
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
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Acting History
2024
Eric as Angela
2023Girl on Girl
2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Osprey Agent
2022Riches as Young Oyin
2022Andor as Snee
2021Dune as Female Fremen
2021National Theatre Live: Paradise as Neoptolemus
2020A Christmas Carol
2020The Grinning Man as Lady Trelaw / Quake
2019Good Omens as Uriel
2018National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra as Charmian
2018High Life as Elektra
2014Outlander as Mercy Woodcock
1996Silent Witness as DS Blake









