Gloria Obianyo
Known for ActingBorn 1995-09-21Lewisham, London, England, UK
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.
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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
Known for
Dune
2021 · as Female Fremen
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · as Osprey Agent
High Life
2018 · as Elektra
A Christmas Carol
2020
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
2018 · as Charmian
The Grinning Man
2020 · as Lady Trelaw / Quake
National Theatre Live: Paradise
2021 · as Neoptolemus
Girl on Girl
2023