Sofia Oxenham

Oxenham has an Australian father and Cornish mother, two brothers and a sister. Oxenham was born in France but grew up in Devon before the family moved to Cornwall when she was a teenager.

Oxenham was a keen actress and participated in school plays and local amateur dramatic productions in Cornwall. Twice she reached the final round of RADA interviews without becoming a successful applicant. She moved to London and worked as a runner on a film set and got paid to perform at children parties before a third application was successful.[1] She graduated from RADA in 2017.[2]

Oxenham's television roles have included playing series 5 regular Tess Tregidden on BBC One’s series Poldark,[3] a recurring role as Eydis on Netflix series Cursed, as well as having parts on Doc Martin, Dracula, Soulmates, and Grantchester.[4][5]

Since 2023 Oxenham played in the lead role of Carrie in the Disney+ superhero comedy series Extraordinary.[6] Carrie has the ability to communicate with spirits from beyond the world of living.[7] Oxenham described it as the first comedic role she had ever performed.[8] Mike Hale in The New York Times praised her for the communicating beyond the grave scenes which “a lip-syncing Oxenham does to great comic effect”.[9] The show was well received and renewed for a second season by Disney+ in January 2023.[10] In March 2024, she was nominated in the “Female performance in a comedy programme” category at the 2024 British Academy Television Awards.[11]

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