Cara Louise Theobold (born 8 January 1990) is an English actress. She made her debut as Ivy Stuart in the ITV period drama ''

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'' (2012–2013). She has since starred in the

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series '' The Syndicate'' and ''

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'' (both 2015), the E4 comedy '' Crazyhead'' (2016), and the

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thriller '' Absentia'' (2017–2020). She also voiced Tracer in the video game ''

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''.

Early life

Theobold was born in

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. She attended Outwood Grange Academy before going on to study at the

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Career

During the 2011 Christmas holidays of her final year at the Guildhall, Theobold auditioned for the ''Downton Abbey'' role of Ivy Stuart. She was allowed to finish her final year of drama school early to begin filming the series at Easter. Theobold characterised Ivy as "ambitious" and "a dreamer". She returned for the fourth series of the show in 2013. Her work on the series resulted in her being a co-recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In 2014, Theobold made a guest appearance on the TV sitcom '' Lovesick'' (formerly known as ''Scrotal Recall''). In 2015, she appeared in two episodes of '' Last Tango in Halifax'' as Holly, and in an episode of ''

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''. She next starred as Sarah, a housekeeper for a stately home, one of the main characters in the third series of '' The Syndicate'', which aired in spring 2015. She is also the voice actress for Tracer in the video games ''

'' and ''

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'', and starred in the E4/

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original series '' Crazyhead'' alongside Susan Wokoma. In 2016, it was announced that Theobold would star in '' Absentia'' along with Stana Katic and Patrick Heusinger. In 2019, she appeared in ITV2 series ''Zomboat!'' as “fiery, feisty and very much the centre of her own universe” Jo, one of the show's main characters. In 2018, she played the part of Victoria Brown in the Polish film, ''303 Squadron''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Theobold, Cara 1990 births Living people Actresses from Wakefield Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 21st-century English actresses English film actresses English people of French-Canadian descent English television actresses English video game actresses English voice actresses