Ciara Charteris

Rwandan actress
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroRwandan actress
PlacesUnited Kingdom
isActor Film actor Activist
Work fieldActivism Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Female
Birth3 August 1995
Age29 years
Star signLeo
The details

Biography

Ciara Charteris (born 3 August 1995), is a South African-born British producer, writer, activist, and former actress. She is known for her role as Emma Tregirls in the BBC One period drama Poldark (2017–2018). She co-founded I Am Arla, a survivors' support network, before launching IntAct Creatives.

Early life and education

Charteris was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. In January 1998 at three years old, she moved to the Clapham area of South West London with her family as her parents' careers were taking off, her father Roger's as a talent agent and producer, and her mother Robyn's as a writer.

Charteris attended Queen's College in central London for secondary school. As a child, she was a dancer and joined the National Youth Music Theatre. She went on to train at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama before withdrawing during her second year when she was cast in Close to the Enemy.

After quitting acting in 2019, Charteris pursued a Master of Science in the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health at King's College London. She then received ICF training in Personal and Business Coaching from Barefoot Coaching.

Career

Charteris began her acting career in 2010 where she appeared in the film Mum's List directed by Niall Johnson. In 2016, she played Lucy Lindsay-Jones, the niece of Alfred Molina's character, in the BBC Two 1940s-set miniseries Close to the Enemy. The following year, she played Harriet Shelley in the biographical film Mary Shelley starring Elle Fanning. She made guest appearances in the ITV detective dramas Endeavour and Grantchester. That same year, she joined the cast of the BBC One period drama Poldark as Emma Tregirls, a role she would play for its third and fourth series.

Personal life

In 2020, Charteris revealed that she had been raped in September 2015 by a close friend during a night out for her friend's birthday. It took her until December 2019 to build up the courage to report it to the police, though it did not result in a conviction.

Bibliography

  • Essay in Instructions For A Teenage Armageddon, curated by Rosie Day (2021)

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Mum's List
2016Acres and AcresOlivia
Close to the EnemyLucy Lindsay-JonesMiniseries
2017EndeavourNurse Flora ByronEpisode: "Lazaretto"
Poison TreePhaedraShort film
GrantchesterAnnie Towler1 episode
Mary ShelleyHarriet Shelley
2017–2018PoldarkEmma TregirlsRecurring role (series 3–4)
2022WoMumExecutive producer
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