Maria Almeida

Maria Almeida (born 24 April 2004) is a British actress. She first gained prominence through her roles in the Netflix film The Strays and the Amazon Prime series Fifteen-Love (both 2023).

Early life Almeida is of Angolan-Portuguese heritage. Almeida trained as a dancer and intended to go to drama school for dance or musical theatre before being cast in The Strays.

Career Almeida made her feature film debut in Dionne Edwards' 2022 drama Pretty Red Dress as Cicely. The following year, Almeida starred as Mary in the Netflix horror film The Strays directed by Nathaniel Martello-White and made her television debut with a main role as Luisa Molina in the Amazon Prime tennis drama Fifteen-Love. She also featured in the Peacock anthology Suburban Screams.

After appearances in the second series of the ITVX teen drama Tell Me Everything as Peaches and the third series of the Sky Atlantic crime drama Gangs of London as Rhasidat in 2024, Almeida joined the recurring cast of the Apple TV+ period drama The Buccaneers for its second series as Cora Merrigan in 2025. In 2026, she has a role as Avery in the BBC One miniseries Two Weeks in August.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2022 Pretty Red Dress Cicely 2023 The Strays Mary Netflix film 2024 Portrait Siah Short film 2025 Screening Room The Girlfriend Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2023 Fifteen-Love Luisa Molina Main role Suburban Screams May Episode: "Kelly" 2024 Tell Me Everything Peaches 2 episodes 2025 Gangs of London Rhasidat 1 episode The Buccaneers Cora Merrigan 3 episodes 2026 Two Weeks in August Avery8 episodes