Olivia Vinall is an English actress known for her roles in Apple Tree Yard (2017), The Woman in White (2018) and as Detective Matilda Stone in Queens of Mystery in 2019.
Olivia Vinall | |
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 Olivia Vinall in 2015 | |
| Born | 1988 or 1989 (age 35–36) [1] |
| Alma mater | University of East Anglia (BA (Hons)) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2011 – present |
Early life
editOlivia Vinall was born in Brussels, Belgium[2] but spent part of her childhood in London and Washington DC,[3] .Vinall lived most of her early life in Belgium, attending secondary school there, moving to Washington DC for five years.[1]
Vinall studied drama at the University of East Anglia and graduated in 2010 [1] with a First Class BA (Hons) Degree in Drama before going on to further her education at the Drama Studio London.[4][2][1] Vinall has performed at the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) and is an NSDF alumna.[5]
Theatre
editIn 2010, Vinall's first appearance on stage was in a production of Romeo and Juliet.[1] Further theatre work 2013 included playing Desdemona in Othello, and in 2014, Vinall starred as Cordelia in Sam Mendes's King Lear at The Royal National Theatre.[6][1] In 2015, Vinall took centre stage again at National Theatre Live in Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem as Hilary.[7] In 2015, Vinall was nominated for Best Supporting Performance for playing Nina in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull where she performed at Chichester Festival Theatre and when the production was transferred to the National Theatre.[8]
TV and film
editVinall's first television appearance was as Cassie Lock in the episode Cupcakes in Doctors in 2011.[9] In 2013, she starred as the heroine Juliette in the rock musical Gutterdämmerung alongside rock stars such as Iggy Pop, Grace Jones, Lemmy and Slash.[10] In 2017, Vinall starred in the BBC's Apple Tree Yard, where she played Carrie alongside Emily Watson.[6] Vinall also starred as Arlette in the 2017 ITV television drama Maigret in Montmartre opposite Rowan Atkinson who played Maigret.[11]
In 2018, she starred in the Amma Asante-directed romantic war drama arthouse film Where Hands Touch playing Hermine, a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany, alongside Abbie Cornish and Christopher Eccleston.[6][4] In the same year, Vinall played two characters; asylum patient Anne Catherick and also Laura Fairlie in the BBC period drama adaptation of Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White, alongside Charles Dance.[6][4] In 2019, Vinall took lead role as Detective Matilda Stone in three episodes of the Acorn TV comedy-drama murder-mystery series Queens of Mystery[12]
Vinall takes lead role as Sophie in Hermione Sylvester directed short film Fuel which has its international premiere at the 2020 Arrow London FrightFest Film Festival, an event which was held online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] Vinall played the role of Julia Blythe, the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (played by Helen McCrory) in the BBC political thriller television series Roadkill in 2020.[14]
Vinall played a main role of Stella in the modern romantic film A Beautiful Curse in 2021, where she is struck down by a form of sleeping disorder.[15] The Martin Garde Abildgaard directed film premiered at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in 2021.[15]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Gutterdämmerung | Juliette |
| 2018 | Lungs (Short) | Claire |
| 2018 | Where Hands Touch | Hermine |
| 2019 | Fuel (Short) | Sophie |
| 2019 | Salt (Short) | Olivia |
| 2019 | Vert (Short) | Jem |
| 2021 | A Beautiful Curse | Stella |
| 2022 | Truth Serum (short) | Abbie |
Live streaming theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | National Theatre Live Othello | Desdemona | Live via satellite |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live King Lear | Cordelia | Live via satellite |
| 2015 | National Theatre Live The Hard Problem | Hilary | Live via satellite |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Doctors | Cassie Lock | 1 episode Cupcakes |
| 2012 | Casualty | Georgia Saddler | Season 27, episode 4 An Amateur Sport |
| 2013 | Doctor Who | Effie | 1 episode The Crimson Horror |
| 2014-2015 | Holby City | Lisa Chad | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Midsomer Murders | Kim Fosse | 1 episode - Breaking the Chain |
| 2017 | Maigret in Montmartre | Arlette | TV film |
| 2017 | Apple Tree Yard | Carrie | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | The Woman in White | Laura Fairlie / Anne Catherick | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Queens of Mystery | Matilda Stone | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Roadkill [14] | Julia Blythe | All 4 episodes |
Audio
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Middlemarch (BBC Audio) [16] | Dorothea (voice) |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sword Coast Legends (Video Game) | Illydia Maethellyn (voice) |
| 2019 | Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 (Video Game) | Autarch Yramahr / Id'artharn (voice) |
| 2020 | South of the Circle (Video Game) | Clara (voice) |
| 2021 | Bravely Default 2 (Video Game) | Marla (voice) - English version |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Milton Shulman award for outstanding newcomer | Othello | Nominated | [17] |
| 2014 | 14th WhatsOnStage Awards | London newcomer of the year | Othello | Nominated | [18] |
| 2014 | Ian Charleson Awards | Outstanding performances by actors under 30 in classical roles | Othello | Nominated | [19] |
| 2015 | UK Theatre Awards | Best Supporting Performance | The Seagull | Nominated | [8] |
| 2018 | Screen International | Stars of Tomorrow | (Career so far) | Won | [20] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Introducing… Olivia Vinall". officiallondontheatre.com. January 30, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Olivia Vinall - The rising star on her next show-stopping roles". wonderlandmagazine.com. April 30, 2018.
- ^ "Olivia Vinall joins in the Halloween costume parade at the Maret School in Northwest Washington in 1993". Washington Post. 2014.
- ^ a b c "Stars of Tomorrow 2017: Olivia Vinall (actor)". screendaily.com. October 2, 2017.
- ^ "Alumni - Olivia Vinall". nsdf.org.uk. 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Meet Olivia Vinall, the star set to beguile TV audiences in the BBC's gothic thriller The Woman White". you.co.uk. April 9, 2018.
- ^ "The Hard Problem review: Olivia Vinall shimmers in minor Tom Stoppard offering". Sydney Morning Herald. May 21, 2015.
- ^ a b "Olivia Vinall nominated for UK Theatre Award 2016". conwayvangeldergrant.com. September 21, 2016. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016.
- ^ "Cupcakes Doctors Series 13 Episode 107 of 231". bbc.co.uk. September 23, 2011.
- ^ "Götterdämmerung". filmaffinity.com. 2016.
- ^ "Meet the cast of Maigret in Montmartre". radiotimes.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "'The Woman In White's Olivia Vinall To Front Acorn TV's Female Detective Drama 'Queens Of Mystery'". Deadline Hollywood. September 6, 2018.
- ^ "Arrow Video FrightFest August 2020 Short Film programme". blazingminds.co.uk. August 2020.
- ^ a b "Roadkill - An Interview with Olivia Vinall". bbc.co.uk. October 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "'A Beautiful Curse' To Have Its World Premiere at Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival". shootonline.com. March 19, 2021.
- ^ "Middlemarch - George Eliot's tale of life, love and politics in an English town. Adapted by Katie Hims". bbc.co.uk. November 2019.
- ^ "Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Longlist of Nominees 2013". October 25, 2013.
- ^ "Full List: Winners of the 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards". whatsonstage.com. February 23, 2014.
- ^ "Olivia Vinall among Ian Charleson Award shortlist". whatsonstage.com. March 24, 2014.
- ^ "From Tom stoppard to the BBC's The Woman in White, meet rising star Olivia Vinall". phoenixmag.co.uk. 2018.