Pearl Mackie

Pearl Mackie comes from Brixton in South London. She trained as an actor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2010. 

Since drama school she has worked across Theatre, Film, Television and Radio appearing at the RSC, The Park Theatre, The Finborough, for the BBC and on London’s West End. In 2014 she played the guest lead in the BBC television series Doctors episode Love is Blind. She performed in Obama-ology by Aurin Squire at the Finborough Theatre in 2015, and at the time of her casting announcement (23 April 2016) she was appearing in the National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time at The Gielgud Theatre.