Jessica Sula
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Born | |
Education | Gorseinon College |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2011–present |
Jessica Sula (born 3 May 1994)[1] is a British actress known for playing the character Grace Blood in the third generation of the television series Skins and for her role in the M. Night Shyamalan-directed horror film Split (2016).[2]
Early life and education
Sula was born in Swansea[3] to Trinidadian mother Shurla Blades, who has Afro-Trinidadian and Chinese ancestry, and to Steven Sula, a father of German and Estonian heritage.[4] She grew up in Gorseinon, where she completed her A-levels in Spanish, French and Drama at Gorseinon College.[2]
Career
Sula made her television debut in 2011, portraying Grace Blood in the fifth and sixth series of the E4 teen drama Skins.[5] Afterwards, she gained a supporting role in comedy drama Love and Marriage which was broadcast on ITV in 2013.[6] In 2015, Sula was cast as the lead character, Maddie Graham, in the Freeform drama Recovery Road, alongside Skins co-star Sebastian de Souza.[7] Her first big screen leading role is in Honeytrap, the story of 15-year-old girl who sets up the murder of a boy who is in love with her.[8] In 2017 she filmed the indie feature Big Fork, in which she played the main character, Emily.[9]
Sula had a recurring role in the 2017 limited series Godless. That same year, it was announced that she would be a series regular for the third season of the series Scream.[10][11] The season premiered on VH1 on 8 July 2019.[12]
Personal life
Sula plays the guitar and practices karate.[13]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Honeytrap | Layla | |
2016 | Split | Marcia | |
2017 | The Lovers | Erin | |
2018 | Big Fork | Emily | |
2018 | All the Little Things We Kill | Katy Walker | post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011–12 | Skins | Grace Blood | E4 TV series (14 episodes) vocalist in All because of you (episode #6.1) |
2013 | Love and Marriage | Scarlett Quilter | |
2015 | Eye Candy | Morgan | Episode: "YOLO" |
2016 | Recovery Road | Maddie Graham | Lead role[14] |
2016 | Lucifer | Amy | Episode: "Everything's Coming Up Lucifer" |
2017 | Godless | Louise Hobbs | 4 episodes |
2019 | Scream | Olivia "Liv" Reynolds | Main role (Season 3) |
References
- ^ Richards, Dakota Blue (3 May 2015). "Happy Birthday". twitter.
- ^ a b March, Polly (29 January 2011). "Swansea actress beats 8,000 to Skins role". BBC News. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ Molloy, Kate (2012). Skins A-Z. John Blake Publishing Ltd. p. 288. ISBN 978-1-84358-392-9.
- ^ "Jessica Sula's ethnicity". Twitter status. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "New Skins star Jessica Sula talks about landing her first TV role". Wales Online. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Love and Marriage". itv. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (10 February 2015). "ABC Family Series 'Recovery Road' Tweaks Cast; Jessica Sula To Play Lead". Deadline. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "'Skins' star Jessica Sula to play lead in new film 'Honeytrap'". Digital Spy. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "bigfork". bigfork. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Petski, Denise (13 September 2017). "'Scream': Keke Palmer, RJ Cyler, Jessica Sula, More Round Out Season 3 Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ Lenker, Maureen (18 September 2017). "Keke Palmer to lead third season of Scream on MTV". EW. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ Samhan, Jamie (24 June 2019). "'Scream' Reboot Gets Trailer With Cameo From Paris Jackson". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Jessica Sula plays Grace". Channel 4 Press Info. January 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "Recovery Road: Production Begins on New ABC Family TV Series". TV Series Finale. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
External links
- Jessica Sula at IMDb
- Jessica Sula on X
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- Living people
- 1994 births
- Welsh television actresses
- People from Gorseinon
- Welsh people of Estonian descent
- Welsh people of German descent
- Welsh people of Chinese descent
- Welsh people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- Black Welsh people
- Actresses of German descent
- 21st-century Welsh actresses
- Actresses from Swansea
- Welsh actor stubs