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- Birthday: 2001-09-06
- Born Place: Oxfordshire, England, UK
Freya Allan
Freya Allan is an English actress born on September 6, 2001, in Oxford, England. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Princess Cirilla "Ciri" Fiona Elen Riannon in the popular Netflix fantasy series The Witcher, which she has starred in since 2019. Originally auditioned for a minor role, she was recast as Ciri and lived in Budapest for eight months during filming the first season. She reprised the role for subsequent seasons, training in sword fighting as her character became a warrior. Freya has received Saturn Award nominations for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in 2021 and 2024 for her work on The Witcher. Beyond The Witcher, she has appeared in TV shows like BBC's The War of the Worlds and AMC's Into the Badlands. In film, she starred in the 2023 horror movie Baghead and played a leading human character, Mae, in the 2024 sci-fi action film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. She has also featured in productions like The Third Day and Gunpowder Milkshake. A trained actress, she attended Headington School in Oxford, the same school as Emma Watson, and has performed in short films during her studies. Freya is known for her versatility and willingness to perform stunts, as seen in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and has expressed enthusiasm for roles requiring physicality and emotional depth.
