffini's play Welcome to Thebes , directed by Richard Eyre from 15 June to September 2010. [6]

Ifeachor's radio work includes the role of Queenie in the 2011 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial production of Edna Ferber's Show Boat.

In 2016, Ifeachor was cast in the ABC thriller series Quantico in the recurring role of Lydia Hall. [7]

Ifeachor is a member of Central’s independent equity committee [8] and was made an honorary fellow of the school in 2022. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2011 Blooded Eve Jourdan
2016 Billionaire Ransom Nora PaulsonOriginally titled Take Down
2021ConfettiMs. Rachel
2023 Wonka Dorothy Smith

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2009 Casualty LilaSeries 23; Episode 21: "No Going Back"
2009–2010 Doctor Who Abigail Naismith2 episodes: "The End of Time (Parts 1 & 2)"
2012 Strike Back Lilian LutuluSeries 3; Episodes 7 & 8: "Vengeance: Parts 7 & 8"
2013 Jo LaureMini-series; Episode 4: "Invalides"
2014 Crossbones Nenna AjanlekokoSeries regular; Episodes 1–9
Hawaii Five-0 ErisSeries 5; Episode 7: "Ina Paha"
2015–2016 The Originals Aya Al-RashidRecurring role. Series 3; 9 episodes
2016SparkLogan Reese(unknown episodes)
2016–2017 Quantico Lydia BatesRecurring role. Series 2; 11 episodes
2017–2018 Legends of Tomorrow Kuasa Jiwe Recurring role. Series 3; 7 episodes
2019 Treadstone Tara ColemanMain role. Episodes 1–10
2021 Showtrial Cleo RobertsMain role. Series 1; Episodes 1–5
2022 Curious George Ciku (voice)Series 15; Episode 5: "Count on George to Deliver / The Baby Elephant"
Mayflies IonaEpisodes 1 & 2 [10]
Treason Dede AlexanderMini-series; Episodes 1–5 [11]
2024 Twilight of the Gods Freya (voice)Episodes 3 & 7: "You Will Gladden His Ravens" and "If I Had a Hammer"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2016 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Eternal Throne Elarea Aldraste / Lord Adacin / Major Korven (voice)
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Santari Khri (voice) [12]
Starfield Anna Imani / Abigail Morgan (voice)
Spider-Man 2 Kraven's Hunters (voice)

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References

  1. ↑ "Tracy Ifeachor shines in BBC One's Showtrial and her US TV roles". 31 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Tracy Ifeachor | BBA Shakespeare". bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Who's that girl?". 23 December 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2019– via news.bbc.co.uk.
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  9. ↑ "Congratulations to Central's Class of 2022". The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
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