Tillie Amartey

Amatillie Thalia Amartey (born 20 April 2003) is an English actress and presenter. After making guest appearances in various series including 4 O'Clock Club, Doctors and Creeped Out, she portrayed Chloe in the CBBC musical series Almost Never from 2019 to 2021. She then appeared in The Teacher, as well as the 2023 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, before going onto play Stacey 'Stace' Neville in the BBC school drama Waterloo Road from 2024 to 2026. Amartey has also worked as a television presenter, having fronted various CBBC and CITV projects.

Life and career Amartey was born in Leeds to a Ghanaian father and an English mother. Amartey is the first cousin once removed of actor Christian Cooke. She began acting at the age of seven after attending a local drama club and has been professionally represented by an acting agent since the age of ten. She studied at St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy,

When she was eight, Amartey was cast as Baby Nala in a touring stage production of The Lion King. However, after the first stop of the tour, Amartey began to feel homesick and her mother thought it was best for her to withdraw and wait for another role. Weeks later, she was cast in a high-profile Amazon Kindle advertisement. Amartey made her screen debut aged twelve in an episode of the CBBC series 4 O'Clock Club in 2016. She then appeared in a 2017 episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors. She commented: "I learnt a lot being involved with Doctors as it was the first soap I had done and it was filmed at a very fast pace. [...] It was an emotional episode with lots of script and a chance to show my acting skills in a very different way." In 2022, she starred in the Channel 5 drama The Teacher, then began to present the CBBC show Love! Love! Love!. Amartey has also presented various projects for CITV. In 2023, Amartey competed in BBC's Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. Between 2024 and 2026, she appeared in the BBC school drama series Waterloo Road as Stacey 'Stace' Neville.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2016 4 O'Clock Club Mary Episode: "Social Worker" 2017 Doctors Georgia Burke Episode: "Hoops" 2017 Ratburger Tina Trotts Television film 2018 Creeped Out Arlene Episode: "Bravery Badge" 2019–2021 Almost Never Chloe Main role 2020 Resolution Kairos Short film 2021 Moving On Marnie Episode: "Hungry to Learn" 2022 The Teacher Izzy Main role 2022 Radioman India Vincent-Jones (voice) Main role 2022–2023 Love! Love! Love! Herself Presenter 2023 Better Jade Wilkes Recurring role 2023 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special Herself Contestant 2024–2026 Waterloo Road Stacey 'Stace' Neville Main role Source: