Gloria Obianyo

Gloria Obianyo

Birthday: 1995-09-21

Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England, UK

Biography: 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

Movies

National Theatre Live: Paradise
National Theatre Live: Paradise

When a young soldier appears, his hope of escape comes with suspicion. And as an old enemy also emer...

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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying n...

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Girl on Girl
Girl on Girl

On move in day, a lesbian couple are forced to acknowledge that the problems between them don’t just...

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High Life
High Life

A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation....

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Dune
Dune

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, ...

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National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of R...

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The Grinning Man
The Grinning Man

A strange new act has arrived at the fairground. Who is Grinpayne and how did he get his hideous smi...

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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

Playwright Jack Thorne and director Matthew Warchus offer a magical new interpretation of Charles Di...

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