Danielle Vitalis

Vitalis lived part of her childhood in Saint Lucia before moving to the London borough of Hackney in the 1990s. Her mother’s family are St. Lucian.^[1]

Vitalis made her screen debut in the 2011 Joe Cornish film Attack the Block, playing Tia. She later appeared in the E4 comedy drama series Youngers, the BBC Three supernatural series In the Flesh and the Dave sitcom Sliced with Samson Kayo.^[2] In 2020, she was included as one of Digital Spy magazine’s 30 Black British stars of tomorrow.^[3]

After appearances in Horrible Histories and Stath Lets Flats, in 2020 she joined the third series of Famalam, with Kayo and Vivienne Acheampong.^[4] Her acting credits also include I May Destroy You and the Black Mirror episode "Joan Is Awful".^[5][6]

In 2023, she was in The Great Escaper with Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson.^[7] In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw mentioned her performance as one of the best in a supporting role on film in 2023.^[8] That year she also played the lead role of Sammy in the Monica Heisey written Sky Comedy series Smothered alongside Jon Pointing and Aisling Bea.^[9][10]

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