Lydia West

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Lydia West
Born
Lydia Dorothy West

(1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 (age 30)
Islington, London, England
Alma mater Identity School of Acting
OccupationActress
Years active2019–present

Lydia Dorothy West (born 24 June 1993 [1] [2] ) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC One series Years and Years and the Channel 4 series It's a Sin , [3] the latter of which earned her a BAFTA nomination.

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Early life

West is from London. Her maternal grandparents are Irish, and her father is from Montserrat. [4] Her mother is a nurse and her father works in charity. She has an older sister and an older brother. [5] [6] [7]

West trained in ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary dance as a teenager, but quit after a foot injury. After graduating from university with a degree in business, she worked as a personal assistant and trained part-time at Identity School of Acting. [8] [9] [10]

Career

Post graduation from IDSA, West was cast as Bethany Bisme-Lyons in Russell T Davies' 2019 BBC One and HBO series Years and Years . [11] [12] She starred in the 2021 Channel 4 series It's A Sin , also by Davies. She played Jill Baxter, who is loosely based on one of Davies' friends (Jill Nalder). [8] [13] Davies called her character "the heart of the story", a view echoed by Jack King of I-D who described the character as the "de facto matriarch". [14] [15] Her performance was described as a "standout" one by i. [16]

In 2022, West appeared as Monique Thompson in the Apple TV+ series Suspicion and Reilly Clayton in Mike Myers' Netflix comedy The Pentaverate . She has roles in the films Love Again and Coffee Wars, [8] [17] as well as the series Inside Man and Gray. [18]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Love Again Lisa Scott
TBACoffee WarsBridgetUpcoming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Years and Years Bethany Bisme-LyonsAll 6 episodes
2020 Dracula Lucy Westenra Episode: "The Dark Compass"
2021 It's a Sin Jill BaxterAll 5 episodes
2022 Suspicion Monique Thompson4 episodes
The Pentaverate Reilly ClaytonAll 6 episodes
Inside Man Beth Davenport
2023GraySara Beckham
2024 Big Mood EddieAll 6 episodes

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Doctor Who: The Sorcerer of AlbionVivien Big Finish: Donna Noble: Kidnapped! [19]
2020 The Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale Audible [20]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2021 Monte-Carlo Television Festival Best ActressIt's a SinWon [21]
2022 BPG Awards Best ActressNominated [22]
Breakthrough Award [lower-alpha 1] Nominated
British Academy Television Awards Best Actress Nominated [23]

Notes

  1. ↑ Shared.

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