Umi Myers
English actress
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Umi Myers is a British stage, television and film actress.
Umi Myers | |
|---|---|
| Education | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2020–present |
Career
Whilst a student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama she appeared with her final-year acting student peers in a full-scale performance of Pod available to be live-streamed during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in 2020.[1] She graduated in 2021, and made her television debut on long-running BBC One crime drama Silent Witness.[2] On stage, she appeared in the original production of Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light at the Gielgud Theatre in London in 2021 for the Royal Shakespeare Company.[3]
In 2024, she could be seen portraying musician and beauty queen Cindy Breakspeare in musical biopic Bob Marley: One Love.[4][5][6] That year, she began filming Māori Gothic horror Mārama, alongside Toby Stephens and Ariāna Osborne in New Zealand.[7][8]
She had a lead role as Billie Cassidy in BBC One historical drama series Dope Girls.[9][10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Silent Witness | Emma Pryor | Series 26; episode 8: "Hearts of Darkness: Part 2" |
| 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | Cindy Breakspeare | Feature film |
| Truth Serum | Sandy | Short film | |
| Get Millie Black | Natalie Danvers | Episode 5: "Curtis" | |
| 2025 | Dope Girls | Billie Cassidy | Episodes 1–6 |
| Mārama | Peggy | Feature film |