Olivia Vinall

Theatre In 2010, Vinall's first appearance on stage was in a production of Romeo and Juliet. In 2015, Vinall was nominated for Best Supporting Performance for playing Nina in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull where she performed at Chichester Festival Theatre and when the production was transferred to the National Theatre. In 2013, she starred as the heroine Juliette in the rock musical Gutterdämmerung alongside rock stars such as Iggy Pop, Grace Jones, Lemmy and Slash. In 2017, Vinall starred in the BBC's Apple Tree Yard, where she played Carrie alongside Emily Watson.

In 2018, she starred in the Amma Asante-directed romantic war drama arthouse film Where Hands Touch playing Hermine, a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany, alongside Abbie Cornish and Christopher Eccleston. In the same year, Vinall played two characters; asylum patient Anne Catherick and also Laura Fairlie in the BBC period drama adaptation of Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White, alongside Charles Dance.

Vinall played the role of Sophie in Hermione Sylvester directed short film Fuel which had its international premiere at the 2020 Arrow London FrightFest Film Festival, an event which was held online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vinall played the role of Julia Blythe, the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (played by Helen McCrory) in the BBC political thriller television series Roadkill in 2020.

Vinall played the role of Stella in the modern romantic film A Beautiful Curse in 2021, where she is struck down by a form of sleeping disorder. The Martin Garde Abildgaard directed film premiered at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in 2021. Dorothea

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Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Milton Shulman award for outstanding newcomer Othello 2014 14th WhatsOnStage Awards London newcomer of the year Othello 2014 Ian Charleson Awards Outstanding performances by actors under 30 in classical roles Othello 2015 UK Theatre Awards Best Supporting Performance The Seagull 2018 Screen International Stars of Tomorrow (Career so far)