
Gloria Obianyo
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1995-09-21 (29 years old)
Place of Birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Gloria Obianyo
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
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Osprey Agent
(2023)
(2021)
Dune
as Female Fremen
(2021)
National Theatre Live: Paradise
as Neoptolemus
(2020)
(2020)
The Grinning Man
as Lady Trelaw / Quake
(2018)
High Life
as Elektra
(2018)
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
as Charmian