Rosalind Eleazar

Eleazar was born to a British mother and a Ghanaian father.^[1] As a child, she “intermittently” saw her father, Courage Quashigah, who was a politician and served as Ghana’s Minister of State for Agriculture and later Health between 2001 and 2009.^[2] She was primarily raised by her mother in Clapham, London.^[3]

Eleazar earned an academic scholarship to attend Gordonstoun School in Moray, Scotland.^[1] She studied Spanish and Mandarin at Nottingham University before moving to Ghana to work in her brother’s production company.^[3][1] In her mid-20s, she moved back to the United Kingdom and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from where she graduated in 2015.^[4][5]

Eleazar's TV roles include Louisa Guy in Slow Horses, Christine in the BBC series Rellik,^[6] Jacky Bast in Howards End,^[7] Kate in the ITV series Deep Water,^[8] as well as roles in NW, National Treasure and Harlots.^[4]

On stage, Eleazar appeared in The Starry Messenger^[9] at Wyndham's Theatre; as Yelena, in Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre;^[10] in House of Bernarda Alba at the National Theatre; and Plaques and Tangles at the Royal Court Theatre.^[11]

Eleazar's debut feature film role was as Agnes in The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) by Armando Iannucci.^[12]

Eleazer married Italian actor and producer Gabriele Lo Giudice in September 2023.^[13] The couple live in east London.^[3]

Eleazer has symbrachydactyly, a congenital abnormality characterized by short, missing or webbed fingers.^[14]

• 2015 Spotlight Prize Best Actor^[19]
• 2018 Screen Nation Rising Star^[20]
• 2020 Black British Theatre Awards – Nominee for Best Supporting Actress^[21]
• 2021 Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Female^[22]

• List of British actors