Jessica Sula
Sula in 2012
Born (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 29)
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
EducationGorseinon College
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Jessica Bianca Sula (born 3 May 1994)[1] is a British actress from Swansea, Wales, known for her portrayal of the character Grace Blood in the third generation of the E4 television series Skins and for her role in the M. Night Shyamalan-directed horror film Split (2016).[2]

Early life and education

Sula was born in Swansea[3] to Trinidadian mother Shurla Blades, who has Afro-Trinidadian and Chinese ancestry, and to Steven Sula, a father of German and Estonian heritage.[4] She grew up in Gorseinon, Wales, where she completed her A-levels in Spanish, French and Drama at Gorseinon College.[2]

Career

Sula made her television debut in 2011, portraying Grace Blood in the fifth and sixth series of the E4 teen drama Skins.[5] Afterwards, she gained a supporting role in comedy drama Love and Marriage which was broadcast on ITV in 2013.[6] In 2015, Sula was cast as the lead character, Maddie Graham, in the Freeform drama Recovery Road, alongside Skins co-star Sebastian de Souza.[7] Her first big screen leading role was in Honeytrap, the story of a 15-year-old girl who sets up the murder of a boy who is in love with her.[8] In 2017 she filmed the indie feature Big Fork, in which she played the main character, Emily.[9]

Sula had a recurring role in the 2017 limited series Godless. That same year, it was announced that she would be a series regular for the third season of the series Scream, portraying high school cheerleader Olivia "Liv" Reynolds.[10][11] The season premiered on VH1 on 8 July 2019.[12]

Personal life

Sula plays the guitar and practices karate.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Honeytrap Layla
2016 Split Marcia
2017 The Lovers Erin
2017 The Lost Tina Harmon Short film
2019 All the Little Things We Kill Katy Walker
2020 Big Fork Emily
2023 Malum Jessica Loren
2025 Michael La Toya Jackson Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011–12 Skins Grace Blood E4 TV series (14 episodes)
vocalist in All because of you (episode #6.1)
2013 Love and Marriage Scarlett Quilter
2015 Eye Candy Morgan Episode: "YOLO"
2016 Recovery Road Madeline "Maddie" Graham Lead role[14]
2016 Lucifer Amy Dodd Episode: "Everything's Coming Up Lucifer"
2017 Godless Louise Hobbs 4 episodes
2019 Scream: Resurreccion Olivia "Liv" Reynolds Main role, 6 episodes (season 3)
2019 Epic Night Jessica Britley
2021 Panic Natalie Williams Main role, 10 episodes

References

  1. ^ Richards, Dakota Blue (3 May 2015). "Happy Birthday". twitter.
  2. ^ a b March, Polly (29 January 2011). "Swansea actress beats 8,000 to Skins role". BBC News. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  3. ^ Molloy, Kate (2012). Skins A-Z. John Blake Publishing Ltd. p. 288. ISBN 978-1-84358-392-9.
  4. ^ "Jessica Sula's ethnicity". Twitter status. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  5. ^ "New Skins star Jessica Sula talks about landing her first TV role". Wales Online. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Love and Marriage". itv. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (10 February 2015). "ABC Family Series 'Recovery Road' Tweaks Cast; Jessica Sula To Play Lead". Deadline. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. ^ "'Skins' star Jessica Sula to play lead in new film 'Honeytrap'". Digital Spy. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Big Fork". Big Fork. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  10. ^ Petski, Denise (13 September 2017). "'Scream': Keke Palmer, RJ Cyler, Jessica Sula, More Round Out Season 3 Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  11. ^ Lenker, Maureen (18 September 2017). "Keke Palmer to lead third season of Scream on MTV". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  12. ^ Samhan, Jamie (24 June 2019). "'Scream' Reboot Gets Trailer With Cameo From Paris Jackson". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Jessica Sula plays Grace". Channel 4 Press Info. January 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Recovery Road: Production Begins on New ABC Family TV Series". TV Series Finale. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

External links

Authority control databases
Categories