Kerry Ingram
Quick Facts
Biography
Kerry Danielle Ingram (born 26 May 1999) is a British actress, best known for her role as Shireen Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones and Matilda Wormwood in Matilda the Musical.
Career
Before being cast in Matilda, Ingram played a workhouse child in Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. From November 2010 to January 2011 she played the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda the Musical in Stratford-upon-Avon. She was the only original Matilda transferred to the West End cast, where she shared the role with three other girls at the Cambridge Theatre. In April 2012, just after departing the show, she received an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. After completing Matilda, she played a small role in Tom Hooper's film adaptation of Les Miserables.
From 2013 to 2015, Ingram portrayed Shireen Baratheon in the third through fifth seasons of HBO's fantasy TV series Game of Thrones. In 2013, she appeared at the Doctor Who Prom as the Queen of Years, where she sang "The Rings of Akhaten" with Allan Clayton. Other roles include Lois Wren in an episode of Doctors, and a role in the BBC adaptation of Wolf Hall alongside Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis.
Personal life
Ingram lives in Warfield with her mother, Sally, and her two siblings. She is of Maltese descent, with her grandfather being from Mqabba.
She attended St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Bracknell, Berkshire, followed by Charters School in Sunningdale from 2010 to 2011 and Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. In 2013 she joined Hurst Lodge School in Ascot, Berkshire.
Ingram has a form of osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease. Having regularly fractured her bones, she requires periodic infusions to reinforce them.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Robin Hood | Village child | Uncredited |
2010 | Burke and Hare | Child thief | Uncredited |
2012 | Les Misérables | Turning Women 8 | Cut from final edit |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013–15 | Game of Thrones | Shireen Baratheon | 10 episodes |
2014 | Doctors | Lois Wren | Episode: 'Unsolved Mysteries' |
2015 | Wolf Hall | Young Alice Williamson | Episode: "Entirely Beloved" |
2016 | Barbarians Rising | Hilde | Episode: "Boudica" |
Doctors | Hannah Devlin | 3 episodes | |
2017 | Hat Hair | Becky | Netflix original |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Oliver! | Workhouse child | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
Matilda the Musical | Matilda Wormwood | Courtyard Theatre 9 November 2010 – 29 January 2011 | |
2011 | Cambridge Theatre 26 October 2011 – 12 April 2012 |
Awards/Nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2011 | WhatsOnStage.com Awards | Best Actress in a Musical (shared with Cleo Demetriou, Sophia Kiely and Eleanor Worthington Cox) | Matilda the Musical | Nominated |
2012 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actress in a Musical (shared with Cleo Demetriou, Sophia Kiely and Eleanor Worthington Cox) | Won |