Tracy Ifeachor
Introduction '''Tracy Ifeachor'''  is a British television and theatre actress best known for playing the role of Aya Al-Rashid in The CW vampire series ''The Originals'' and Abigail Naismith in both parts of the ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special, "The End of Time".
Early life and education Ifeachor was  born in Plymouth, Devon, England, where she attended Plymouth College preparatory school followed by the secondary school Eggbuckland College, also in Plymouth. Ifeachor attended The Raleigh School of Speech and Drama under the tutorship of Norma Blake and the Deborah Bond Dance academy, where she enjoyed the ISTD syllabus in tap, ballet, modern and jazz. After completing her A-levels, Ifeachor used her gap year to audition for London drama schools and gained a scholarship to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Career After graduating from the now merged Central School of Speech and Drama,  Ifeachor appeared in her first feature film, ''Blooded'', directed by Sundance Film Festival winner Ed Boase and appeared in two commercials. Ifeachor then went on to make her theatre debut as Minerva in the Royal Shakespeare Companys production of ''Noughts & Crosses'', directed and adapted by Dominic Cooke. It was from here she made her television debut as Leila in the "No Going Back" episode of BBC One’s ''Casualty''.Ifeachor went on to play Rosalind in Tim Supple’s ''As You Like It'' for the opening of the new Curve Theatre in Leicester. Whilst rehearsing, Ifeachor was offered the role of Abigail Naismith in David Tennant’s final two ''Doctor Who'' episodes ("The End Of Time" Parts One and Two) which were broadcast at Christmas 2009 and on New Year's Day 2010.She played the daughter of the billionaire Joshua Naismith (David Harewood) who wanted his daughter to have immortality and live forever.Ifeachor played the role of Beneatha in Lorraine Hansberry’s ''A Raisin In The Sun'', directed by Michael Buffong for the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester which opened to rave reviews. She also played Ismene at The National Theatre in the premiere of Moira Buffini's play ''Welcome to Thebes'', directed by Richard Eyre from 15 June to September 2010.Ifeachor's radio work includes the role of Queenie in the 2011 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial production of Edna Ferber's ''Show Boat. ''In 2016, Ifeachor was cast in the ABC thriller series ''Quantico'' in the recurring role of Lydia Hall.
Filmography === Film === Year Film Role Notes  2011 ''Blooded'' Eve   2016 ''Billionaire Ransom'' Nora Paulson Originally titled ''Take Down''  2023 ''Wonka'' Dorothy Smith === Series === Year Title Role Notes  2009 ''Casualty'' Leila Episode: "No Going Back"  2009 ''Doctor Who'' Abigail Naismith 2 episodes: "The End of Time (Parts 1 & 2)"  2012 ''Strike Back'' Lilian Lutulu 2 episodes  2013 ''Jo'' Laure 1 episode: "Invalides"  2014 ''Crossbones'' Nenna Ajanlekoko Series regular, 9 episodes  2014 ''Hawaii Five-0'' Eris Episode: "Ina Paha"  2015–2016 ''The Originals'' Aya Al-Rashid Recurring role, 9 episodes  2016–2017 ''Quantico'' Lydia Hall Recurring role  2017–2018 ''Legends of Tomorrow'' Kuasa Jiwe Recurring role; 7 episodes  2019 ''Treadstone'' Tara Coleman Main role  2021 ''Showtrial'' Cleo Roberts Main role  2022 ''Mayflies'' Iona   ''Treason'' Dede Alexander 5 episodes === Video games === Year Title Role Notes  2023 ''Star Wars Jedi: Survivor'' Santari Khri
References
External links **  Ifeachor Tracy: Artist Profile