Lydia Peckham

Lydia Peckham is a New Zealand actress who works in stage, television, and film. Born in Edinburgh, she grew up in New Zealand from age eight and trained at Toi Whakaari. She appeared on English stages as Ariel in The Tempest, had early television roles in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop and Apple TV+'s Mr. Corman, and acted in Only Cloud Knows (2019). She co-wrote a play that was staged in Wellington once pandemic restrictions lifted. For the 2024 science-fiction movie Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, she played the CGI ape Soona, a part she won with a self-filmed tree audition, then trained for six weeks with Cirque du Soleil choreographer Alain Gauthier before filming in Australia. She was cast as journalist Lila in Nuremberg (2025), joined The Wrecking Crew (2026), and played Priscilla of Nottingham in the series Robin Hood. She also joined the cast of The Legend of Zelda in 2025.