Isabella Blake-Thomas

Isabella Rose M. Blake-Thomas ) is an English actress, known for her roles as Princess January in Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, Young Zelena in Once Upon a Time, Peggy Kendall in Game Shakers and Sam in Maybe I'm Fine.

Career Blake-Thomas was born in London. Her first role was at the age of five, when she was selected to present the CBeebies television programme Green Balloon Club. This ran for one season between 2008 and 2009. Later in 2009, she had a minor role in the biographical television film Enid, In 2010, she was cast in an adaptation of the Just William series of books, playing Violet-Elizabeth Bott. Blake-Thomas had a role as 'Izzie', in the 2011 film Johnny English Reborn. Her first lead role was in the 2011 independent film Little Glory as Julie, alongside Cameron Bright. In 2012, Blake-Thomas played the part of Annabelle Crumb in the BBC One television film adaptation of the David Walliams book Mr Stink. She also appeared in the DreamWorks animation of Rise of the Guardians.

In 2013, she appeared in Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who and Dancing on the Edge alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor. In 2014, Blake-Thomas appeared in The Smoke on BBC and Da Vinci's Demons. She later appeared in the FX show Married, in 2015. The following year she appeared in Game Shakers, Shameless and ABC's Once Upon a Time as the recurring younger version of Rebecca Mader. In 2017, she re-appeared in Once Upon a Time and continued on as the lead role in Keplers' Dream with Holland Taylor, Kelly Lynch, Sean Patrick Flanery and Steven Michael Quezada. She also starred in The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows and Pretty Outrageous. In 2018 Blake-Thomas appeared in the leading role of Sam in Maybe I'm Fine alongside Kelly Sullivan, Rob Mayes, Flex Alexander and Daniela Alonso. She can be seen as Jon Voight's daughter in Orphan Horse and Pepper in Turnover. She also made her 1st AD debut on the film Running on Empty. In February 2018, Blake-Thomas released her debut single "Blame" which can be found on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music and more. Her music video is available for viewing on YouTube starring, Blake-Thomas and Matt Cornett. Blake-Thomas then went on to release two EP's and a remix in 2019. Her debut EP was Stronger and her second was Painless.

In 2017, Isabella Blake-Thomas and her mother, director Elizabeth Blake-Thomas, founded Mother & Daughter Entertainment, their production company whose slogan is "Making content that matters". In 2019, actress Chandler Kinney (Lethal Weapon, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S-2) and her mother Taryn Kinney joined the MDE team.

Personal life

Blake-Thomas was born in London and lives with her mother Elizabeth Blake-Thomas. She attended Hampton Court House School in 2010 and was later homeschooled. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2011 Johnny English Reborn Izzie 2013 Let Me Survive Emily 2014 We Are Monster Little Girl Scarlett Thread Scarlett 2015 Toxin: 700 Days Left on Earth Young Sarah 2016 Jean Jean Sporkin The Blimp Trap Billie Campbell Broken Wings Jemima Trust, Prey, Hope Hope Sand AngelsEsperanza 2017 Clockmaker Mia Community Service Felicity Tillman Kepler's Dream Ella The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows Sophie Pretty Outrageous Poppy 2018 Sounds of Silence Jaime Orphan Horse Young Caroline Maybe I'm Fine Sam 2023 Et Tu Margaret

Television Year Title Role Notes Refs. 2008–09 Green Balloon Club Lily-Rose Presenter 2011 Red Faction: Origins Young Lyra TV film Jelly Jamm Rita 52-episode series 2012 Doctors Ellie Wickens Episode: "Follow That Star!" Mr Stink Annabelle Crumb TV film Dancing on the Edge Emily 2 episodes What's the Big Idea? Lili Voice Doctor Who Girl Reading Comic Episode: "The Bells of St John" The White Queen Little Girl Episode: "The Storm", uncredited 2014 The Smoke Nieve 1 episode Da Vinci's Demons Beatrice 2 episodes Work in Progress Madison Sterling Episode: "It's a Play Date, Not a Real Date" 2015 Married Harper 2 episodes 2016 Shameless Pregnant Teenager Episode: "I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing" Once Upon a Time Young Zelena 2 episodes Game Shakers Peggy Episode: "Party Crashers"