Safia Oakley-Green

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Safia Oakley-Green
Born
Safia Grace Oakley-Green

June 2001 (age 22)
Southwark, London, England
Years active2021–present

Safia Grace Oakley-Green (born June 2001) is an English actress. She won a British Independent Film Award for her performance in the horror film Out of Darkness (2022). She was named a 2023 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.

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Early life

Oakley-Green was born in Southwark, London before moving to Derbyshire. She trained at the Television Workshop in Nottingham. She studies psychology at university. [1] [2] [3]

Career

In 2021, she appeared in the horror short film Requiem alongside fellow Television Workshop alumna Bella Ramsey. The short picked up increased attention after Ramsey's performance in the HBO television series The Last of Us raised her profile. [4]

Oakley-Green made her feature film debut in the 2021 biopic The Colour Room for Sky Cinema alongside Phoebe Dynevor. [5] She made her television debut as Cinderella Jackson in the 2022 BBC One crime drama Sherwood . [6] Also in 2022, she starred in the Scottish caveman horror Out of Darkness , previously entitled The Origin , for which she received the British Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performance in December 2022. [7] [8] [9]

In 2023, Oakley-Green had a recurring role as Andy in the first series of Disney+ comedy Extraordinary . [10] She has roles in the second series of The Lazarus Project on Sky Max [11] and the Paramount+ series The Burning Girls . [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Requiem MaryShort
The Colour Room Elsie
2022 Out of Darkness Beyah
She Said Dancer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 Sherwood Cinderella Jackson5 episodes
2023 Extraordinary Andy3 episodes
TBA The Burning Girls Joy Harris4 episodes
The Lazarus Project BeckySeries 2

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