
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
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14 Credits
Outlander
as Mercy Woodcock
2014

Silent Witness
as DS Blake
1996

Andor
as Snee
2022

Dune
as Female Fremen
2021

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Osprey Agent
2023

Good Omens
as Uriel
2019

Eric
as Angela
2024

High Life
as Elektra
2018

Riches
as Young Oyin
2022

National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
as Charmian
2018

A Christmas Carol
2020

National Theatre Live: Paradise
as Neoptolemus
2021