Cara Theobold

Cara Louise Theobold (born 8 January 1990)[1] is an English actress who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her first acting role was Ivy Stuart in the third and fourth series of television period drama Downton Abbey and is also known for voice acting as Tracer in the video game Overwatch.

Cara Theobold
Born
Cara Louise Theobold

(1990-01-08) 8 January 1990
Wakefield, England
NationalityEnglish
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActress
Voice Actress

Life and career

Theobold was educated at Outwood Grange Academy before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She initially auditioned for the Downton Abbey role of Ivy over Christmas 2011, during her final year.[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".[2] She returned for the fourth series of the show in 2013.[2] 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).[3] In 2015, she appeared in two episodes of Last Tango in Halifax as Holly,[4] and an episode of Call the Midwife.[5] She starred as Sarah, a housekeeper at a stately home and one of the main characters, in the third series of The Syndicate, which aired in spring 2015.[6] 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.[7][8] 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.[9] In 2018, she played the part of Victoria Brown in the Polish film, 303 Squadron.

Filmography

Film
Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2016Zombie Spring BreakersEllie
2018 Ready Player One Tracer [10]
2018 303 Squadron (Dywizjon 303. Historia prawdziwa) Victoria Brown
2019 Around the sun Maggie

Television
Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2012–2013Downton AbbeyIvy StuartMain role
2014LovesickIlona McLeodGuest role
2015Last Tango in HalifaxHollyGuest role
2015Call the MidwifeMarie AmosGuest role
2015The SyndicateSarahMain role (Season 3)
2015TogetherEllenMain role
2015Harry Price GhosthunterSarah Grey (Housemaid)Main role (TV Movie)
2016CrazyheadAmyMain role
2017–2020AbsentiaAlice DurandMain role (Seasons 1–2)
Guest role (Season 3)
2019KiriLucyGuest role
2019ManhuntLaura MarshMain role
2019Zomboat!JoMain role

Video games
Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2016–presentOverwatchTracerVoice
2016–presentHeroes of the StormTracerVoice

References
  1. "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. 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.
  3. "Scrotal Recall:Series 1, episode 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. "Last Tango in Halifax: Series 3 – Episode 4". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "Crazyhead, new series from Misfits creator, to debut on E4 & Netflix – Channel 4 – Info – Press". Channel 4. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  8. Susan Wokoma [@susan_wokoma] (16 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.
  9. "Zomboat! – Cara Theobold and Ryan McKen cast interviews". Virgin Media. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  10. 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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