Thalissa Teixeira
Actor
Thalissa Teixeira is a British-Brazilian actress and filmmaker. Teixeira was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire; her mother is British and her father from Salvador in Brazil. She spent her childhood in Vitória, Espírito Santo in Brazil before returning to England with her mother at the age of 8 to live in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire where she joined a local theatre group called Through the Wardrobe. She went on to train at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2014. She began her career in theatre, earning an Ian Charleson Award nomination, before breaking out in the miniseries Trigonometry. She was named a 2021 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.
Filmography
Supergirl
Mareck Vran
Harvest
Mistress Beldam
Alice & Jack
Rachel
Kinked
Ragdoll
DI Emily Baxter
Anne Boleyn
Madge Shelton
Too Close
Vanessa Jones
Two Weeks to Live
Thompson
Trigonometry
Gemma
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Rosie's Nanny
A Family Affair
Lola
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
The Best Woman
National Theatre Live: Julie
Kristina
Press
Angie
National Theatre Live: Yerma
Des
Take Down
Paloma Nava
The Musketeers
Sylvie
Midsomer Murders
Jane Everard