Actor
Thalissa Teixeira
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Vanessa Kirby
2 titles together
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, National Theatre Live: Julie
Isabella Laughland
2 titles together
Anne Boleyn, Trigonometry
Paapa Essiedu
2 titles together
Anne Boleyn, Press
Natasha Little
2 titles together
Ragdoll, Press
Brendan Cowell
2 titles together
Press, National Theatre Live: Yerma
Full filmography · 18
Supergirl
as Mareck Vran
20266.7
Harvest
as Mistress Beldam
20256
Kinked
cast
2023
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Rosie's Nanny
20196.8
A Family Affair
as Lola
2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
as The Best Woman
20197
National Theatre Live: Julie
as Kristina
2018
National Theatre Live: Yerma
as Des
2017
Take Down
as Paloma Nava
20165.8