Umi Myers


Umi Myers is a British stage, television and film actress.

Career

Whilst a student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama she appeared with her final-year acting student peers in a full-scale performance of Pod available to be live-streamed during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in 2020. She graduated in 2021, and made her television debut on long-running BBC One crime drama Silent Witness. On stage, she appeared in the original production of Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light at the Gielgud Theatre in London in 2021 for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
In 2024, she could be seen portraying musician and beauty queen Cindy Breakspeare in musical biopic Bob Marley: One Love. That year, she began filming Māori Gothic horror Mārama, alongside Toby Stephens and Ariāna Osborne in New Zealand.
She had a lead role as Billie Cassidy in BBC One historical drama series Dope Girls.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023Silent WitnessEmma PryorSeries 26; episode 8: "Hearts of Darkness: Part 2"
2024Bob Marley: One LoveCindy BreakspeareFeature film
2024Truth SerumSandyShort film
2024Get Millie BlackNatalie DanversEpisode 5: "Curtis"
2025Dope GirlsBillie CassidyEpisodes 1–6
Mārama PeggyPost-production