Biography
Who is Freya Allan?
Early life
Freya Allan was born on September 6, 2001, in Oxfordshire, England. She grew up attending Headington School in Oxford where she studied drama and ballet. At the age of eleven, she participated as part of the company in a touring production of Rapunzel. Her parents separated when she was one year old, leading her to live with her mother in Australia and the French Pyrenees. During this time abroad, she attended a French-language school before eventually returning to Oxford. She also has a younger half-brother and half-sister from her family background.
Continuing her education, she attended Headington Rye Oxford, the National Film and Television School, and Arts University Bournemouth. During her student years, she took part in short productions. She appeared in student short films titled Bluebird and The Christmas Tree, both produced by the National Film and Television School. She later performed the part of Linda in another short film called Captain Fierce, which was produced by Bournemouth Film School.
Television career
Freya Allan began securing on-screen roles in television productions. She played a minor role in the opening episode of the BBC drama adaptation The War of the Worlds in 2019. That same year, she appeared on the front cover of Schön! Magazine while the publication celebrated its tenth anniversary.
Her breakthrough role came in 2019 when she was cast as Princess Cirilla of Cintra in the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher. She starred alongside Henry Cavill and Anya Chalotra in the adaptation created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich from Andrzej Sapkowski books. Initially cast as a one-off character, she stayed in Budapest for eight months during the production of the first season. She returned for the second season, filmed in London, and the third season, which required sword fighting training. Her performance earned her Saturn Award nominations for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in 2021 and 2024. She also appeared in the AMC series Into the Badlands.
Film career
Freya Allan expanded her acting career into feature films with several well-known roles. In 2021, she appeared in the horror film Gunpowder Milkshake. That same year, she played the lead role in the horror movie Baghead, directed by Alberto Corredor and co-starring Ruby Barker.
She took on a major studio role by starring as the human character Mae in the 2024 action film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The production filmed in Australia, and Freya chose to perform several of her own stunts due to the heavy physicality of the part. The movie was released on May 10, 2024, grossing $397 million at the worldwide box office. Also, she completed filming on the horror movie Triton in Greece in early 2024 and was reported to join a biographical film about singer Marianne Faithfull in 2025.
Birthday and age
Freya Allan was born on September 6, 2001, which makes Freya 25 years old today. That birthday falls under the Virgo sign. Freya shares the date with 31 other famous people.
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