Izuka Hoyle

Izuka Hoyle
File:Izuka Hoyle (cropped).jpg Hoyle at the Mary Queen of Scots premiere in 2019
Born	Chantelle Izuka Hoyle (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 Edinburgh, Scotland
Alma mater	ArtsEd
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2017–present

Chantelle Izuka Hoyle (born 18 January 1996) is a Scottish actress.

Early life

Hoyle was born in Edinburgh. Her sister Kimberly also acts and sings. Their father grew up in Edinburgh and has family from England; their Nigerian-born mother arrived in the UK when she was a teenager. Hoyle attended Cramond Primary School and then the Royal High School. She completed sixth form at the MGA Academy of Performing Arts before moving to London where she was awarded a scholarship to train at ArtsEd, graduating in 2017.

Career

Hoyle played Catherine Parr in the 2017 off West End production of Six: the Musical. The following year, she made her film debut as Mary Seton in the historical drama Mary Queen of Scots and her television debut in the second series of Clique. She also appeared in theatrical productions of The Selfish Giant and Sylvia. She then starred as Darrell Rivers on the UK tour of the musical adaptation of Malory Towers.

Hoyle joined the cast of the CW series The Outpost for its third and fourth seasons as Wren and had a small role as Dana in the Amazon Prime adaptation of The Wheel of Time. She appeared in the films Villain and Boiling Point, the latter of which earned her a Scottish BAFTA. As of 2022, Hoyle stars as Corinne in the Channel 4 sitcom Big Boys and has upcoming roles in the films Persuasion and Beach Boys.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Mary Queen of Scots	Mary Seton
2019	Forget You		Musical short
2020	Villain	Chloe Franks
2021	I Am	Lea	Short film
2021	Boiling Point	Camille
2022	Persuasion	Henrietta Musgrove	Netflix film
TBA	The Outrun	Gloria	Upcoming
	Beach Boys

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Clique	Dani	6 episodes
2019	Jerk	Clara	4 episodes
2020	Deadwater Fell	Josephine Humphrey	Episode #1.4
2020–2021	The Outpost	Wren	Main role (seasons 3–4); 26 episodes
2021	Float	Angie	Episode #1.6
	The Wheel of Time	Dana	2 episodes
2022	Big Boys	Corinne	Main role; 6 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Working	Selena	Southwark Playhouse, London
	Six: the Musical	Catherine Parr	Arts Theatre, London
2018	The Selfish Giant	Girl / Narrator	Royal & Derngate, Northampton / Vaudeville Theatre, London
	Sylvia	Emily Davison	Old Vic Theatre, London
2019	Malory Towers	Darrell Rivers	UK tour

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2022	British Academy Scotland Awards	Actress – Film	Boiling Point	Won

External links

• Izuka Hoyle at the Internet Movie Database