# Alice Hewkin

Alice Hewkin is a Chinese British actress. She began her career as a child actress in the BBC film Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007). She has since gained prominence through her work in theatre, television and film.

## Early life

Hewkin was born in Jiangsu Province, China and spent her early years in China before moving to Cambridge. Hewkin attended Hills Road Sixth Form College and trained in Martial Arts and Piano, where she achieved Grade 8. She joined the Young Actors Company and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Acting.

## Career

Hewkin made her television debut as Tealeaf in the 2007 BBC television film Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars with Jonathan Pryce, Anna Chancellor, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
In 2014, Hewkin returned to television in the Game of Thrones season 4 finale as Child of the Forest. In 2015, she appeared in the CBeebies series Teacup Travels and joined the cast of the Sky One comedy-drama Stella for its fourth series as Lily. Also in 2015, Hewkin made her professional stage debut with roles in The Vote at Donmar Warehouse, Hidden at the Royal Court Theatre, and Clickbait at Theatre503.
Hewkin starred in the titular role of the 2016 stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service at Southwark Playhouse. Also in 2016, she played Ling in the third series of the BBC Three sitcom Cuckoo. The following year, she appeared in the Doctor Who series 10 episode "Knock Knock" and portrayed Chinese-Trinidadian performer Jacqui Chan in the second season of The Crown on Netflix.
In 2019, Hewkin starred alongside Ella Balinska in the Sky Kids series The Athena and guest starred as Tanya opposite Lily Newmark as Ruthie in the first season of the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education. She returned to Donmar Warehouse to play Clarissa Duke in Michael Lew's Teenage Dick.
Hewkin had a recurring role as Maeve in the Netflix series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself in 2022 and her first named film role in Raine Allen-Miller's Rye Lane, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. In 2022 it was announced that Hewkin had been cast in the Netflix series The Brothers Sun produced by Brad Falchuk, playing twins May/June alongside Michelle Yeoh.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2017 | The Mummy | Tech |
| 2023 | Rye Lane | Tabby |
| TBA | Jump Out | Bella |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars | Tealeaf | Television film |
| 2014 | Game of Thrones | Wight | Episode: "The Children" |
| 2015 | Teacup Travels | Various | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | BBC Comedy Feeds | Sophie | Episode: "Fishbowl" |
| 2015–2016 | Stella | Lily | 7 episodes (series 4–5) |
| 2016 | Doctors | Chloe Everly | Episode: "Climb Another Mountain" |
| 2016 | Cuckoo | Ling | 2 episodes (series 3) |
| 2016 | Soul Broken Sky | Daisy Meadow | Television film |
| 2017 | Doctor Who | Felicity | Episode: "Knock Knock" |
| 2017 | The Crown | Jacqui Chan | Episode: "Matrimonium" |
| 2018 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Sau Lam | Episode: "End of Days" |
| 2019 | Sex Education | Tanya | 2 episodes (season 1) |
| 2019 | The Athena | Miju Lee | Main role (25 episodes) |
| 2019 | Strike Back | Aang | Episode: "Revolution: Part 5" |
| 2020 | Emily in Paris | Shay | Episode: "Family Affair" |
| 2022 | The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself | Maeve | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Miss Scarlet and The Duke | Miss Ling | Episode: "The Vanishing" |
| 2023 | The Brothers Sun | May and June Song | |

### Video games

* CrossfireX (2022) as Sonia Liu

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | The Vote | Carla Wu | Donmar Warehouse, London |
| 2015 | Hidden | Jun / Girl | Royal Court Theatre, London |
| 2015 | Clickbait | Chloe | Theatre503, London |
| 2016 | The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie | Xiaomei | Arcola Theatre, London |
| 2016 | Kiki's Delivery Service | Kiki | Southwark Playhouse, London |
| 2019 | Teenage Dick | Clarissa Duke | Donmar Warehouse, London |