Isabella Rose M. Blake-Thomas (born 21 September 2002) is an English actress, known for her roles as Princess January in '' Secret Society of Second-Born Royals'', Young Zelena in ''

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'', Peggy Kendall in ''

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'' and Sam in ''Maybe I'm Fine''.

Career

Blake-Thomas was born in London. Her first role was at the age of five, when she was selected to present the

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television programme ''

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''. This ran for one season between 2008 and 2009. Later in 2009, she had a minor role in the biographical television film '' Enid'', In 2010, she was cast in an adaptation of the ''

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'' series of books, playing Violet-Elizabeth Bott. Blake-Thomas had a role as 'Izzie', in the 2011 film ''

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''. Her first lead role was in the 2011 independent film ''Little Glory'' as Julie, alongside

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. In 2012, Blake-Thomas played the part of Annabelle Crumb in the

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television film adaptation of the

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book ''

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''. She also appeared in the DreamWorks animation of ''

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''. In 2013, she appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Dancing on the Edge'' alongside

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. In 2014, Blake-Thomas appeared in ''The Smoke'' on BBC and ''

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''. She later appeared in the FX show ''

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'', in 2015. The following year she appeared in ''

'', '' Shameless'' and ABC's ''

'' as the recurring younger version of

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. In 2017, she re-appeared in ''Once Upon a Time'' and continued on as the lead role in ''Keplers' Dream'' with

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and

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. She also starred in ''The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows and Pretty Outrageous''. In 2018 Blake-Thomas appeared in the leading role of Sam in ''Maybe I'm Fine'' alongside Kelly Sullivan,

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and Daniela Alonso. She can be seen as

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's daughter in ''Orphan Horse'' and Pepper in ''Turnover''. She also made her 1st AD debut on the film ''Running on Empty''. In February 2018, Blake-Thomas released her debut single "Blame" which can be found on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music and more. Her music video is available for viewing on YouTube starring, Blake-Thomas and Matt Cornett. Blake-Thomas then went on to release two EP's and a remix in 2019. Her debut EP was ''Stronger'' and her second was ''Painless''. In 2017, Isabella Blake-Thomas and her mother, director Elizabeth Blake-Thomas, founded '' Mother & Daughter Entertainment'', their production company whose slogan is ''"Making content that matters"''. In 2019, actress Chandler Kinney (''

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, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S-2)'' and her mother Taryn Kinney joined the MDE team.

Personal life

Blake-Thomas was born in London and lives with her mother Elizabeth Blake-Thomas. She attended

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School in 2010 and was later homeschooled. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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