Thalissa Teixeira

Biography

Thalissa Teixeira is a British-Brazilian actress and filmmaker. Teixeira was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire; her mother is British and her father from Salvador in Brazil. She spent her childhood in Vitória, Espírito Santo in Brazil before returning to England with her mother at the age of 8 to live in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire where she joined a local theatre group called Through the Wardrobe. She went on to train at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2014. She began her career in theatre, earning an Ian Charleson Award nomination, before breaking out in the miniseries Trigonometry. She was named a 2021 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.

Most Known For

Midsomer Murders

as Jane Everard

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

as Rosie's Nanny

The Musketeers

as Sylvie

Too Close

as Vanessa Jones

Ragdoll

as DI Emily Baxter

Trigonometry

as Gemma

Two Weeks to Live

as Thompson

Alice & Jack

as Rachel

Harvest

as Mistress Beldam

Take Down

as Paloma Nava

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

as The Best Woman

National Theatre Live: Julie

as Kristina

Kinked

National Theatre Live: Yerma

as Des

A Family Affair

as Lola