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'''Indica Elizabeth Watson''' (born 20 January 2010) is an English actress. She is known for her work in BBC television drama series ''[[The Missing (British TV series)|The Missing]]'' and for playing the young [[Eurus Holmes]] in British crime drama ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]''.
'''Indica Elizabeth Watson''' (born 20 January 2010) is an English actress. She is best known for her work in television series ''[[Who Is Erin Carter?]]'', ''[[The Midwich Cuckoos (TV series)|The Midwich Cuckoos]]'', ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' and ''[[The Missing (British TV series)|The Missing]]'', as well as feature films ''[[A Boy Called Christmas]]'', ''[[Radioactive (film)|Radioactive]]'' and ''[[Louis Wain (film)|The Electrical Life of Louis Wain]]''.


==Career==
==Career==
Watson's first acting appearance was in a short film in London when she was five years old. Featuring Irish actress [[Fiona O'Shaughnessy]], the six-minute film ''Who Are You?'' was commissioned by [[Somerset House]].<ref>Somerset House Official Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/somersethouselondon/videos retrieved 3 April 2018</ref><br>From this she was auditioned for the second series of television drama ''[[The Missing (British TV series)|The Missing]]'' and was cast in the role of Lucy. The series was first screened in the UK in October 2016 and was a major critical success.<ref>"The Missing: Season 2” https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_missing/s02 retrieved 3 April 2018</ref><br>Her next role was in the popular crime drama ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' with [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] and [[Martin Freeman]]. She portrayed the young [[Eurus Holmes]] (as "Little Eurus"), Sherlock's younger sister, winning praise for her performance from the ''[[Daily Express]]''.<ref>[[Daily Express]] http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/754593/Sherlock-The-Final-Problem-review-Moriarty-Andrew-Scott-Benedict-Cumberbatch retrieved 3 April 2018</ref><br>She spent three months filming espionage thriller ''[[Deep State (TV Series)|Deep State]]'' in Morocco and Southern England. Starring British actor [[Mark Strong]] and directed by [[Robert Connolly]] and writer/[[showrunner]] Matthew Parkhill, the eight-part series was released in April 2018.<ref>[[Deep State (TV series)]]</ref>
Watson's first acting appearance was in a short film in [[London]] when she was 5 years old. The six-minute film ''Who Are You?'' was commissioned by [[Somerset House]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somerset House - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/somersethouselondon/videos |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> After this she auditioned for the second series of television drama ''[[The Missing (British TV series)|The Missing]]'' and was cast in the role of Lucy. The series was first screened in the UK in October 2016 and was a critical success.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Missing - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_missing/s02 |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>


Her next role was in the crime drama ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' with [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] and [[Martin Freeman]]. She played the young [[Eurus Holmes]] (as "Little Eurus"), Sherlock's younger sister, winning praise for her performance from the ''[[Daily Express]]''.<ref>[[Daily Express]] http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/754593/Sherlock-The-Final-Problem-review-Moriarty-Andrew-Scott-Benedict-Cumberbatch retrieved 3 April 2018</ref>
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Watson's first performance in a leading role was in the [[British Film Institute|BFI]]-funded [[psychological horror]] short film ''Martyrs Lane'', written and directed by [[Ruth Platt]]. This was quickly followed by her second leading role in the short independent film ''Nurtured''.<br>In April 2019 it was announced that Watson had been cast alongside [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Sally Hawkins]], [[Kristen Wiig]], [[Toby Jones]] and [[Maggie Smith]] in ''[[A Boy Called Christmas]]'', a feature film adaptation of the acclaimed novel by [[Matt Haig]] about the origins of [[Father Christmas]].<ref>Variety https://variety.com/2019/film/news/netflix-a-boy-called-christmas-jim-broadbent-sally-hawkins-maggie-smith-kristen-wiig-studiocanal-blueprint-1203189563/ retrieved 26 April 2019</ref><br>Filming began in August 2019 for ''[[Louis Wain (film)|The Electrical Life of Louis Wain]]'' in which Watson plays Young Felicie Wain. This is the second time she has played a younger sister to [[Benedict Cumberbatch]]'s title role.<ref>[[Louis Wain (film)|Louis Wain]]</ref>


