Tracy Ifeachor

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Film Actor · Born Feb 13, 1985 · United Kingdom · Female

Tracy Ifeachor (born 1985) 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. 2Early life and education Ifeachor is a Nigerian born in Plymouth, Devon England where she attended Plymouth College Preparatory school followed by the Eggbuckland Community College also in Plymouth. Ifeachor attended The Raleigh School of & 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 in London. 2Career After graduating from the now merged Central School of Speech and Drama in July 2007 Ifeachor shot 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 "No Going Back" episode of BBC1’s Casualty which aired in January 2009. 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 Christmas 2009 and New Years Day 2010. She played daughter of the billionaire Joshua Naismith (David Harewood) who wanted his daughter to have immortality and live foreve