Sapphire Elia

Sapphire Elia
Born	15 April 1987 London, England
Occupation	Actress

Sapphire Elia (born 15 April 1987), is an English actress, model and singer best known for her roles in musical drama Britannia High and the soap opera Emmerdale.

Early and personal life

Sapphire Chrystalla Elia was born on 15 April 1987 in London. Elia is of Greek-Cypriot heritage. She is 3/4 Greek and 1/4 English

Career

Elia modelled for brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Selfridges and Debenhams from the age of three. She later went on to appear in a number of adverts. In 1996, Elia began attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She was cast in the role of a young Cosette in Trevor Nunn's theatre production of Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre.

In 1998, Elia became an entertainer on ITV's Fun Song Factory for one series. Two years later she become a presenter on Discovery Kids, which led to a two-hour reality show called Blast Off, where she attended the NASA Astronaut Training Camp for children. In 2002, Elia played Isabelle in the educational series, Energy for Pearson Education. The following year, she graduated from Sylvia Young.

In 2006, the actress was cast as Gemma Craig in the television drama series Dream Team. Elia played two Polly Delwar and Kerry in two separate stints in The Bill.

In 2008, Elia successfully auditioned for the musical drama series Britannia High. She was cast as Claudine Cameron. During her time on the show, she recorded a song 'Do It All Over Again'. The song peaked at #21 on the UK charts and it also entered the Australian charts at #12. A year later, Elia played Snow White in a Christmas pantomime at the Richmond Theatre. In 2010, the actress played the role of Amber in the movie Black Forest for the Syfy channel. In September of that year, Elia joined the cast of Emmerdale as Mia Macey.^[1] In May 2011, Elia confirmed her departure from Emmerdale.^[2]

For the 2010/2011 panto season, Elia played Princess Belle in Sleeping Beauty at The Hexagon Theatre in Reading.

After leaving Emmerdale, Elia performed the role of Princess Jasmine in Maidstone's Christmas pantomime of Aladdin in 2011/12.

Sapphire is currently touring the UK as Cecily Cardew in the Oscar Wilde play "Importance of Being Earnest" for Middle Ground. http://www.middlegroundtheatre.co.uk/Earnest2012.htm

Sapphire has also starred as Snow White in the 2012/13 panto season in Ipswich. http://www.eadt.co.uk/entertainment/ipswich_mirror_mirror_on_the_wall_which_panto_s_coming_to_the_regent_this_fall_1_1473843

Sapphire graced the second cover to Image 34 magazine in June 2012 http://www.issuu.com/image34/docs/issue_2

Filmography

Film & Television Roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Fun Song Factory	Herself/Entertainer	One series
2000	Discovery Kids	Herself/Presenter
2000	Blast Off	Herself	2-hour Reality Show
2002	Energy	Isabelle	Educational Program
2006	Dream Team	Gemma Craig	Television Drama Series
2010	The Bill	Polly Delwar / Kerry	2 separate stints, TV series.
2008	Britannia High	Claudine Cameron	9 episodes, series regular.
2010–2011	Emmerdale	Mia Macey	November 2010 – August 2011
2012	Black Forest	Amber	Television movie.
2013	Invasion of the Not Quite Dead	Alison	British feature movie in pre-production

References

1. Love, Ryan (30 September 2010). "'Emmerdale' reveals new Home Farm dynasty". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
2. Ayres, Tom (15 May 2011). "Sapphire Elia confirms 'Emmerdale' exit". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 22 August 2011.

External links

• Sapphire Elia at the Internet Movie Database