# Marli Siu

Marli Siu is a Scottish actress. Her films include Anna and the Apocalypse (2017), Our Ladies (2019), and Run (2019), the latter of which won her a Scottish BAFTA. On television, Siu has appeared in the spy thriller Alex Rider (2020–2024) and the BBC drama Everything I Know About Love (2022).

## Early life and education

Siu was born on 11 March 1993 and lived in Lamma Island, Hong Kong until she was four years old, before moving to and growing up in Forres in Moray, north-east Scotland. She attended Forres Academy. Her mother is Scottish from Edinburgh and her father was Chinese. She has four sisters.
Siu attended a youth theatre group in Elgin and joined the National Youth Theatre, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting and English Literature from Edinburgh Napier University.

## Career

In 2015, Siu appeared in the short film Scoring, by Screen Academy Scotland, for which she was nominated for the ‘Under 25: Fresh Blood Award’ at the Underwire Film Festival. Her theatre credits include Dead Letter Office, Some Company, (co-writer); Much Ado About Nothing, Dundee Repertory Theatre (Ian Charleson Awards commendation) and The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Royal National Theatre.
Siu moved to London in 2017, where she played Echo for 38 episodes of the CBBC web series Dixi. Her first major movie role came in 2017, when she played Lisa in John McPhail's zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse, performing the song It's That Time of Year. The film premiered at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, and was released in the UK for Christmas 2018. Siu was named as one of the 15th Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2018 an annual talent showcase that spotlights up-and-coming British and Irish actors, writers, directors and producers from the UK and Ireland.
In 2019, Siu starred in the film Run, which premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on 26 April in New York City. Later that year Siu starred in two films selected to be screened at the 2019 London Film Festival, Run and Our Ladies both due for an upcoming cinema release.
In 2020, Siu starred as Kyra, a student from Point Blanc, in the IMDb television teen spy series Alex Rider. Kyra teams up with Alex (Otto Farrant) and plays an important role in all three series.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Run (Short Film) | Lily | |
| 2015 | Scoring | Katja | Short film |
| 2017 | Anna and the Apocalypse | Lisa | |
| 2019 | Run | Kelly | Note: feature length film |
| 2019 | Our Ladies | Kylah | |
| 2024 | Apartment 7A | Annie Leung | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Still Game | Sally | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Dixi | Echo | Web, 38 episodes |
| 2019 | Grantchester | Karla Read | 1 episode |
| 2020–2024 | Alex Rider | Kyra Vashenko-Chao | 18 episodes |
| 2021 | The Irregulars | Susan Shipley | Episode: "Chapter One: An Unkindness in London" |
| 2022 | Everything I Know About Love | Nell | 7 Episodes |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Misalliance | Hytapia | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 2016 | Much Ado About Nothing | Hero | Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee |
| 2019–2020 | The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Lettie Hempstock | Royal National Theatre, London |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2014 | Southampton International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film | Run (Short film) | Nominated |
| 2015 | Underwire Film Festival | Best Under 25 Award | Scoring | Nominated |
| 2016 | Ian Charleson Awards | Ian Charleson Awards | Much Ado About Nothing | Nominated |
| 2018 | Screen International | Stars of Tomorrow 2018 | Stars of Tomorrow 2018 | Won |
| 2018 | Toronto After Dark Film Festival | Best Ensemble Cast (shared) | Anna and the Apocalypse | Won |
| 2019 | CinEuphoria Awards (shared) | Best Ensemble - International Competition | Anna and the Apocalypse | Nominated |
| 2019 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Anna and the Apocalypse | Nominated |
| 2021 | British Academy Scotland Awards 2021 | Scottish BAFTA - Best Actress – Film | Run | Won |
| 2022 | British Academy Scotland Awards 2022 | Scottish BAFTA - Best Actress – Film | Our Ladies | Nominated |