India Amarteifio

Amarteifio was born in Kingston upon Thames on 17 September 2001 and brought up with her sister in Twickenham by a single mother, who had moved to London to pursue art before becoming a beautician "to make ends meet".^[3][4] She is of Ghanaian and German ancestry.^[5] Amarteifio joined the Richmond Academy of Dance in 2012, through which she auditioned for and earned a scholarship to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School.^[6]

Initially credited as India Ria Amarteifio, she made her West End debut as young Nala in The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre in 2011. She then appeared in Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre as Hortensia. Amarteifio was in the 2013 original cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the alternating role of Violet Beauregarde. That same year, she made her television debut in the BBC One film Gangsta Granny.^[7]

In 2015, Amarteifio appeared in the miniseries The Interceptor and guest starred in the Doctor Who series 9 episode "The Magician's Apprentice",^[8] both on BBC One, and began starring in the Disney Channel series The Evermoor Chronicles (also known as just Evermoor in some countries) as Lacie Fairburn, a role she would play for both series. She went on to have recurring roles as Roz Huntley's (Thandiwe Newton) daughter Sophie in the fourth series of Line of Duty and Maya Roebuck in the third series of the Sky Atlantic and Canal+ crime drama The Tunnel.^[9][10]

Amarteifio made her feature film debut in the 2019 comedy-drama Military Wives. In 2022, she played Nora Randall in the Sky Max science fiction series The Midwich Cuckoos.^[11] The following year, she starred in the leading role of a young version of Golda Rosheuvel's titular character in the Netflix period drama prequel Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.^[12] For her acting performance she was nominated at the NAACP Image Awards and Astra TV Awards.^[13][14] She appeared on the 2023 Variety list of 10 Brits to Watch^[15] and was named a Bright Young Thing by Tatler.^[16]

Amarteifio will appear in the upcoming BBC drama series The Rapture, an adaptation of Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel, in which she plays Bethany Krall. The release date has yet to be confirmed.^[17]

Amarteifio supported the Gaza, You'll Never Walk Alone charity initiative in 2024^[18] and signed the Artists for Palestine letter to the BBC condemning "censorship of Palestine" after the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone (2025) was pulled.^[19]

In response to the April 2025 Supreme Court ruling on the definition of woman in the Equality Act and subsequent Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance, Amarteifio was one of over 400 film and television professionals to sign an open letter pledging "solidarity with the trans, non-binary and intersex communities" and condemning both actions.^[20]