Lydia Wilson

Lydia Wilson (born 30 November 1984) is an English-American actress. Since graduating in 2009 from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she has performed in numerous television and theatre productions including the Olivier Award winning Blasted by Sarah Kane in 2010 at the Lyric Theatre. Wilson was born to an American mother and an English father and brought up in Queen's Park in London. She has said that her acting ambitions came from her grandparents, who were stage actors. After completing a foundation course at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, she studied English at Queens' College, Cambridge, then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Wilson made her film debut in the alternative history romance drama Never Let Me Go (2010). In 2014, she was included in the London Evening Standard list of the 1,000 most influential Londoners.