# Thalissa Teixeira

Thalissa Teixeira (/təˈliːsə teɪˈʃeɪdə/; born 1992/1993) is a British-Brazilian actress and filmmaker. She began her career in theatre, earning an Ian Charleson Award nomination, before breaking out in the BBC miniseries Trigonometry. She was named a 2021 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.

## Early life

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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Billionaire Ransom | Paloma Nava | |
| 2017 | Yerma | Des | National Theatre Live |
| 2018 | Julie | Kristina | National Theatre Live |
| 2019 | A Family Affair | Lola | Short film |
| 2019 | Hobbs & Shaw | Nanny | |
| 2019 | Wildfire | Ella | Short film |
| 2019 | Exit Eve | Eve | Short film |
| 2020 | We Met Before | | Short film; Directed, wrote, produced |
| 2024 | Harvest | Mistress Beldam | Sixteen Films |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | The Musketeers | Sylvie | Series 3; 9 episodes |
| 2017 | Midsomer Murders | Jane Everard | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Jonah Man | Miv | Television film |
| 2018 | Press | Angie | 1 episode |
| 2019 | One Red Nose and a Wedding | Best Woman | Comedy special |
| 2020 | Baghdad Central | Florida | 5 episodes |
| 2020 | Trigonometry | Gemma | Miniseries |
| 2020 | Two Weeks to Live | Thompson | Miniseries |
| 2021 | Too Close | Vanessa "Ness" Jones | Miniseries |
| 2021 | Anne Boleyn | Madge Shelton | Miniseries |
| 2021 | Ragdoll | DI Emily Baxter | Miniseries |
| 2024 | Alice & Jack | Rachel | Miniseries |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Electra | Chorus | Old Vic, London |
| 2015 | The Changeling | Diaphanta | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London |
| 2015 | The Broken Heart | Euphrania | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London |
| 2016 | BU21 | Thalissa | Theatre503, London |
| 2016 | The Night Watch | Vivian | Royal Exchange, Manchester |
| 2016–2017 | Yerma | Des | Royal National Theatre/Young Vic/Park Avenue Armory |
| 2017 | Othello | Emilia | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London |
| 2017 | The Unknown Island | | Gate Theatre, London |
| 2018 | Julie | Kristina | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2019 | Dear Elizabeth | | Gate Theatre, London |
| 2019 | Blood Wedding | Moon | Young Vic, London |
| 2020 | Women Beware Women | Bianca | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London |
| 2022 | Dr Semmelweis | Maria Semmelweis | Bristol Old Vic, London |
| 2023 | Julius Caesar | Brutus | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 2024 | The Taming of the Shrew | Katherina | Shakespeare's Globe |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2015 | Ian Charleson Awards | | Electra | Nominated |
| 2021 | Carmarthen Bay Film Festival | Poetic Short Film | We Met Before (with AK McCallum) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Underwire Film Festival | Best Actress | We Met Before (Short film) | Won |

## Audio

* Sappho in Fragments – BBC Radio 4
* Doctor Who: Defender of the Earth "The Opacity Factor" Jenel Kilum’bu / Saggy
* Doctor Who: Into the Stars "Break the Ice" Dr. Lenni Fisk
* In Flux – BBC Radio 3
* Electra – BBC Radio 4