Robyn Cara

Cara grew up in a small village.^[1] She joined the National Youth Theatre and graduated from the Birmingham School of Acting^[2] (now the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) in 2016.^[3][4]

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.^[2] 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,^[5] and The Be All & End All at York Theatre Royal.^[6] Cara starred as Leonie in Ambreen Razia's BBC Three comedy pilot Hounslow Diaries in 2018 with Razia and Mandeep Dhillon.^[7][8] She made her feature film debut in the 2019 direct-to-video action film We Die Young as Rincon's (David Castañeda) sister Gabriela.^[9]

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.^[10] She reprised her role as Kayla for its fifth and final series in 2022. She returned to the stage in Playfight at the Finborough Theatre.^[11] Also in 2022, Cara starred as Katie Sands in the Sky Max supernatural series The Rising^[12] and featured in the BBC Three horror series Red Rose as Alyssa Penrose, who dies in the first episode.^[13] In 2023, Cara starred in the horror film Doctor Jekyll.^[14]

Cara gained further prominence through her role as Emmy Sizergh in the 2024 Netflix series Bodkin. For her performance, Cara was nominated for a Gotham Television Award. Then in 2025, she had a role in the USA Network series The Rainmaker, an adaptation of the John Grisham novel of the same title.^[15]