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Samya De Meo

Samya De Meo

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About me

2025 highlights include graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), where Samya was the recipient of the Sir John Gielgud Award and the Leverhulme Arts Scholarship; a professional screen debut in Havoc (Netflix); a critically acclaimed stage debut in Tangle Theatre’s UK tour of Julius Caesar; English and Italian global voiceover for Just Cavalli’s new fragrance Give Me Magic; and voicing a principal character in a highly anticipated upcoming video game (2026)

Kenyan and Italian mixed heritage
Multilingual (English, Italian, French, Kiswahili)
EU passport holder (Italy)
 
UK agent: Joi Rouncefield at Simon & How Associates

Information

Place of birth
Mombasa
Height (cm)
168
Eye color
dark brown
Hair color
brown
Hair length
Medium
Place of residence
London (GB)
Housing options
Rome (IT)
Nationality
Italian
Languages
English(native)Italian(native)FrenchSwahili
Dialects
Standard American English(native dialect)Standard British English
Accents
AmericanAfricanArabicEnglishFrenchItalian
Main profession
Actor
Driver's licenses
Car class

Credits

Primary professional training

2023 – 2025
LAMDA - The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts

Film

2025
The New Girl (Short film)
Jasmine Jones (SUP) Louisa Connolly-Burnham
2025
Unperson (Short film)
Angela (LR) Lona Fontaine
2025
Havoc (Feature film)
Hospital receptionist (SUP) Gareth Evans Producer: XYZ Films Distribution: Netflix Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry
2022
The Dispatcher (Short film)
Alana (LR) Bogdana Petrova Written by: Bogdana Petrova
2022
Same But Different
Sofia (LR) Dominic Ryan Producer: What Else Can We Make Distribution: Film Earls Court Written by: Dominic Ryan
2019
2025: The Long Hot Winter
Sammi (SUP) Jake Lancaster Producer: Root Around Pictures Distribution: Film Earls Court
2017
The Atlas of False Desires
Kimmylicious (SUP) Nathan Su Producer: Unknown Fields Division Written by: Nathan Su

Theater

2025
Julius Caesar
Cassius / Portia / Calpurnia (LR) Anna Coombs Theater: Clapham Omnibus Written by: William Shakespeare
2025
Tartuffe, The Imposter
Elmire (LR) Jennifer Tang Theater: LAMDA Written by: Adapted by John Donnelly Originally by Molière
2025
The Amen Corner
Sister Moore Nicholai La Barrie Theater: LAMDA Written by: James Baldwin
2024
The Tempest
Prospero (LR) Sophie Russell Theater: LAMDA Written by: William Shakespeare
2024
The Lovely Bones
Abigail Salmon (LR) Ola Ince Theater: LAMDA
2022
Out of the Picture
Fanny Eaton (LR) Faith Tingle-Bartoli Written by: Angela Bolger
2021
Lost and Found
Mary (LR) Fliss Moore Written by: Maripat Allen