Jessica Sula

Jessica Bianca Sula (born 3 May 1994)^[1] is a British actress born in Swansea, Wales, known for her portrayal of the character Grace Blood in the third generation of the E4 television series Skins and for her role in the M. Night Shyamalan-directed horror film Split (2016).^[2]

Jessica Sula
Sula in 2012
Born	(1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 30) Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Education	Gorseinon College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Early life and education

Sula was born in Swansea^[3] to Trinidadian mother Shurla Blades, who has Afro-Trinidadian and Chinese ancestry, and to Steven Sula, a father of German and Estonian heritage.^[4] She grew up in Gorseinon, Wales, where she completed her A-levels in Spanish, French and Drama at Gorseinon College.^[2]

Career

Sula made her television debut in 2011, portraying Grace Blood in the fifth and sixth series of the E4 teen drama Skins.^[5] Afterwards, she gained a supporting role in comedy drama Love and Marriage which was broadcast on ITV in 2013.^[6] In 2015, Sula was cast as the lead character, Maddie Graham, in the Freeform drama Recovery Road, alongside Skins co-star Sebastian de Souza.^[7]

Her first big screen leading role was in Honeytrap, the story of a 15-year-old girl who sets up the murder of a boy who is in love with her.^[8] In 2017 she filmed the independent feature Big Fork, in which she played the main character, Emily.^[9]

Sula had a recurring role in the 2017 limited series Godless. That same year, it was announced that she would be a series regular for the third season of the series Scream, portraying high school cheerleader Olivia "Liv" Reynolds.^[10][11] The season premiered on VH1 on 8 July 2019.^[12]

Personal life

Sula plays the guitar and practices karate.^[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Honeytrap	Layla
2016	Split	Marcia
2017	The Lovers	Erin
2017	The Lost	Tina Harmon	Short film
2019	All the Little Things We Kill	Katy Walker
2020	Big Fork	Emily
2023	Malum	Jessica Loren
2025	Michael	La Toya Jackson	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–12	Skins	Grace Blood	E4 TV series (14 episodes) vocalist in All because of you (episode #6.1)
2013	Love and Marriage	Scarlett Quilter
2015	Eye Candy	Morgan	Episode: "YOLO"
2016	Recovery Road	Madeline "Maddie" Graham	Lead role[14]
2016	Lucifer	Amy Dodd	Episode: "Everything's Coming Up Lucifer"
2017	Godless	Louise Hobbs	4 episodes
2019	Scream: Resurreccion	Olivia "Liv" Reynolds	Main role, 6 episodes (season 3)
2019	Epic Night	Jessica Britley
2021	Panic	Natalie Williams	Main role, 10 episodes