Biographie

Is a highly-skilled mezzo-soprano.

A highly-skilled painter, she attended the Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.

Is a former member of the National Youth Theatre.

Attended and graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, England (2009).

Her older sister Emma Jay Thomas is also an actress. Her older sister Chloe Lucy Thomas is a journalist. Her father David Thomas is an opera singer.

Vivienne Westwood makes such beautifully structured clothes that are especially flattering if you are curvy.

When people come up to me and say, "Oh my God - you're that character", I feel like replying, "No, I'm just like you; it's just a job".

My upbringing has always been quite equal in terms of cultural influences. But it's unlikely that anything could prepare you for a job that involves belting out Proclaimers songs on camera, in Edinburgh and in public.

My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I thought about doing the same thing but then realised straight acting was for me.

I've felt the pressure of wanting to be known as a young actress rather than just Alisha from Misfits (2009).