Freya Allan

Freya Allan (born 21 September 2001) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Princess Cirilla of Cintra in the Netflix series The Witcher, for which she was nominated for two Saturn Awards, and as Mae in the 2024 action film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. She has also appeared in the 2021 film Gunpowder Milkshake and the AMC series Into the Badlands.

Early life and education Allan was born on 21 September 2001 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and attended Headington School in Oxford. Her parents separated when she was one and she lived with her mother in Australia and the French Pyrenees, where she attended a French-language school before returning to Oxford; she now lives in London. She has a younger half-brother and half-sister.

At school Allan studied drama and ballet and was part of the company in a touring production of Rapunzel at age eleven. She starred in two short films, Bluebird and The Christmas Tree and later performed the part of Linda in the short film Captain Fierce, produced by Bournemouth Film School.

Career Allan played a minor role in the first episode of the 2019 BBC drama The War of the Worlds. The same year she appeared on the front cover of Schön! magazine, whilst they were celebrating their 10th anniversary.

Since 2019, Allan has starred as Princess Ciri alongside Henry Cavill and Anya Chalotra in the Netflix fantasy drama series The Witcher, Allan reprised the role of Ciri for the second series, which was produced in London in early 2020 and released in 2021 on Netflix. The third season began in June 2023 and saw Ciri training to become a warrior, for which Allan was trained in sword fighting. Allan was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in 2021 and 2024 for her work on The Witcher. In 2023, Allan filmed Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in Australia, playing human character, Mae. Acknowledging the physicality of the role, Allan opted to perform some of her own stunts. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was released on 10 May 2024 and went on to gross $397 million at the worldwide box office.

Allan was cast in director Janell Shirtcliff's horror film Triton, which wrapped filming in Greece in early 2024. In 2025 she was reported to be attached to play Marianne Faithfull in a biographical film of the singer.

Filmography +Key Denotes projects that have not yet been released Film Year Title Role Notes 2021 Gunpowder Milkshake Young Sam 2023 Baghead Iris Lark 2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Mae 2025 The Rats: A Witcher Tale Ciri Television film Helle Post-production Marianne Faithfull Pre-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 2018 Into the Badlands Young Minerva Episode: "Carry Tiger to Mountain" 2019 The War of the Worlds Mary Episode: "Revolution" 2020 The Third Day Kail Series regular; 5 episodes

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2021 Saturn Awards Best Younger Performer in a Television Series The Witcher 2024 2025 Best Younger Performer in a Film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes