Lizzie Annis
actress
Lizzie Annis (born 1996) is an English actress. She won the 2023 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Newcomer. She was named a 2022 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.
Early life
Annis grew up in Kingston upon Thames, South West London where she became involved in youth theatre at the Rose Theatre. She gained an English literature degree at University of Bristol before graduating from the Oxford School of Drama in 2020.
Career
Stage
Annis made her West End debut in the role of Laura Wingfield in Jeremy Herrin's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie at the Duke of York's Theatre, alongside Amy Adams. She won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Newcomer for her role in 2023. She also received nominations as Best Newcomer in the Stage Debut Awards and the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
In 2023, she joined The House of Bernarda Alba alongside Harriet Walter at the Royal National Theatre.
Television
In 2022, she could be seen as elfin mage Zacaré in The Witcher: Blood Origin for Netflix.
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