Rhianne Barreto

Rhianne Barreto
Bornc. 1998
Kensington and Chelsea, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present

Rhianne Gabrielle H. Barreto (born c. 1998) is a British actress. Her work includes the film Share (2019), the ITV drama Honour (2020), and as Rani Rekowski in the BBC One and Amazon Prime Video series The Outlaws (2021–).

Early life and education

Rhianne Gabrielle H. Barreto[citation needed] was born around 1998[1] in Kensington and Chelsea, one of nine children to mother Tracey Barreto, who is British, and father Ramsey Barreto, who was born in Iraq and is of Indian and Portuguese heritage.[2][3]

She attended Bishop Ramsey School, the National Youth Theatre and the BRIT School.[1]

Career

In 2018, Barreto was named as one of the Screen International Stars of Tomorrow.[4]

She appeared in the 2019 Amazon Prime Video action drama series Hanna (2019) and won the Breakthrough Performance award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival for her role in Share.[1][5]

Barreto co-starred alongside Keeley Hawes in the 2020 ITV drama series Honour, in which she played the sister of real-life murder victim Banaz Mahmod.[1]

She is one of the seven members of the ensemble cast in the comic crime thriller series The Outlaws, which premiered on BBC One and Amazon Prime Video in 2021. A second series, filmed concurrently,[1] was released in June 2022,[6] with a third series on 30 May 2024.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Signs Mariam Short film
Share Mandy Lundy

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Fright Bites Natalie Episode: "Tickle Monster"
2017 Little Boy Blue Girl 1 episode
2018 Strike Back Maya Episode: "Retribution: Part 6"
2019 Hanna Sophie Season 1; 5 episodes
2020 Isolation Stories Carly Episode: "Mel"
Honour Bekhal Mahmod Miniseries
2021–present The Outlaws Rani Rekowski Main role
2023 No Escape Kitty Main role[8][9]

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Dixi Scarlett 40 episodes

Audio

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Day by Day Stella Podcast episode: "At the Peak of it All"

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2019 Sundance Film Festival Achievement in Acting Share Won

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Rosseinsky, Katie (22 October 2021). "Rhianne Barreto: I'm not going to play the best friend roles any more". Evening Standard. Born in west London, the 23-year-old attended the National Youth Theatre and the BRIT School...
  2. ^ Jube, Anna (22 October 2021). "Rhianne Barreto is worth moving to another country for". The Last Magazine.
  3. ^ Bowen, Sesali (14 May 2019). "Rhianne Baretto: No, She's Not Rihanna". Nylon. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2018". Screen Daily. 4 October 2018.
  5. ^ Salmon, Caspar (22 July 2019). "Rhianne Barreto on her role as a teen struggling with the fallout of her sexual assault". The Face.
  6. ^ The Outlaws - Series 2: Episode 1, retrieved 6 June 2022
  7. ^ Kendall, Ellie (30 April 2024). "Bristol-filmed The Outlaws returns for third series". Bristol Post. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  8. ^ Warner, Sam (13 April 2023). "Tin Star and Honour stars in first-look trailer of new thriller No Escape". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ Goldbart, Max (7 March 2022). "Paramount+ Greenlights Fourth UK Original 'The Blue'; Filming To Commence In Thailand Later This Year". Deadline. Retrieved 17 October 2022.


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