She spent three months filming the espionage thriller ''[[Deep State (TV Series)|Deep State]]'' in Morocco and Southern England. The eight-part series was released in April 2018.<ref>[[Deep State (TV series)]]</ref>{{circular inline |date=May 2024}}
In October 2019 she performed on stage with legendary punk group [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]] at the [[London Palladium]] for A Night of a Thousand Vampires.<ref>[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] January 2020 edition</ref> The concert was released as a film in October 2022. In November 2019 she appeared as Charlotte Day in BBC drama [[miniseries]] ''[[Gold Digger (TV series)|Gold Digger]]'' with [[Julia Ormond]] and [[Ben Barnes (actor)|Ben Barnes]].<br>Watson was cast in [[Marjane Satrapi]]'s film ''[[Radioactive (film)|Radioactive]]'' as a young [[Irene Curie]] alongside [[Rosamund Pike]], [[Anya Taylor-Joy]] and [[Sam Riley]] which was originally due out in cinemas during Spring 2020. Owing to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] its release was delayed until the summer when it was released on [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref>[[Prime Video]] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radioactive-Rosamund-Pike/dp/B085YFC3H5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=radioactive+film&qid=1638285639&sr=8-1/ retrieved 30 November 2021</ref> Watson received particular praise for her role from the [[Evening Standard|London Evening Standard]].<ref>[[London Evening Standard]] https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/radioactive-review-rosamund-pike-marie-curie-a4474056.html retrieved 16 October 2020</ref><br>In 2020 Watson narrated the audiobook ''Moojag and the Auticode Secret'' by N.E. McMorran.<ref>[[Audible]] https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Moojag-and-the-Auticode-Secret-Audiobook/B08S3WJV1R?ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_230935_rh_uk/ retrieved 22 March 2022</ref><p>In November 2021 Watson attended the UK premiere of ''[[A Boy Called Christmas]]'' at London's [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] wearing the prosthetic ears of her elf character Little Noosh.<ref>[[Getty]] https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/indica-watson-attends-the-uk-premiere-of-a-boy-called-news-photo/1353453875/ retrieved 26 November 2021</ref></p><p>Adapted for television by [[David Farr (theatre director)|David Farr]] from [[John Wyndham]]'s 1957 novel of the same name,''[[The Midwich Cuckoos (TV series)|The Midwich Cuckoos]]'' was released in June 2022. Watson played the character of Evie Stone alongside [[Keeley Hawes]], [[Max Beesley]] and [[Synnøve Karlsen]] in this sinister sci-fi drama series.<ref>[[Twitter]] https://twitter.com/SiblingSecret/status/1529853362786734081/ retrieved 31 May 2022</ref><br>Watson spent six months living in Barcelona during 2022 while filming the [[Netflix]] series [[Who Is Erin Carter?]] with [[Evin Ahmad]] and [[Sean Teale]].<ref>[[Twitter]] https://twitter.com/SiblingSecret/status/1567811364797747201 Retrieved 14 August 2023</ref> She plays Erin Carter’s troubled daughter, Harper. The series airs on Netflix worldwide from 24 August 2023.</p>

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Watson's first performance in a leading role was in the [[British Film Institute|BFI]]-funded [[psychological horror]] short film ''Martyrs Lane'', written and directed by [[Ruth Platt]]. This was followed by her second leading role in the short independent film ''Nurtured''. In April 2019 it was announced that Watson had been cast alongside [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Sally Hawkins]], [[Kristen Wiig]], [[Toby Jones]] and [[Maggie Smith]] in ''[[A Boy Called Christmas]]'', a feature film adaptation of the novel by [[Matt Haig]] about the origins of [[Father Christmas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Stewart |date=2019-04-15 |title=Netflix Boards ‘A Boy Called Christmas’ With Jim Broadbent, Kristen Wiig in Ensemble Cast |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/netflix-a-boy-called-christmas-jim-broadbent-sally-hawkins-maggie-smith-kristen-wiig-studiocanal-blueprint-1203189563/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

Filming began in August 2019 for ''[[Louis Wain (film)|The Electrical Life of Louis Wain]]'' in which Watson plays Young Felicie Wain.

In October 2019 she performed on stage with the punk group [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]] at the [[London Palladium]] for A Night of a Thousand Vampires.<ref>[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] January 2020 edition</ref> The concert was released as a film in October 2022.

In November 2019 she appeared as Charlotte Day in BBC drama [[miniseries]] ''[[Gold Digger (TV series)|Gold Digger]]'' with [[Julia Ormond]] and [[Ben Barnes (actor)|Ben Barnes]].

