Sofia Oxenham is an English television actress. She played Tess Tregidden on the

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series ''

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'' and plays Carrie on the

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series '' Extraordinary''.

Early life

Oxenham has an Australian father and Cornish mother, and two brothers and a sister. She grew up in Devon before the family moved to

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when she was a teenager. She worked for a local

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during her summer holidays. Oxenham was a keen actress and participated in school plays and local amateur dramatic productions in Cornwall. Twice she reached the final round of

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interviews without becoming a successful applicant. She moved to London and worked as a runner on a film set and got paid to perform at children parties before a third application was successful. She graduated from RADA in 2017.

Career

Oxenham's television roles have included playing series 5 regular Tess Tregidden on

’s series ''

''. She also had a recurring role as Eydis on

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series Cursed, as well as having parts on ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Soulmates'', and ''

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''. In 2023 Oxenham was first seen in the lead role of Carrie in the

superhero comedy series '' Extraordinary''. Carrie has the ability to communicate with spirits from beyond the world of living. She told

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that she laughed out-loud at the scripts that felt “fresh and different” and to be part of the show was a “golden opportunity”. Oxenham described it as the first comedic role she had ever performed. Mike Hale in ''

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'' praised her for the communicating beyond the grave scenes which “a lip-syncing Oxenham does to great comic effect”. The show was well received and renewed for a second season by Disney+ in January 2023. In March 2024, she was nominated in the “Female performance in a comedy programme” category at the 2024 British Academy Television Awards.

Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oxenham, Sofia English television actresses Living people Actresses from Cornwall Date of birth unknown Alumni of RADA 21st-century English actresses English people of Australian descent