Nominated for the 2023 BAFTA Rising Star Award; winner of two Oliviers in 2022 and 2018, the Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Festival in 2022; and named as a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2021, one of Variety’s ’10 Brits to Watch’ in 2020; appearing on the Forbes ’30 Under 30’ list that same year and awarded an MBE for services to drama in 2019, Sheila Atim has achieved great accolades in her career.

On film, Sheila can be seen in The Woman King (Sony), Doctor Strange & the Multiverse of Madness (Marvel), Mufasa (Disney), Pinocchio (Disney), Bruised (Thunder Road Pictures, TIFF Rising Star winner), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (A24), and the upcoming DUST BUNNY (Thunder Road Pictures, eOne).
Sheila’s TV roles include the upcoming Blade Runner 2099 (Amazon/Alcon), The Underground Railroad (Amazon), The Irregulars (Netflix), Harlots (Hulu), and The Pale Horse (BBC/Amazon).

Her stage work includes the all female production of the Shakespeare Trilogy (Donmar Warehouse), Othello (Shakespeare’s Globe) Constellations (Donmar, 2022 Olivier award winner for Best Actress), Girl from the North Country (Old Vic/Noel Coward, winner of the 2018 Olivier award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, The Critics’ Circle Award, the Most Promising Newcomer and the Clarence Derwent Award; Sheila was also nominated for the Evening Standard Awards’ Emerging Talent Category and for What’s On Stage Awards’ Best Supporting Actress in a Play).

In addition to acting, Sheila Atim is currently co-writing a pilot with Gina Prince-Bythewood for Gina’s original series (Apple/Skydance). She is also writing and co-directing a feature produced by Ascendant Fox (Boiling Point) slated to go into production in 2025. Sheila was the composer for Time is Love and Burnt Up Love (Finborough) and was the sound associate for Richard III (Almeida) starring Ralph Fiennes.