British actor Vivian Oparah has signed with CAA.
Best recognized for enjoying Tanya Adeola within the “Doctor Who” spinoff “Class,” Oparah presently stars within the forthcoming rom-com “Rye Lane,” which premiered in January on the Sundance Film Festival.
In the movie, Oparah stars as Yas, whereas David Jonsson (“Industry”) performs Dom, two twenty-somethings reeling from unhealthy break-ups who join over the course of an eventful day in South London. (The movie will get its title from the real-life Rye Lane in Peckham.)
The rom-com follows the pair as they “assist one another cope with their nightmare exes, probably restoring their religion in romance.” The Searchlight Pictures film is directed by Raine Allen Miller, in her characteristic debut, from a screenplay by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia. “Rye Lane” will probably be launched on March 31 by way of Hulu within the U.S. and on Star internationally.
As a musician, stage performer and display screen actor, Oparah landed her breakthrough function in 2016, when she was forged out of the National Youth Theatre into the “Doctor Who” spin-off sequence “Class” for BBC Three. Her tv credit additionally embody “Intelligence 2,” “I May Destroy You” and “Enterprice.” Her subsequent function will probably be taking part in a lead in “The Capture” author Ben Chanan’s restricted sequence “Then You Run” for Sky TV.
On stage, Oparah has been seen on the Old Vic in “Fanny & Alexander” and on the National Theatre in “An Octoroon,” a efficiency for which she was nominated for a Whats On Stage Award for finest supporting actress.
In addition to CAA, Oparah continues to be represented by Independent Talent Group within the U.Ok. and Tapestry London.
