Cara Theobold
Born
Cara Louise Theobold

(1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 (age 34)
Wakefield, England
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation(s)Actress, voice actress

Cara Louise Theobold (born 8 January 1990)[1] is an English actress. She made her debut as Ivy Stuart in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey (2012–2013). She has since starred in the BBC series The Syndicate and Together (both 2015), the E4 comedy Crazyhead (2016), and the Amazon Prime thriller Absentia (2017–2020).

She also voiced Tracer in the video game Overwatch.

Early life

Theobold was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. She attended Outwood Grange Academy before going on to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[2]

Career

During the 2011 Christmas holidays of her final year at the Guildhall, Theobold auditioned for the Downton Abbey role of Ivy Stuart.[1] She was allowed to finish her final year of drama school early to begin filming the series at Easter.[1] Theobold characterised Ivy as "ambitious" and "a dreamer".[3] She returned for the fourth series of the show in 2013.[3] Her work on the series resulted in her being a co-recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

In 2014, Theobold made a guest appearance on the TV sitcom Lovesick (formerly known as Scrotal Recall).[4] In 2015, she appeared in two episodes of Last Tango in Halifax as Holly,[5] and in an episode of Call the Midwife.[6] She next starred as Sarah, a housekeeper for a stately home, one of the main characters in the third series of The Syndicate, which aired in spring 2015.[7] She is also the voice actress for Tracer in the video games Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm, and starred in the E4/Netflix original series Crazyhead alongside Susan Wokoma.[8][9] In 2016, it was announced that Theobold would star in Absentia along with Stana Katic and Patrick Heusinger. In 2019, she appeared in ITV2 series Zomboat! as “fiery, feisty and very much the centre of her own universe” Jo, one of the show's main characters.[10] In 2018, she played the part of Victoria Brown in the Polish film, 303 Squadron.

Filmography

Film

Year(s) Title Role Notes
2016 Zombie Spring Breakers Ellie
2018 Ready Player One Tracer [11]
2018 303 Squadron (Dywizjon 303. Historia prawdziwa) Victoria Brown
2019 Around the sun Maggie
2021 Promises Jane

Television

Year(s) Title Role Notes
2012–2013 Downton Abbey Ivy Stuart Main role; 15 episodes
2014 Lovesick Ilona McLeod Guest role
2015 Last Tango in Halifax Holly Guest role
2015 Call the Midwife Marie Amos Guest role
2015 The Syndicate Sarah Main role; 6 episodes
2015 Together Ellen Main role; 6 episodes
2015 Harry Price Ghosthunter Sarah Grey (Housemaid) Main role (TV movie)
2016 Crazyhead Amy Main role
2017–2020 Absentia Alice Durand Main role (Seasons 1–2)
Guest role (Season 3)
2019 Kiri Lucy Guest role
2019 Manhunt Laura Marsh Main role
2019 Zomboat! Jo Main role
2023 Death in Paradise Rose Dalton Guest star
2023 The Long Shadow WPC Jill Adams Guest role

Video games

Year(s) Title Role Notes
2016 Overwatch Tracer Voice
2016–present Heroes of the Storm Tracer Voice
2022 Elden Ring Nepheli Loux Voice
2022–present Overwatch 2 Tracer Voice

References

  1. ^ a b c "Former Outwood Grange pupil Cara Theobold to star in ITV 1 drama Downton Abbey". Wakefield Express. 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ^ Whitehead, Dan (7 October 2019). "Cara Theobold: Downton and the undead". Big Issue North. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b Walker-Arnott, Ellie (11 November 2013). "Downton Abbey's Cara Theobold on the show's acting greats, her 'telly mummy' and what's next for Ivy". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Scrotal Recall:Series 1, episode 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Last Tango in Halifax: Series 3 – Episode 4". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ^ Walker-Arnott, Ellie (8 January 2015). "Call the Midwife series 4 trailer: Downton Abbey stars, social scandal and a proposal for Trixie". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. ^ Dowell, Ben (21 October 2014). "Lenny Henry, Anthony Andrews and Elizabeth Berrington to star in series three of The Syndicate". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Crazyhead, new series from Misfits creator, to debut on E4 & Netflix – Channel 4 – Info – Press". Channel 4. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  9. ^ Susan Wokoma [@susan_wokoma] (17 July 2017). "Lots of people have asked & no, #Crazyhead is no more. Good to know @BuzzFeed (& so many of u lot) know a gem eh?! 😝(Chewing Gum here too)" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 December 2017 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Zomboat! – Cara Theobold and Ryan McKen cast interviews". Virgin Media. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  11. ^ Kim, Matt (10 December 2017). "New Ready Player One Trailer Has a Tracer and Chun-Li Cameo". USgamer. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

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