Alexia Traverse-Healy
Biography
Alexia Traverse-Healy grew up in Kennington, South London and the Tarn et Garonne, South of France. Her parents were sometime school teachers, shop managers, hotel owners, PR consultants. She attended Woldingham School in Surrey and later several schools in France. She returned to England and studied first at Cardiff University and later at Central School of Speech and Drama. Alexia's first professional show was Silviu Purcarete's 'Scapino' at the Chichester Festival. Her breakthrough moment was joining Michael Boyd's 'Histories' - a two year ensemble, which won an Olivier for 'Best Ensemble Performance'.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Sadie Weatherley
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • as Marlene
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as Band Fan
Two dysfunctional flatmates reveal all their inner thoughts - whether dark, stupid or embarrassing. Or, occasionally, all three...
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Dr. May
When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, volatile and impulsive Sean Wallace to restore control and find those responsible for killing his father.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Françoise Moitessier
In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Phebe
The true tale of pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Alison
A homeless man searching for his lost dog forges an unexpected bond with a young boy.