India Ria Amarteifio (born 17 September 2001) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress on the

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. 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

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", also on BBC One, and began starring in the

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series ''

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'' (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 ''

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'' and Maya Roebuck in the third series of the Sky Atlantic and Canal+ crime drama ''

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''. Amarteifio made her feature film debut in the 2019 comedy-drama ''

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''. In 2022, she played Nora Randall in the Sky Max science fiction series ''

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''. 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

Stage

References

External links

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India Amarteifio
at Hamilton Hodell {{DEFAULTSORT:amarteifio, india Living people 2001 births Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School Black British actresses English child actresses English musical theatre actresses English people of German descent English people of Ghanaian descent Actors from Twickenham Actresses from London Actors from Kingston upon Thames