Sai Naomi Bennett (born 30 May 1990) is an English actress and model. She began her career in modeling and gained prominence through her roles in the film The Face of an Angel (2014) and the ITV period drama Mr Selfridge (2014–2015). She has since appeared in the Starz series The Spanish Princess (2020).
Early life and education
Bennett was born in Aldershot, Hampshire and grew up in Hackney, East London with her older sister and younger brother.[2] She is of Welsh descent.[3] She attended the now defunct Royal School, Hampstead and left at sixteen after completing her GCSEs.[4] She traveled and worked odd jobs before her former school drama teacher suggested she try acting. She began taking weekend acting classes and signed with an agent.[5] Her brother also took part in local theatre.[6]
In 2012, Bennett made both her film and television debuts in Trapped as Emily and the first series of the BBC One drama Prisoners' Wives as Saskia. In 2014, she joined the cast of ITV period drama Mr Selfridge for its second and third series as the seamstress Jessie Pertree[9] and played Elizabeth Pryce in Michael Winterbottom's psychological thriller The Face of an Angel.[10] This was followed by roles in the 2015 film Just Jim and the 2016 BBC Two 1940s-set miniseries Close to the Enemy.
Bennett is engaged to chef and restaurateur Matthew Scott. Their first child, a daughter named Edith Scott-Bennett, was born on 26 February 2022 at Homerton University Hospital.[12]