Tracy Ifeachor

Tracy Ifeachor
Born	Chinwe Tracy Ifeachor Plymouth, Devon, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–present

Tracy Ifeachor // ^ⓘ is a British television and theatre actress. She is best known for playing the role of Aya Al-Rashid in The CW vampire series The Originals, and Abigail Naismith in the Doctor Who Christmas special, "The End of Time". She plays main role of duty solicitor Cleo Roberts in the 2021 BBC drama, Showtrial. She stars as Dr. Heather Collins in the 2025 Max medical drama The Pitt.

Early life and education

Tracy Ifeachor was born in Plymouth, Devon,[1] England, where she attended Plymouth College preparatory school followed by the secondary school Eggbuckland College, also in Plymouth.[2]

Ifeachor attended The Raleigh School of Speech and Drama under the tutorship of Norma Blake[2] and the Deborah Bond Dance academy, where she enjoyed the ISTD syllabus in tap, ballet, modern, and jazz dance.[3]

After completing her A-levels, Ifeachor used her gap year to audition for London drama schools and gained a scholarship to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London[3] (later merged into the Central School of Speech and Drama).^[citation needed]

Career

After graduation from drama school, Ifeachor appeared in her first feature film, Blooded, directed by Ed Boase,^[citation needed] and also appeared in two commercials. She made her theatre debut as Minerva in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Noughts & Crosses, directed and adapted by Dominic Cooke, before making her television debut as Leila in the "No Going Back" episode of BBC One’s Casualty.^[citation needed]

Ifeachor went on to play Rosalind in Tim Supple’s As You Like It for the opening of the new Curve Theatre in Leicester. Whilst rehearsing, Ifeachor was offered the role of Abigail Naismith in David Tennant’s final two Doctor Who episodes ("The End Of Time" Parts One and Two) which were broadcast at Christmas 2009 and on New Year's Day 2010.[4] She played the daughter of the billionaire Joshua Naismith (David Harewood) who wanted his daughter to have immortality and live forever.[3]

Ifeachor played the role of Beneatha in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun, directed by Michael Buffong for the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester which opened to rave reviews. She also played Ismene at The National Theatre in the premiere of Moira Buffini's play Welcome to Thebes, directed by Richard Eyre from 15 June to September 2010.[5]

Ifeachor's radio work includes the role of Queenie in the 2011 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial production of Edna Ferber's Show Boat.^[citation needed]

In 2016, Ifeachor was cast in the ABC thriller series Quantico in the recurring role of Lydia Hall.[6]

She plays the main role of duty solicitor Cleo Roberts in the 2021 BBC drama, Showtrial.[7]

Other activities

Ifeachor is a member of Central’s independent equity committee[8] and was made an honorary fellow of the school in 2022.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Blooded	Eve Jourdan
2016	Billionaire Ransom	Nora Paulson	Originally titled Take Down
2021	Confetti	Ms. Rachel
2023	Wonka	Dorothy Smith

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Casualty	Lila	Series 23; Episode 21: "No Going Back"
2009–2010	Doctor Who	Abigail Naismith	2 episodes: "The End of Time (Parts 1 & 2)"
2012	Strike Back	Lilian Lutulu	Series 3; Episodes 7 & 8: "Vengeance: Parts 7 & 8"
2013	Jo	Laure	Mini-series; Episode 4: "Invalides"
2014	Crossbones	Nenna Ajanlekoko	Series regular; Episodes 1–9
	Hawaii Five-0	Eris	Series 5; Episode 7: "Ina Paha"
2015–2016	The Originals	Aya Al-Rashid	Recurring role. Series 3; 9 episodes
2016	Spark	Logan Reese	(unknown episodes)
2016–2017	Quantico	Lydia Bates	Recurring role. Series 2; 11 episodes
2017–2018	Legends of Tomorrow	Kuasa Jiwe	Recurring role. Series 3; 7 episodes
2019	Treadstone	Tara Coleman	Main role. Episodes 1–10
2021	Showtrial	Cleo Roberts	Main role. Series 1; Episodes 1–5
2022	Curious George	Ciku (voice)	Series 15; Episode 5: "Count on George to Deliver / The Baby Elephant"
	Mayflies	Iona	Episodes 1 & 2	[10]
	Treason	Dede Alexander	Mini-series; Episodes 1–5	[11]
2024	Twilight of the Gods	Freya (voice)	Episodes 3 & 7: "You Will Gladden His Ravens" and "If I Had a Hammer"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Eternal Throne	Elarea Aldraste / Lord Adacin / Major Korven (voice)
2023	Star Wars Jedi: Survivor	Santari Khri (voice)		[12]
	Starfield	Anna Imani / Abigail Morgan (voice)
	Spider-Man 2	Kraven's Hunters (voice)

References

1. "Tracy Ifeachor". BBA Shakespeare. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
2. "Who's that girl?". 23 December 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2019 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
3. "Tracy Ifeachor, actress- Doctor Who – David Tennant – Western Morning News". Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
4. "therichardstonepartnership.co.uk". www.therichardstonepartnership.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
5. "Official London Theatre". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
6. Stanhope, Kate (19 July 2016). "'Quantico' Taps 'The Originals,' 'Criminal Minds' Alums for Recurring Roles (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
7. "Tracy Ifeachor shines in BBC One's Showtrial and her US TV roles". 31 October 2021.
8. "Independent Equity Committee". The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
9. "Congratulations to Central's Class of 2022". The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
10. "Mayflies - Meet the cast and creatives behind the drama that 'discovers the joy and the costs of love'". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
11. Robinson, Andy (25 December 2022). "Meet the cast of Treason on Netflix". RadioTimes. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
12. Saunders, Toby (29 April 2023). "Star Wars Jedi: Survivor cast – Confirmed voice actors & how you know them". Radio Times. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

External links

• Tracy Ifeachor at IMDb
• Ifeachor Tracy: Artist Profile