Olivia-Mai Barrett

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Olivia-Mai Barrett is an English actress from London, United Kingdom. She began her career in music videos and the Disney series Penny on M.A.R.S. in which she played the title role and Alex & Co. on the Disney Channel.

Olivia-Mai Barrett
Born
EducationItalia Conti
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

In 2019, she was the sole actress in the last of eight episodes of the BBC mini-series, Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle, a series showing life in the UK for successive generations of people with Caribbean heritage, as Michaela Williams.[1] In The Observer, Kwame Kwei-Armah was quoted as saying "Her performance was incredible, I was amazed at how she brought such empathy and insight to the part".[2] Barrett shares the same background as her character in the series, as her father is mixed-race and her grandfather Jamaican; the Windrush story is part of her family background.[2]

In 2020 she starred in the film My Dad's Christmas Date.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Note(s)
2008 Gigi Little Girl
2012 School For Stars Herself
2017 Alex & Co. Penny Mendez 4 episodes
2018–2020 Penny on M.A.R.S. Main role
2019 Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle Michaela Williams[3] Episode: "Michaela"
2022 Rebel Cheer Squad Meg "Mouse" Beeman Recurring cast
2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth Alicia Episode: "Hallo Spaceboy"
2023 Invasion Ryder Evans 7 Episodes
TBA Amadeus

Films

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Year Title Role
2020 My Dad's Christmas Date Jules
2023 Kandahar Ida Harris

Music Videos

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Year Title Artist Role
2015 Don't Give Up On Love Blinkie Girl

References

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  1. ^ https://youngviclondon.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/soon-gone-a-windrush-chronicle/ [dead link]
  2. ^ a b Ryder, Matthew (12 May 2019). "What does Archie tell us about mixed-race Britain?" – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. ^ "BBC - Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle".
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