Pearl Mackie is a British actress. She is best known for playing
Bill Potts in the long-running television series ''
Doctor Who''.
Mackie is a 2010 graduate of the
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre.
BOVTS is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. ...
. Her first major television role came in 2014, when she played Anne-Marie Frasier in
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
soap opera ''
Doctors''.
Early life
Mackie grew up in
Brixton in south London and is of paternal
West Indian
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and maternal English descent. She is the granddaughter of
Philip Mackie
Philip Mackie (26 November 1918 – 23 December 1985) was a British film and television screenwriter. He was born in Salford in Lancashire, England. He graduated in 1939 from University College London and worked for the Ministry of Informat ...
, who wrote the screenplay for ''
The Naked Civil Servant.'' She earned a degree in Drama from the
University of Bristol
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and speaks English, French and Spanish. During her studies she went to workshops and took part in many extra-curricular plays.
In 2010 she graduated from the
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre.
BOVTS is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. ...
. In the same year Mackie was nominated for the ''
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Carleton Hobbs Award'' for outstanding duologues in the school play ''Noughts & Crosses''.
Mackie appeared in an early mainstream role as a front of house girl in the 2013 music comedy ''
''. In 2014, Mackie played Anne-Marie Frasier in ''
in London. She could also be seen in the political satire ''Obama-ology'' at the
in west London, playing Cece and Caits, two young women finding their voice.
In 2015, she performed in the
''. In the same year Mackie appeared in the short film ''Date Aid'' by
. Mackie has also worked as an acting tutor for Troupers, a company that teaches theatre skills to children and young people.