India Ria Amarteifio

British actress
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish actress
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
isActor Child actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Female
Birth17 September 2001, Kingston upon Thames, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, United Kingdom
Age23 years
Star signVirgo
The details

Biography

India Ria Amarteifio (born 17 September 2001) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress on the West End. In 2023, she portrayed the title role of a fictionalised Queen Charlotte in the period drama series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

Early life

Amarteifio was born in Kingston upon Thames and grew up in Twickenham. Her father is of Ghanaian origin, and her mother is of British origin. She joined the Richmond Academy of Dance in 2012, through which she auditioned for and earned a scholarship to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School.

Career

Amarteifio made her West End debut as young Nala in The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre in 2011. She then appeared in Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre as Hortensia. Amarteifio was in the 2013 original cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the alternating role of Violet Beauregarde. That same year, she made her television debut in the BBC One film Gangsta Granny.

In 2015, Amarteifio appeared in the miniseries The Interceptor and guest starred in the Doctor Who series 9 episode "The Magician's Apprentice", both on BBC One, and began starring in the Disney Channel series The Evermoor Chronicles (also known as just Evermoor in some countries) as Lacie Fairburn, a role she would play for both series. She went on to have recurring roles as Roz Huntley's (Thandiwe Newton) daughter Sophie in the fourth series of Line of Duty and Maya Roebuck in the third series of the Sky Atlantic and Canal+ crime drama The Tunnel.

Amarteifio made her feature film debut in the 2019 comedy-drama Military Wives. In 2022, she played Nora Randall in the Sky Max science fiction series The Midwich Cuckoos. The following year, she starred in the leading role of a young version of Golda Rosheuvel's titular character in the Netflix period drama prequel Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. She appeared on the 2023 Variety list of 10 Brits to Watch and was named a Bright Young Thing by Tatler.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Gangsta GrannyFlorenceTelevision film
2015The InterceptorHannah / Chloe7 episodes
Doctor WhoAlisonEpisode: "The Magician's Apprentice"
Hank ZipzerSimone GreenEpisode: "Ballot Box Blunder"
2015–2017The Evermoor ChroniclesLacie FairburnMain role
2015Fungus the BogeymanElla3 episodes
2017Line of DutySophie Huntley
2017–2018The TunnelMaya RoebuckRecurring role (season 3)
2018UnforgottenKaz1 episode
2019Sex EducationLizzie Peach
Military WivesFrankie
2022The Midwich CuckoosNora Randall7 episodes
2023Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton StoryYoung Queen CharlotteMain role

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Snow White and the Seven DwarfsDancerRichmond Theatre
2011–2012The Lion KingYoung NalaLyceum Theatre, London
2012–2013Matilda the MusicalHortensiaCambridge Theatre, London
2013Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryViolet BeauregardeTheatre Royal, Drury Lane
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article on 27 Dec 2023. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.