Robyn Cara

Robyn Cara is a British actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the Apple TV+ series Trying (2020–2022), the Channel 4 comedy-drama Ackley Bridge (2021–2022), the Sky Max series The Rising (2022), and the Netflix series Bodkin (2024). Her films include Doctor Jekyll (2023).

Early life
Cara grew up in a small village. She joined the National Youth Theatre and graduated from the Birmingham School of Acting (now the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) in 2016.

Career
Upon graduating from drama school in 2016, Cara made her professional stage debut as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. This was followed by roles in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Theatr Clwyd, Anya Reiss's adaptation of Oliver Twist at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London, and The Be All & End All at York Theatre Royal. Cara starred as Leonie in Ambreen Razia's BBC Three comedy pilot Hounslow Diaries in 2018 with Razia and Mandeep Dhillon. She made her feature film debut in the 2019 direct-to-video action film We Die Young as Rincon's (David Castañeda) sister Gabriela.

In 2020, Cara landed her first major television roles when she began playing Jen in the Apple TV+ comedy Trying and also appeared in the BBC One miniseries Life as Kat. The following year, Cara joined the cast of the Channel 4 school comedy-drama Ackley Bridge for its fourth series as Kayla Afzal. She would reprise her role as Kayla for its fifth and final series in 2022. She returned to the stage in Playfight at the Finborough Theatre. Also in 2022, Cara starred as Katie Sands in the Sky Max supernatural series The Rising and featured in the BBC Three horror series Red Rose as Alyssa Penrose, who dies in the first episode. In 2023, Cara starred in the horror film Doctor Jekyll.