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Ayesha Gwilt

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Ayesha Gwilt
Born
Ayesha Dawn Gwilt

1989 (age 34–35)
Other namesNisa Cole
OccupationActress

Ayesha Gwilt[1] (born 1989) (sometimes credited as Nisa Cole) is an English actress. She trained at the National Youth Theatre and has appeared in several theatre productions since.[2] She also has a role in the BBC television series, All the Small Things as Grace Oudidja.[3] The series also stars Sarah Lancashire, Neil Pearson and Richard Fleeshman. She has one sister named Rhian Gwilt (born 1992); both are the daughters of Richard and Joan Gwilt.[1] Recent theatre credits include Seductive Shakespeare at Contact, Manchester; Meet the Mukherjees at The Octagon Theatre, Bolton; and Verbally Challenged at Contact, Manchester.

Gwilt is best known for portraying pupil Amy Porter in series five to seven of the award-winning BBC drama series, Waterloo Road. She left in Series 7, Episode 10.

In 2011, Gwilt began to use the name Nisa Cole.[4]

In October 2016, she appeared as Penelope Betteredge in the BBC mini-series The Moonstone

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
2009 All the Small Things Grace Oudidja Mini-series
2009-2011 Waterloo Road Amy Porter Series regular
2013 The Sparticle Mystery Tiny Episode: "The White Horse"
Doctors Nina Jethroe Episode: "Young Love"
Mount Pleasant Lianne 1 episode
2016 Vera Mia Haleford Episode: "Tuesday's Child"
Scott & Bailey Jenna Mawson 3 episodes
The Moonstone Penelope Betteredge Mini-series
2022 The Drowning of Arthur Braxton Estelle Jarvis Film

References

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  1. ^ a b England & Wales, Birth Index: 1984–2005, as accessed on Ancestry.co.uk.
  2. ^ Ayesha Gwilt at Pemberton Associates[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "BBC - Press Office - All The Small Things press pack: cast list". bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Spotlight". spotlight.com.
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