Antonia Thomas

Antonia Thomas
Thomas in 2010
Born	Antonia Laura Thomas 3 November 1986 London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present

Antonia Laura Thomas (born 3 November 1986) is an English actress. She is best known for starring as Alisha Daniels in the E4 comedy-drama series Misfits and Evie in the Channel 4 comedy series Scrotal Recall.

Early life

Thomas was born in London, the daughter of a Jamaican mother and an English father. Her father is a classical bass singer. She studied for a Bachelor of Arts in acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School,^[1][2] graduating in 2009, and then joined the National Youth Theatre.^[3][4]

Career

Thomas was cast as Alisha Daniels in 2009,^[5] one day after leaving Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.^[6] She confirmed her exit from Misfits in late 2011, stating that she had an "amazing time" on the show.^[7] In 2012, she starred in the music video for the Coldplay song "Charlie Brown".^[8]

In 2013, Antonia was in the film Sunshine on Leith.

In 2014, Antonia played Evie in the British rom-com TV series Scrotal Recall which aired on Channel 4 in the UK in the autumn. In April 2015, the series aired in the US and Canada on Netflix, dubbed a 'Netflix Original'.^[9]

In 2015, Antonia was featured in the Stereophonics song "C'est La Vie" and went onto the narrate the opening and closing lines to the reboot of the British children's television series Teletubbies.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	My World		Short film
2010	Stanley Park	Sadie	Television film
2012	Eight Minutes Idle	Adrienne	Short film
2012	Spike Island	Lisa
2012	Rearview	Nicky
2013	Sunshine on Leith	Yvonne
2013	Hello Carter	Mischa
2013	Scintilla	Steinmann
2013	Air		Short film
2014	Northern Soul	Angela
2015	Survivor	Naomi Rosenbaum

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009–2011	Misfits	Alisha Daniels	21 episodes
2010	Deep, TheThe Deep	Maddy	3 episodes
2012	Homefront	Tasha Raveley	6 episodes
2014	Fleming	Jazz Singer	Miniseries
2014	Transporter: The Series	Ferrara	Episode: "The Diva"
2014	Scrotal Recall	Evie	6 episodes
2015	The Musketeers	Samara Alaman	Episode: "The Good Traitor"
2015	Teletubbies	Narrator (Opening and Closing)	Voice

References

1. "Misfits Star Antonia Thomas". Screenterrier.blogspot.com. 2009-11-25. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
2. "Antonia Thomas E4’s Misfits: Exclusive Interview". Oh No They Didn't!. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
3. "Antonia Thomas". Curtisbrown.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
4. "National Youth Theatre". Nyt.org.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
5. French, Dan (17 August 2009). "E4 commissions new teen superhero comedy". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
6. "Exclusive Interview: Antonia Thomas E4’s Misfits". fourthwall magazine (Fourthwallmagazine.co.uk). 11 November 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
7. Goodacre, Kate (19 December 2011). "'Misfits' star will not return for series four". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
8. "Coldplay release "Charlie Brown" starring Antonia Thomas from Misfits - Music Video". Retrieved 7 June 2013.
9. "Netflix's New Original Scrotal Recall is so much better than its attention grabby title". Retrieved 25 April 2015.

External links

• Antonia Thomas at the Internet Movie Database