Thalissa Teixeira

Thalissa Teixeira (; born 1992/1993) is a British actress and filmmaker. She began her career in theatre, earning an Ian Charleson Award nomination, before breaking out in the BBC miniseries Trigonometry. She was named a 2021 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.

Early life Teixeira was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire; her mother is British and her father from Salvador in Brazil. She spent her childhood in Vitória, Espírito Santo in Brazil before returning to England with her mother at the age of 8 to live in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire where she joined a local theatre group called Through the Wardrobe. She went on to train at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2014.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2016 The Musketeers Sylvie Series 3; 9 episodes 2017 Midsomer Murders Jane Everard 1 episode 2017 The Jonah Man Miv Television film 2018 Press Angie 1 episode 2019 One Red Nose and a Wedding Best Woman Comedy special 2020 Baghdad Central Florida 5 episodes 2020 Trigonometry Gemma Miniseries 2020 Two Weeks to Live Thompson Miniseries 2021 Too Close Vanessa "Ness" Jones Miniseries 2021 Anne Boleyn Madge Shelton Miniseries 2021 Ragdoll DI Emily Baxter Miniseries 2024 Alice & Jack Rachel Miniseries

Stage

Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResult Ref. 2015 Ian Charleson Awards Electra 2021 Carmarthen Bay Film Festival Poetic Short Film We Met Before (with AK McCallum) 2022 Underwire Film Festival Best Actress We Met Before (Short film)

Audio Sappho in Fragments – BBC Radio 4 Doctor Who: Defender of the Earth "The Opacity Factor" Jenel Kilum’bu / Saggy Doctor Who: Into the Stars "Break the Ice" Dr. Lenni Fisk In Flux – BBC Radio 3 Electra – BBC Radio 4