Thaddea Graham
Northern Irish actress
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Thaddea Graham (born 29 March 1997)[1] is a Northern Irish actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the Sky One series Curfew (2019), the Netflix series The Letter for the King (2020), The Irregulars (2021) and Sex Education (2023), the BBC series Us (2020), Doctor Who: Flux (2021) and Wreck (2022), and the Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters (2024). Her films include After the Hunt (2025).
Thaddea Graham | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 March 1997 China |
| Education | Arts Educational Schools (BA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Known for | |
Graham appeared on the 2023 Screen International Rising Stars Ireland list.[2]
Early life and education
Graham was adopted from an orphanage in Changsha, China at one year old and was raised in County Down.[3] She was one of the first international adoptees in Northern Ireland.[4] Graham attended Killinchy Primary School in Killinchy and later Bloomfield Collegiate School in Ballyhackamore.[5][6] She trained with Arts Educational School in London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2018.[7]
Career
Graham made her television debut with a recurring role in season 3 of The Sparticle Mystery. In December 2018,[8] she landed her first major role as Iona in the 2020 Netflix fantasy series The Letter for the King, an adaptation of the classic Dutch book by Tonke Dragt.[9][10] The following December, she was cast as Bea in the 2021 Sherlock Holmes spinoff The Irregulars, also on Netflix.[11] In the meantime, she played Hanmei Collins in the Sky One action series Curfew, and Kat in the BBC One comedy-drama miniseries Us.[12][13] She joined the cast of Doctor Who for its thirteenth series (known as Doctor Who: Flux) as Bel, making her debut in "Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time".[14][15]
In 2022, Graham was in the main cast of the Virgin Media One and ITV crime drama Redemption as Siobhán Wilson and began starring as Vivian Lim opposite Oscar Kennedy and Jack Rowan in the BBC Three horror comedy Wreck. She joined the cast of the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education for its fourth season playing the character "O".
In 2024, Graham was announced as part of the cast of Margot's Got Money Troubles created by David E. Kelley.[16]
Filmography
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Painkiller | Short film | |
| 2021 | VHS | Lea | Short film |
| 2022 | Ballywalter | Frances | |
| 2025 | Jay Kelly | Meg | [17] |
| 2025 | After the Hunt | Katie | |
| TBA | Artificial † | TBA | Post-production[18] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Sparticle Mystery | Lucie | 3 episodes |
| Dani's Castle | Atka | Episode: "Groundbog Day" | |
| 2019 | Curfew | Hanmei Collins | Main cast |
| 2020 | The Letter for the King | Iona | Main cast |
| Us | Kat | Miniseries, main cast | |
| 2021 | The Irregulars | Bea | Main cast |
| Doctor Who | Bel | 3 episodes | |
| 2022 | Redemption | Siobhán Wilson | Miniseries, main cast |
| 2022–2024 | Wreck | Vivian Lim | Main cast |
| 2023 | Sex Education | Sarah 'O' Owens | Main cast (series 4) |
| 2024 | DNA Journey | Herself - Narrator | 3 episodes |
| Bad Sisters | DI Una Houlihan | Main cast (series 2) | |
| TBA | Margo's Got Money Troubles † | Susie | Miniseries, post-production |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sifu | Fighter (voice) | |
| 2023 | Dead Island 2 | Jessie (voice) |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | London Stories Made by Migrants | Battersea Arts Centre[19] | |
