Ellora Torchia

Ellora Torchia is a British actress who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 2014. Born in Hammersmith, West London, she landed her first screen part in 2010 on the BBC One spy series Spooks. While still at drama school she was cast as Sita in the Channel 4 drama Indian Summers, and she made her feature debut in the French film Les Cowboys (2015). Her later film work includes Midsommar (2019), Ali & Ava (2021) and Crisis. She starred in the science fiction horror In the Earth (2021), earning a British Independent Film Award nomination for Breakthrough Performance. On television she has had roles in The Split, Infiniti and The Gold, and she joined House of the Dragon. She also appeared on stage at the Almeida Theatre in 2017, in The Treatment. In 2021, Screen International named her a Star of Tomorrow, and she was also a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit.