T'Nia Miller


T'Nia Miller is an English actress. She is best known for her television roles such as Witless, Years and Years, Free Rein, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Foundation, and The Fall of the House of Usher.

Early life

T'Nia Miller was born in London on 2 March 1985. She has Jamaican ancestry and grew up in East London. She graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in 2004.

Career

In 2007, Miller made her acting debut in three episodes of the Channel 4 drama series Dubplate Drama. She then made appearances in The Bill and Holby City, before her first starring role as JJ in the 2012 feature film Stud Life. After making guest appearances in British television series such as Babylon, Banana, Cucumber, Doctor Who, Guilt and Born to Kill, Miller scored her first starring role as DC Wilton in the BBC Three thriller series Witless, a role she played from 2016 to 2018.
In June 2017, Miller appeared in an episode of the BBC One soap opera Doctors as Bev Lomax. In 2019, Miller was cast in the BBC drama miniseries Years and Years as Celeste Bisme-Lyons. Years and Years was created by Russell T Davies, whom Miller had worked with on the Channel 4 programmes Banana and Cucumber. In 2019, she appeared in the Netflix series Free Rein as Claire Wright. In 2020, Miller appeared in the Netflix series Sex Education as Maxine Tarrington, and later in the year, she starred in the Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor as Hannah Grose. In 2021, Miller starred in the AMC series La Fortuna as Susan McLean and in the Apple TV+ series Foundation as Zephyr Halima Ifa.

Personal life

Miller is a lesbian. She is divorced and has two children.
In May 2019, Miller said of her trademark shaved head: