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TV programme '' Doctor Who''.

Biography

Blackwood was born in Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 2000. She moved with her family to Inverness in Scotland when she was six years old and has lived there ever since. Blackwood played Alexis in the 2015 episode "Preparing the Weapon" of the crowdfunded TV series ''Cops and Monsters''. In 2018 she appeared in a short film called ''Sundown'' directed by Ryan Hendrick. She played the young Amelia Pond in several '' Doctor Who'' episodes; " The Eleventh Hour", "

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, who portrayed the adult Amy Pond, although they had never met before Blackwood was cast. The reason she got the role was due to her physical similarity to her older cousin. In 2018, she starred in ''Sundown'', an award-winning short film by Scottish writer and director Ryan Hendrick. In 2020, she played Amy Pond in the Doctor Who short: "The Raggedy Doctor by Amelia Pond". In 2020, she appeared in the romantic comedy film '' Lost At Christmas'', which also featured ''Doctor Who'' actors

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Filmography

Film

Television

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* 2000 births Living people 21st-century British actresses British child actresses People from Antrim, County Antrim British television actresses People from Northern Ireland of Scottish descent {{UK-tv-actor-stub