Marli Siu (born 11 March 1993) is a Scottish actress. Her films include ''

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'' (2017), '' Our Ladies'' (2019), and ''

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'' (2019), the latter of which won her a Scottish BAFTA. On television, Siu has appeared in the spy thriller '' Alex Rider'' (2020–2021) and the BBC drama ''

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'' (2022).

Early life and education

Siu lived on Lamma Island in Hong Kong until she was four years old, before moving to and growing up in Forres in

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, north-east Scotland. She attended Forres Academy. Her mother is Scottish from Edinburgh and her father was Chinese. She has four sisters. Siu attended a youth theatre group in

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and joined the

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, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting and English Literature from the Edinburgh Napier University.

Career

In 2015, Siu appeared in the short film ''Scoring'', by

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, for which she was nominated for the ‘Under 25: Fresh Blood Award’ at the Underwire Film Festival. Her theatre credits include Dead Letter Office, Some Company, (co-writer); '' Much Ado About Nothing'', Dundee Repertory Theatre ( Ian Charleson Awards commendation) and ''The Ocean at the End of the Lane'', The

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. Siu moved to London in 2017, where she played ''Echo'' for 38 episodes of the CBBC web series '' Dixi''. Her first major movie role came in 2017, when she played Lisa in John McPhail's zombie musical ''

'', performing the song ''It's That Time of Year''. The film premiered at the Fantastic Fest in

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, Texas, and was released in the UK for Christmas 2018. Siu was named as one of the 15th Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2018 an annual talent showcase that spotlights up-and-coming British and Irish actors, writers, directors and producers from the UK and Ireland. In 2019, Siu starred in the film ''

'', which premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on 26 April in New York City. Later that year Siu starred in two films selected to be screened at the 2019 London Film Festival, ''Run'' and '' Our Ladies'' both due for an upcoming cinema release. In 2020, Siu starred as Kyra, a student from Point Blanc, in the IMDb television teen spy series '' Alex Rider''. Kyra teams up with Alex (

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) and plays an important role in his attempted escape from incarceration.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Siu, Marli Living people 1993 births 21st-century Scottish actresses Alumni of Edinburgh Napier University Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art British actresses of Asian descent National Youth Theatre members People from Forres Scottish film actresses Scottish television actresses Scottish people of Hong Kong descent