Jessica Sula

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Jessica Sula
Sula in 2012
Born	(1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 29) Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Education	Gorseinon College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Sula was born in Swansea to Trinidadian mother Shurla Blades, who has Afro-Trinidadian and Chinese ancestry, and to Steven Sula, a father of German and Estonian heritage. She grew up in Gorseinon, Wales, where she completed her A-levels in Spanish, French and Drama at Gorseinon College.

Sula made her television debut in 2011, portraying Grace Blood in the fifth and sixth series of the E4 teen drama Skins. Afterwards, she gained a supporting role in comedy drama Love and Marriage which was broadcast on ITV in 2013. In 2015, Sula was cast as the lead character, Maddie Graham, in the Freeform drama Recovery Road, alongside Skins co-star Sebastian de Souza. Her first big screen leading role was in Honeytrap, the story of a 15-year-old girl who sets up the murder of a boy who is in love with her. In 2017 she filmed the indie feature Big Fork, in which she played the main character, Emily.

Sula had a recurring role in the 2017 limited series Godless. That same year, it was announced that she would be a series regular for the third season of the series Scream, portraying high school cheerleader Olivia "Liv" Reynolds. The season premiered on VH1 on 8 July 2019.

Sula plays the guitar and practices karate.

Film

Television