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'' (2021), she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award. Her other films include ''

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'' (2015), '' Midsommar'' (2019), and ''

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'' (2021). She was named a 2021 ''

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Early life

Torchia was born in

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, West London to South African-Indian mother Veena and Italian father Maurelio, who met in Switzerland. She has three sisters. The family lived in Sri Lanka, India, Turkey, Tunisia and Japan, before returning to London when Torchia was 13. Torchia graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.

Career

Torchia made her television debut in a 2010 episode of the BBC One spy drama '' Spooks'' (also known as ''MI-5''). She appeared in a 2014 installment of '' The Suspicions of Mr Whicher'' as well as two 2015 episodes of '' DCI Banks'', both on

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. In her final year at RADA, Torchia was cast as Sita in the first series of the Channel 4 drama '' Indian Summers'', which premiered in 2015. She signed with an agent in Paris, through which she was cast in the French film ''

'', marking her feature film debut. The following year, she played Vishka in the ITV fantasy series '' Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands''. She made her professional stage debut in ''Boys Will Be Boys'' at the Bush Theatre. This was followed by a role in ''The Treatment'' at the Almeida Theatre in 2017. After guest starring in a series 3 episode of '' Broadchurch'' on ITV, Torchia had a recurring role as Maggie Lavelle in the first two series of the BBC One legal drama '' The Split''. She also spent a year working at Shakespeare's Globe, appearing in ''All That Ends Well'' and '' The Two Noble Kinsmen''. In 2019, she played Connie in Ari Aster's A24 folk horror film '' Midsommar''. Torchia starred in the 2021 science fiction horror film ''

'', for which she was nominated for the

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. She also had roles in the films ''

'' and '' Crisis''. In 2022, Torchia starred as Reva in the Canal+ series ''Infiniti''. In 2023, she played Sienna Rose in the BBC One miniseries '' The Gold''. In May 2023, it was rumoured Torchia had joined the cast of the

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fantasy series '' House of the Dragon'' for its second season in an undisclosed role.

Personal life

Torchia speaks English and French. She was raised vegan, and helps her parents run a business called the Arty Vegan.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Ellora Torchia
at Spotlight {{DEFAULTSORT:torchia, ellora Living people 1992 births Alumni of RADA British actresses of Asian descent English people of Indian descent English people of Italian descent English people of South African descent Actresses from Hammersmith