Marli Siu's films include Anna and the Apocalypse, Our Ladies, and Run, the latter of which won her a Scottish BAFTA.
11 Facts About Marli Siu
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On television, Siu has appeared in the spy thriller Alex Rider and the BBC drama Everything I Know About Love.
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Marli Siu was born on 11 March 1993 and lived in Lamma Island, Hong Kong until she was four years old, before moving to and growing up in Forres in Moray, north-east Scotland.
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Marli Siu's mother is Scottish from Edinburgh and her father was Chinese.
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Marli Siu attended a youth theatre group in Elgin and joined the National Youth Theatre, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting and English Literature from Edinburgh Napier University.
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In 2015, Marli Siu appeared in the short film Scoring, by Screen Academy Scotland, for which she was nominated for the 'Under 25: Fresh Blood Award' at the Underwire Film Festival.
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Marli Siu moved to London in 2017, where she played Echo for 38 episodes of the CBBC web series Dixi.
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Marli Siu was named as one of the 15th Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2018 an annual talent showcase that spotlights up-and-coming British and Irish actors, writers, directors and producers from the UK and Ireland.
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In 2019, Marli Siu starred in the film Run, which premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on 26 April in New York City.
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Later that year Marli Siu starred in two films selected to be screened at the 2019 London Film Festival, Run and Our Ladies both due for an upcoming cinema release.
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In 2020, Marli Siu starred as Kyra, a student from Point Blanc, in the IMDb television teen spy series Alex Rider.