Watson was cast in [[Marjane Satrapi]]'s film ''[[Radioactive (film)|Radioactive]]'' as the young [[Irene Curie]]; the film was originally due out in cinemas in spring 2020. Owing to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] its release was delayed until the summer when it was released on [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref>[[Prime Video]] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radioactive-Rosamund-Pike/dp/B085YFC3H5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=radioactive+film&qid=1638285639&sr=8-1/ retrieved 30 November 2021</ref> Watson received praise for her role from the [[Evening Standard|London Evening Standard]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Sullivan |first=Charlotte |date=2020-06-19 |title=Radioactive: Rosamund Pike is in her element in whizz-bang biopic |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/radioactive-review-rosamund-pike-is-in-her-element-in-this-whizz-bang-biopic-a4474056.html |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref>

In 2020 Watson narrated the audiobook ''Moojag and the Auticode Secret'' by N.E. McMorran.<ref>[[Audible (service)|Audible]] https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Moojag-and-the-Auticode-Secret-Audiobook/B08S3WJV1R?ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_230935_rh_uk/ retrieved 22 March 2022</ref>

Adapted for television by [[David Farr (theatre director)|David Farr]] from [[John Wyndham]]'s 1957 novel of the same name,''[[The Midwich Cuckoos (TV series)|The Midwich Cuckoos]]'' was released in June 2022. Watson played the character of Evie Stone in this sci-fi drama series.<ref>[[Twitter]] https://twitter.com/SiblingSecret/status/1529853362786734081/ retrieved 31 May 2022</ref> Watson spent six months living in Barcelona during 2022 while filming the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Who Is Erin Carter?]]'' with [[Evin Ahmad]] and [[Sean Teale]].<ref>[[Twitter]] https://twitter.com/SiblingSecret/status/1567811364797747201 Retrieved 14 August 2023</ref> She played Erin Carter’s troubled daughter, Harper. Her performance drew praise from ''[[The Guardian]]'' who described Watson as "a preternaturally gifted actor".<ref> {{Cite news |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |date=2023-08-24 |title=Who Is Erin Carter? review – the real question is: who cares? |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/24/who-is-erin-carter-review-the-real-question-is-who-cares |access-date=2023-10-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Parkinson |first=Hannah Jane |date=2023-08-27 |title=The week in TV: Fisk; The Price of Truth; And Just Like That; Who Is Erin Carter |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/27/the-week-in-tv-fisk-the-price-of-truth-and-just-like-that-who-is-erin-carter-review |access-date=2023-10-18 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> The series premiered on [[Netflix]] on 24 August 2023, going on to be the most watched Netflix show in the world the following week.<ref> [[Netflix]] Global Top 10 https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/tv Retrieved 1 September 2023</ref></p>


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Indica Watson
Watson attending the London Premiere of Radioactive in 2020
Born
Indica Elizabeth Watson

(2010-01-20) 20 January 2010 (age 14)[1]
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Indica Elizabeth Watson (born 20 January 2010) is an English actress. She is best known for her work in television series Who Is Erin Carter?, The Midwich Cuckoos, Sherlock and The Missing, as well as feature films A Boy Called Christmas, Radioactive and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.

Career

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Watson's first acting appearance was in a short film in London when she was 5 years old. The six-minute film Who Are You? was commissioned by Somerset House.[2] After this she auditioned for the second series of television drama The Missing and was cast in the role of Lucy. The series was first screened in the UK in October 2016 and was a critical success.[3]

Her next role was in the crime drama Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. She played the young Eurus Holmes (as "Little Eurus"), Sherlock's younger sister, winning praise for her performance from the Daily Express.[4]

She spent three months filming the espionage thriller Deep State in Morocco and Southern England. The eight-part series was released in April 2018.[5][circular reference]

Watson's first performance in a leading role was in the BFI-funded psychological horror short film Martyrs Lane, written and directed by Ruth Platt. This was followed by her second leading role in the short independent film Nurtured. In April 2019 it was announced that Watson had been cast alongside Jim Broadbent, Sally Hawkins, Kristen Wiig, Toby Jones and Maggie Smith in A Boy Called Christmas, a feature film adaptation of the novel by Matt Haig about the origins of Father Christmas.[6]

Filming began in August 2019 for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain in which Watson plays Young Felicie Wain.

In October 2019 she performed on stage with the punk group The Damned at the London Palladium for A Night of a Thousand Vampires.[7] The concert was released as a film in October 2022.

