Olivia-Mai Barrett

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Olivia-Mai Barrett
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Education Italia Conti
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Years active2008–present

Olivia-Mai Barrett is an English actress from London, United Kingdom. She began her career in music videos and the Disney series Penny on M.A.R.S. in which she played the titular role and Alex & Co. on the Disney Channel. [1]

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In 2019, she was the sole actress in the last of eight episodes of the BBC mini-series, Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle, a series showing life in the UK for successive generations of people with Caribbean heritage, as Michaela Williams. [2] In The Observer , Kwame Kwei-Armah was quoted as saying "Her performance was incredible, I was amazed at how she brought such empathy and insight to the part". [3] Barrett shares the same background as her character in the series, as her father is mixed-race and her grandfather Jamaican; the Windrush story is part of her family background. [3]

In 2020 she starred in the film My Dad's Christmas Date.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNote(s)
2008GigiLittle Girl
2012School For StarsHerself
2017 Alex & Co. Penny Mendez4 episodes
2018 – 2020 Penny on M.A.R.S. Main role
2019Soon Gone: A Windrush ChronicleMichaela Williams [4] Episode: "Michaela"
2022 Rebel Cheer Squad Meg "Mouse" BeemanRecurring cast
2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth AliciaEpisode: "Hallo Spaceboy"
2023 Invasion Ryder Evans

Films

YearTitleRole
2020My Dad's Christmas DateJules
2023 Kandahar Ida Harris

Music Videos

YearTitleArtistRole
2015Don't Give Up On LoveBlinkieGirl

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References

  1. "Penny on M.A.R.S." via www.imdb.com.
  2. https://youngviclondon.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/soon-gone-a-windrush-chronicle/ [ dead link ]
  3. 1 2 Ryder, Matthew (May 12, 2019). "What does Archie tell us about mixed-race Britain?" via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "BBC - Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle".