Thalissa Teixeira

Thalissa Teixeira (born 1992/1993) is a British-Brazilian actress and filmmaker. She began her career in theatre, earning an Ian Charleson Award nomination, before breaking out in the 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.

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