Cara Louise Theobold (born 8 January 1990) is an English actress who trained at the

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. Her first acting role was Ivy Stuart in the third and fourth series of television period drama ''

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'' and is also known for voice acting as

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in the video game ''

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''.

Life and career

Theobold was educated at

Outwood Grange Academy Outwood Grange Academy is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Outwood, near Wakefield, England. It has a mixed intake of both boys and girls ages 11–18, and has over 2,100 pupils on roll with a comprehensive admission ...

before attending the

. She initially auditioned for the ''Downton Abbey'' role of Ivy over Christmas 2011, during her final year. She was allowed to finish her final year of drama school early to begin filming the series at Easter. Theobold characterised Ivy as "ambitious" and "a dreamer". She returned for the fourth series of the show in 2013. Her work on the series resulted in her being a co-recipient of the

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. In 2014, Theobold made a guest appearance on the TV sitcom '' Lovesick'' (formerly known as ''Scrotal Recall''). In 2015, she appeared in two episodes of ''

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'' as Holly, and an episode of ''

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''. She starred as Sarah, a housekeeper at a stately home and one of the main characters, in the third series of '' The Syndicate'', which aired in spring 2015. She is also the voice actress for Tracer in the video games ''

'' and ''

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'', and starred in the E4/

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original series ''

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'' alongside

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. In 2016, it was announced that Theobold would star in '' Absentia'' along with Stana Katic and

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. In 2019, she appeared in ITV2 series ''Zomboat!'' as “fiery, feisty and very much the centre of her own universe” Jo, one of the show's main characters. In 2018, she played the part of Victoria Brown in the Polish film, ''303 Squadron''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Theobold, Cara 1990 births Living people Actors from Wakefield Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Yorkshire British people of French-Canadian descent English film actresses English television actresses English video game actresses English voice actresses