Gloria Obianyo
Gloria is a Rose-Bruford trained, award-winning actor. Theatre credits include Paradise (National Theatre), for which she won first prize in the Ian Charleson Awards 2022, The Clinic (Almeida Theatre), Next Please: The Keyworker’s Cycle (Almeida Theatre), Maryland (Royal Court), A Christmas Carol (Old Vic), Girl from the North Country (Gielgud), Anthony & Cleopatra (National Theatre), Fanny and Alexander (Old Vic). Most recently Gloria played Cordelia in Yael Farber’s production of King Lear at the Almeida; her performance was singled out for praise. TV and film credits include series 1 and 2 of Good Omens for BBC/Amazon, Murder is Easy for the BBC, Outlander for Starz, Eric opposite Benedict Cumberbatch for Netflix, the feature films High Life, appearing alongside Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning and Dune. Gloria played a supporting lead role in The Road Trip for Paramount+ in 2024 and recurs in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, a four-part serial for ITV, released March 2025. WINNER – First prize, Ian Charleson Awards 2022
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Eric as Angela
- 2023 · Girl on Girl as
- 2023 · Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Osprey Agent
- 2022 · Riches as Young Oyin
- 2022 · Andor as Snee
- 2021 · Dune as Female Fremen
- 2021 · National Theatre Live: Paradise as Neoptolemus
- 2020 · A Christmas Carol as
- 2020 · The Grinning Man as Lady Trelaw / Quake
- 2019 · Good Omens as Uriel
- 2018 · National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra as Charmian
- 2018 · High Life as Elektra
- 2014 · Outlander as Mercy Woodcock
- 1996 · Silent Witness as DS Blake