Olivia Vinall
Born1988 or 1989 (age 34–35)[1]
Brussels, Belgium[2]
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia
Drama Studio London
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Olivia Vinall (born 1988 or 1989) is an English/Belgian 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.

Early life

Olivia 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

In 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

Vinall'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

Film

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

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

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

Year Title Role
2019 Middlemarch (BBC Audio) [16] Dorothea (voice)

Video games

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Introducing… Olivia Vinall". officiallondontheatre.com. January 30, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Olivia Vinall - The rising star on her next show-stopping roles". wonderlandmagazine.com. April 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Olivia Vinall joins in the Halloween costume parade at the Maret School in Northwest Washington in 1993". Washington Post. 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Stars of Tomorrow 2017: Olivia Vinall (actor)". screendaily.com. October 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Alumni - Olivia Vinall". nsdf.org.uk. 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "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.
  7. ↑ "The Hard Problem review: Olivia Vinall shimmers in minor Tom Stoppard offering". Sydney Morning Herald. May 21, 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Olivia Vinall nominated for UK Theatre Award 2016". conwayvangeldergrant.com. September 21, 2016. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cupcakes Doctors Series 13 Episode 107 of 231". bbc.co.uk. September 23, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Götterdämmerung". filmaffinity.com. 2016.
  11. ↑ "Meet the cast of Maigret in Montmartre". radiotimes.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  12. ↑ "'The Woman In White's Olivia Vinall To Front Acorn TV's Female Detective Drama 'Queens Of Mystery'". deadline.com. September 6, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Arrow Video FrightFest August 2020 Short Film programme". blazingminds.co.uk. August 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Roadkill - An Interview with Olivia Vinall". bbc.co.uk. October 7, 2020.
  15. 1 2 "'A Beautiful Curse' To Have Its World Premiere at Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival". shootonline.com. March 19, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Middlemarch - George Eliot's tale of life, love and politics in an English town. Adapted by Katie Hims". bbc.co.uk. November 2019.
  17. ↑ "Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Longlist of Nominees 2013". October 25, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Full List: Winners of the 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards". whatsonstage.com. February 23, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Olivia Vinall among Ian Charleson Award shortlist". whatsonstage.com. March 24, 2014.
  20. ↑ "From Tom stoppard to the BBC's The Woman in White, meet rising star Olivia Vinall". phoenixmag.co.uk. 2018.
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