Isabella Blake-Thomas

Isabella Blake-Thomas
Born
Isabella Rose M. Blake-Thomas[1]

(2002-09-21) 21 September 2002 (age 22)
London, England
NationalityEnglish
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Websiteisabellablakethomas.com

Isabella Rose M. Blake-Thomas[1] (born 21 September 2002[2][non-primary source needed]) is an English actress, known for her roles as Princess January in Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, Young Zelena in Once Upon a Time, Peggy Kendall in Game Shakers and Sam in Maybe I'm Fine.

Career

Blake-Thomas was born in London. Her first role was at the age of five, when she was selected to present the CBeebies television programme Green Balloon Club.[3] This ran for one season between 2008 and 2009. Later in 2009, she had a minor role in the biographical television film Enid,[4][5] In 2010, she was cast in an adaptation of the Just William series of books, playing Violet-Elizabeth Bott.[6] Blake-Thomas had a role as 'Izzie', in the 2011 film Johnny English Reborn.[7] Her first lead role was in the 2011 independent film Little Glory as Julie, alongside Cameron Bright.[8][9] In 2012, Blake-Thomas played the part of Annabelle Crumb in the BBC Christmas adaptation of the David Walliams book Mr. Stink.[10][11][12] She also appeared in the DreamWorks[13] animation of Rise of the Guardians.

In 2013, she appeared in Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who and Dancing on the Edge alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor. In 2014, Blake-Thomas appeared in The Smoke on BBC and Da Vinci's Demons. She later appeared in the FX show Married, in 2015. The following year she appeared in Game Shakers, Shameless and ABC's Once Upon a Time as the recurring younger version of Rebecca Mader. In 2017, she re-appeared in Once Upon a Time and continued on as the lead role in Keplers' Dream with Holland Taylor, Kelly Lynch, Sean Patrick Flanery and Steven Michael Quezada. She also starred in The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows and Pretty Outrageous. In 2018 Blake-Thomas appeared in the leading role of Sam in Maybe I'm Fine alongside Kelly Sullivan, Rob Mayes, Flex Alexander and Daniela Alonso. She can be seen as Jon Voight's daughter in Orphan Horse and Pepper in Turnover. She also made her 1st AD debut on the film Running on Empty. In February 2018, Blake-Thomas released her debut single "Blame" which can be found on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music and more. Her music video is available for viewing on YouTube starring, Blake-Thomas and Matt Cornett. Blake-Thomas then went on to release two EP's and a remix in 2019. Her debut EP was Stronger and her second was Painless.

In 2017, Isabella Blake-Thomas and her mother, director Elizabeth Blake-Thomas, founded Mother & Daughter Entertainment, their production company whose slogan is "Making content that matters". In 2019, actress Chandler Kinney (Lethal Weapon, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S-2) and her mother Taryn Kinney joined the MDE team.

Personal life

Blake-Thomas was born in London and lives with her mother Elizabeth Blake-Thomas. She attended Hampton Court House School in 2010 and was later homeschooled. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Johnny English Reborn Izzie [7]
Little Glory Julie [8][9]
2012 Rise of the Guardians British Girl Voice [14]
2013 Let Me Survive Emily [15]
2014 We Are Monster Little Girl [16]
Scarlett Thread Scarlett
2015 Toxin: 700 Days Left on Earth Young Sarah
2016 Jean Jean Sporkin
The Blimp Trap Billie Campbell
Broken Wings Jemima
Trust, Prey, Hope Hope
Sand Angels Esperanza
2017 Clockmaker Mia
Community Service Felicity Tillman [citation needed]
Kepler's Dream Ella
The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows Sophie
Pretty Outrageous Poppy
2018 Sounds of Silence Jaime
Orphan Horse Young Caroline
Maybe I'm Fine Sam [14]
Running on Empty 1st AD
Turnover Pepper
2019 Evie-Rose Charlotte
Unseen Jenny
2020 Secret Society of Second-Born Royals Princess January Disney+ film [17]
2023 Et Tu Margaret

Television

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2008–09 Green Balloon Club Lily-Rose Presenter [3]
2009 Enid Girl at Tea Party TV film [4][5]
2010 Just William Violet-Elizabeth Bott 2 episodes [18]
2011 Red Faction: Origins Young Lyra TV film [19]
Jelly Jamm Rita 52-episode series [citation needed]
2012 Doctors Ellie Wickens Episode: "Follow That Star!" [20]
Mr. Stink Annabelle Crumb TV film [10][11][12]
2013 Midsomer Murders Holly Episode: "Schooled in Murder" [21]
Dancing on the Edge Emily 2 episodes [22][23]
What's the Big Idea? Lili Voice [24]
Doctor Who Girl Reading Comic Episode: "The Bells of St John" [25]
The White Queen Little Girl Episode: "The Storm", uncredited [citation needed]
2014 The Smoke Nieve 1 episode [citation needed]
Da Vinci's Demons Beatrice 2 episodes [26]
Work in Progress Madison Sterling Episode: "It's a Play Date, Not a Real Date" [citation needed]
2015 Married Harper 2 episodes [citation needed]
2016 Shameless Pregnant Teenager Episode: "I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing" [27]
Once Upon a Time Young Zelena 2 episodes [28][29]
Game Shakers Peggy Episode: "Party Crashers" [27]

References

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  4. ^ a b "Stars line up just for William". BBC Press Office. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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  15. ^ "Let Me Survive". Film Fund Luxembourg. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  16. ^ "We are Monster – Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  17. ^ "Skylar Astin Joins Cast of Secret Society of Second-Born Royals on Disney+". BroadwayWorld. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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  26. ^ "The New Mexico Film Office Announces "Kepler's Dream" to begin production in New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Film Office. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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