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.
Known For
Harvest
Mistress Beldam
2025
Alice & Jack
Rachel · (2 episodes)
2024
Kinked
2023
Ragdoll
DI Emily Baxter · (6 episodes)
2021
Too Close
Vanessa Jones · (3 episodes)
2021
Two Weeks to Live
Thompson · (4 episodes)
2020
Trigonometry
Gemma · (8 episodes)
2020
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Rosie's Nanny
2019
A Family Affair
Lola
2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
The Best Woman
2019
National Theatre Live: Julie
Kristina
2018
National Theatre Live: Yerma
Des
2017
Take Down
Paloma Nava
2016
The Musketeers
Sylvie · (9 episodes)
2014
Midsomer Murders
Jane Everard · (1 episode)
1997