Sabrina Bartlett

Sabrina Lois Bartlett (born September 1991) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC One miniseries The Passing Bells, the third series of the ITV drama Victoria (2019), and the first series of Knightfall (2017) on History, Bridgerton (2020) on Netflix, and The Larkins (2021), also on ITV.

Early life and education Bartlett was born in Fulham and grew up on Walham Grove. Her parents Stephen and Sharon are artists, and she has two sisters and a brother. Her grandfather was born in Calcutta. The family lived between London and Romney Marsh on the Kent coast.

Prior to acting, she took up ballet to help her coordination after a dyspraxia diagnosis and attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire. She switched to drama and went on to train at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 2013.

Career Bartlett landed her first major role in The Passing Bells, a 2014 BBC One World War I television drama. She played the recurring roles of Sophia and Keren Smith in Da Vinci's Demons and Poldark respectively. She starred as Princess Isabella in the first season of the History series Knightfall.

Bartlett was cast as Abigail Turner in the 2019 third season of Victoria. The following year, Bartlett appeared as Siena Rosso, an opera singer with a clandestine relationship with Jonathan Bailey's character Anthony Bridgerton in the Netflix historical fiction series Bridgerton.

In 2021, she was cast as Mariette in The Larkins, the eldest of the Larkins children, whom Catherine Zeta-Jones played in the previous adaptation. She revealed in 2022 that she would not be returning for the second series and her character was replaced by Joelle Rae. It was later revealed that Bartlett lodged a formal complaint against co-star Tok Stephen, but it was not upheld, leading to her departure.

In 2023, she played Constance Neville She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.

Acting credits

Film

Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2014 Suspects Hannah Stevenson Episode: "Calling Card" Holby City Gabriella 'Gabi' Mendoza Episode: "The Spirit" Doctor Who Quayle's Ward / Maid Marian Episode: "Robot of Sherwood" 2015 Midsomer Murders Tina Tyler Episode: "A Vintage Murder" Poldark Keren Smith 3 episodes 2019 Victoria Abigail Turner Regular 2021 The Larkins Mariette Larkin Series 1 2025 I, Jack Wright Bella Horrell Recurring role

Theatre Year Title Role Venue Notes/Ref. 2015 The Seagull Nina Zarechnaya Regent's Park Open Air Theatre 2016 Cyrano de Bergerac Roxane Southwark Playhouse 2019 While the Sun Shines Elisabeth Orange Tree Theatre 2023She Stoops to Conquer Constance Neville (see image) Orange Tree Theatre

Audio dramas YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2016Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor AdventuresCora

Video games YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2022The DioField ChronicleIzelair WiganEnglish version

Awards and nominations