Lydia West
Lydia Dorothy West (born 24 June 1993) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC One series "Years and Years" and the Channel 4 series "It's a Sin", the latter of which earned her a BAFTA nomination. Early life. West is from London. Her maternal grandparents are Irish, and her father is from Montserrat. Her mother is a nurse and her father works in charity. She has an older sister and an older brother. West trained in ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary dance as a teenager, but quit after a foot injury . After graduating from university with a degree in business, she worked as a personal assistant and trained part-time at Identity School of Acting. Career. Post graduation from IDSA, West was cast as Bethany Bisme-Lyons in Russell T Davies' 2019 BBC One and HBO series "Years and Years". She starred in the 2021 Channel 4 series "It's A Sin", also by Davies. She played Jill Baxter, who is loosely based on one of Davies' friends (Jill Nalder). Davies called her character "the heart of the story", a view echoed by Jack King of I-D who described the  character as the "de facto matriarch". Her performance was described as a "standout" one by "i." In 2022, West appeared as Monique Thompson in the Apple TV+ series "Suspicion" and Reilly Clayton in Mike Myers' Netflix comedy the "The Pentaverate". She has upcoming roles in the films "It's All Coming Back To Me" and "Coffee Wars", as well as the series "Inside Man" and "Gray".