Safia Oakley-Green

Safia Grace Oakley-Green (born June 2001) is an English actress. She won a British Independent Film Award and a Scottish BAFTA for her performance in the horror film Out of Darkness. She was named a 2023 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.

Early life Oakley-Green was born in Southwark, London before moving to Derbyshire. She is of Irish descent on her mother's side and Jamaican descent on her father's. Oakley-Green trained at the Television Workshop in Nottingham. She has a first class honours Psychology degree from the University of London.

Career In 2021, she appeared in the horror short film Requiem alongside fellow Television Workshop alum Bella Ramsey. The short picked up increased attention after Ramsey's performance in the HBO television series The Last of Us raised their profile.

Oakley-Green made her feature film debut in the 2021 biopic The Colour Room for Sky Cinema alongside Phoebe Dynevor. She made her television debut as Cinderella Jackson in the 2022 BBC One crime drama Sherwood. Also in 2022, she starred in the Scottish caveman horror Out of Darkness, previously entitled The Origin, for which she received the British Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performance in December 2022. She later also given the best film actress award by BAFTA Scotland for the role.

In 2023, Oakley-Green had a recurring role as Andy in the first series of Disney+ comedy Extraordinary. She has roles in the second series of The Lazarus Project on Sky Max and the Paramount+ series The Burning Girls.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2021 Requiem Mary Short The Colour Room Elsie 2022 Out of Darkness Beyah She Said Dancer 2025 100 Nights of Hero Kiddo Anemone Hattie 2026 The Bluff Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bodden

Television Year Title Role Notes 2022 Sherwood Cinderella Jackson 5 episodes 2023 Extraordinary Andy 3 episodes The Burning Girls Joy Harris 4 episodes The Lazarus Project Becky Series 22026 It Gets Worse TBA Legacy of Spies Molly Gibson

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref 2022 British Independent Film Awards Breakthrough Performance Out of Darkness 2024 British Academy Scotland Awards Best Actress in Film