In November 2019 she appeared as Charlotte Day in BBC drama miniseries Gold Digger with Julia Ormond and Ben Barnes.

Watson was cast in Marjane Satrapi's film Radioactive as the young Irene Curie; the film was originally due out in cinemas in spring 2020. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic its release was delayed until the summer when it was released on Amazon Prime Video.[8] Watson received praise for her role from the London Evening Standard.[9]

In 2020 Watson narrated the audiobook Moojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMorran.[10]

Adapted for television by David Farr from John Wyndham's 1957 novel of the same name,The Midwich Cuckoos was released in June 2022. Watson played the character of Evie Stone in this sci-fi drama series.[11] Watson spent six months living in Barcelona during 2022 while filming the Netflix series Who Is Erin Carter? with Evin Ahmad and Sean Teale.[12] She played Erin Carter’s troubled daughter, Harper. Her performance drew praise from The Guardian who described Watson as "a preternaturally gifted actor".[13][14] The series premiered on Netflix on 24 August 2023, going on to be the most watched Netflix show in the world the following week.[15]

Television

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2016 The Missing Lucy Ben Chanan Series 2, 4 episodes
2017 Sherlock Little Eurus Holmes Benjamin Caron Series 4, episode 3: The Final Problem
2018 Waffle the Wonder Dog Poppy Essam Jack Jameson Series 1, episode 9: Waffle and the Good Dog
2018 True Horror Meemi-Rose Rob Savage Series episode 2: Ghost in the Wall
2018 Deep State Lola Easton Robert Connolly

Matthew Parkhill

Series 1, 8 episodes
2019 Grantchester Jessica Rob Evans Series 4, episode 5
2019 Gold Digger Charlotte Day Vanessa Caswill

David Evans

5 episodes
2022 The Midwich Cuckoos Evie Stone Börkur Sigthorsson episodes 6 & 7
2023 Who Is Erin Carter? Harper Carter Bill Eagles

Ashley Way
Savina Dellicour

6 episodes

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2019 Martyrs Lane Leah Ruth Platt Short film

Lead role

2019 Nurtured Alex Ben Pearce Short film

Lead role

2020 Radioactive Young Irene Curie Marjane Satrapi Feature film
2021 A Boy Called Christmas Little Noosh Gil Kenan Feature film
2021 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Young Felicie Wain Will Sharpe Feature film
2022 The Laureate Catherine Nicholson William Nunez Feature film
2022 The Damned: A Night of a Thousand Vampires Claudia Martin Gooch Live concert film

Audiobooks

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Year Title Role Author
2020 Moojag and the Auticode Secret Nema/Narrator N.E. McMorran

References

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  1. ^ Twitter https://x.com/SiblingSecret/status/1748722992203321413 retrieved 5 June 2024
  2. ^ "Somerset House - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. ^ "The Missing - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. ^ Daily Express http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/754593/Sherlock-The-Final-Problem-review-Moriarty-Andrew-Scott-Benedict-Cumberbatch retrieved 3 April 2018
  5. ^ Deep State (TV series)
  6. ^ Clarke, Stewart (15 April 2019). "Netflix Boards 'A Boy Called Christmas' With Jim Broadbent, Kristen Wiig in Ensemble Cast". Variety. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  7. ^ Classic Rock January 2020 edition
  8. ^ Prime Video https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radioactive-Rosamund-Pike/dp/B085YFC3H5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=radioactive+film&qid=1638285639&sr=8-1/ retrieved 30 November 2021
  9. ^ O'Sullivan, Charlotte (19 June 2020). "Radioactive: Rosamund Pike is in her element in whizz-bang biopic". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  10. ^ Audible https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Moojag-and-the-Auticode-Secret-Audiobook/B08S3WJV1R?ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_230935_rh_uk/ retrieved 22 March 2022
  11. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/SiblingSecret/status/1529853362786734081/ retrieved 31 May 2022
  12. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/SiblingSecret/status/1567811364797747201 Retrieved 14 August 2023
  13. ^ Mangan, Lucy (24 August 2023). "Who Is Erin Carter? review – the real question is: who cares?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  14. ^ Parkinson, Hannah Jane (27 August 2023). "The week in TV: Fisk; The Price of Truth; And Just Like That; Who Is Erin Carter". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  15. ^ Netflix Global Top 10 https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/tv Retrieved 1 September 2023
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