Safia Oakley-Green

Safia Grace Oakley-Green (born June 2001) is an English actress. She won a British Independent Film Award for her performance in the horror film The Origin (2022). She was named a 2023 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. Early life Oakley-Green was born in Southwark, London before moving to Derbyshire. She trained at the Television Workshop in Nottingham. She studied psychology at University. Career In 2021, she appeared in the horror short film Requiem alongside fellow Television Workshop alumnus Bella Ramsey. The short picked up increased attention from after Ramsey's performance in the HBO television series The Last of Us raised her profile. Oakley-Green made her feature film debut in the 2021 biopic The Colour Room for Sky Cinema alongside Phoebe Dynevor. She made her television debut as Cinderella Jackson in the 2022 BBC One crime drama Sherwood. Also in 2022, she starred in the Scottish caveman horror The Origin, for which she received the British Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performance in December 2022.