Eubha Akilade

{{Infobox person

| name = Eubha Akilade

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|6|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|dancer}}

| television = Eve
Find Me in Paris

| education = Dance School of Scotland

| yearsactive = 2015–present

}}

Eubha Akilade ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|v|ə|_|ˌ|æ|k|ə|ˈ|l|ɑː|d|i}} {{Respell|AY|və|_|AK|ə|LAH|dee}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rV3LVHfATE|title=Meet the Cast with Eubha Akilade | Find Me in Paris|work=YouTube|date=October 26, 2018|accessdate=7 January 2022}} born 27 June 1998) is a Scottish actress, dancer, and filmmaker. She is known for her roles as Lily Watson on the CBBC series Eve (2015–2017) and Ines Le Breton on the Hulu series Find Me in Paris (2018–2020).

Early life

Akilade was born on 27 June 1998{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/eubhaakilade/p/Bkk3gTzjp4h/|title=Yesterday I had the most beautiful birthday, I missed my family and Scotland so much but I was surrounded by such amazing people here in Paris. Thank you so much for all the lovely birthday messages and thank you so much to the wonderful cast of "find me in Paris" for giving me the best day ever. Here's to another year ❤️|website=Instagram|last=Akilade|first=Eubha|date=28 June 2018|access-date=19 May 2020|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117235114/https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/|url-status=live}} in Cathcart, Scotland.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/scots-schoolgirl-eve-stardom-lands-4997471.amp|title=Scots schoolgirl is on the Eve of stardom as she lands dream TV role|work=Daily Record|last=Roberts|first=Lesley|date=18 January 2015|access-date=19 May 2020|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117235041/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/scots-schoolgirl-eve-stardom-lands-4997471.amp|url-status=live}} She is of Nigerian descent,{{Cite tweet|number=574627054039212032|title=I'm a quarter Nigerian and thank you very much!|date=8 March 2015|user=EubhaA|access-date=11 February 2021}} was born to mother Christine, a Macmillan Cancer Support nurse, and she has a brother and a sister.{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Paula |title=It's tough... but you'll Find Me In Paris for six months |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1011790/it-is-tough-but-you-will-find-me-in-paris-for-six-months |access-date=19 May 2020 |work=Daily Express |date=1 September 2018 |archive-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012154452/https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1011790/it-is-tough-but-you-will-find-me-in-paris-for-six-months |url-status=live }} Akilade began attending the Dance School of Scotland in Knightswood, but quit when she secured her role in Eve.{{cite web |title=MTC Alumni |url=https://www.thedanceschoolofscotland.org.uk/musical-theatre/mtc-alumni/ |website=Dance School of Scotland |date=5 September 2014 |access-date=19 May 2020 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107091230/http://www.thedanceschoolofscotland.org.uk/musical-theatre/mtc-alumni/ |url-status=live }}

Career

Akilade made her professional debut as Lily Watson in the CBBC children's series Eve in 2015, a role she portrayed until 2017, despite having no formal training.{{cite news |title=Scotland's Cool List continued - from 60 to 21 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16881800.scotlands-cool-list-continued-from-60-to-21/ |access-date=19 May 2020 |work=The Herald |date=16 September 2018 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629140547/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16881800.scotlands-cool-list-continued-from-60-to-21/ |url-status=live }} Then in 2017, she appeared in two episodes of the BBC Three series Clique as a receptionist.{{cite web |title=Clique Series 1 - Episode 3 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fmnq5g/clique--series-1-episode-3/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=19 May 2020 |archive-date=12 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612233636/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fmnq5g/clique--series-1-episode-3/ |url-status=live }} Later that year, she was cast as Ines Le Breton in the Hulu series Find Me in Paris, a role she portrayed until 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/find-me-in-paris-cast-directors-rolls-in-paris-1202494460/|title='Find Me in Paris' Sets Cast, Directors (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Hopewell|first=John|date=13 July 2017|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=5 November 2019|archive-date=18 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218053141/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/find-me-in-paris-cast-directors-rolls-in-paris-1202494460/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-from-bt/find-me-in-paris-cast-characters-jessica-lord-hannah-dodd-eubha-akilade-rory-saper-castle-rock-11364296230480|title=Find Me In Paris – Meet the cast and characters|last=Fletcher|first=Alex|date=19 September 2018|website=BT TV|language=en|access-date=5 November 2019|archive-date=5 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105222228/http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-from-bt/find-me-in-paris-cast-characters-jessica-lord-hannah-dodd-eubha-akilade-rory-saper-castle-rock-11364296230480|url-status=live}} On her casting, Akilade commented: "Within two weeks of the audition, I found out that I’d got the part and that I was flying to Paris for the next six months two weeks later".

In 2020, Akilade joined the cast of the BBC Scotland crime drama Shetland for its seventh series as PC Lorna Burns. She also appeared in episodes of the soap operas Doctors and Casualty.{{Cite news|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/events/doctors-spoilers-shak-hanif-tanya-rees/|title=Doctors spoilers: WHAT does Shak Hanif tell Tanya Rees?|work=What's on TV|last=Timblick|first=Simon|access-date=19 May 2020|archive-date=22 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522205738/https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/events/doctors-spoilers-shak-hanif-tanya-rees/|url-status=live}}{{Cite episode|title=Mamma Mia|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jbpz|series=Doctors|series-link=Doctors (2000 TV series)|credits=Writer: Katharine Way; Director: Gary Williams; Producer: Carol Harding|network=BBC|station=BBC One|airdate=19 May 2020|access-date=19 May 2020|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117205948/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jbpz|url-status=live}} In 2023, she had recurring roles as Olivia O'Neill in the ITVX thriller Six Four and Amy Callaghan in the Alibi thriller The Diplomat. Akilade made her professional stage debut originating the role of Rebecca in the musical Starter for Ten at the Bristol Old Vic.{{Cite web|url=https://bristololdvic.org.uk/profile/eubha-akilade|title=Eubha Akilade|website=Bristol Old Vic|accessdate=1 January 2024}}

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes ! {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|Reference(s)}}
2015–2017 \| Eve \| Lily Watson \| Main role \| {{cite news \|last1=Roberts \|first1=Lesley \|title=Scots schoolgirl is on the Eve of stardom as she lands dream TV role \|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/scots-schoolgirl-eve-stardom-lands-4997471 \|work=Daily Record \|access-date=18 December 2020 \|language=en \|date=18 January 2015 \|archive-date=29 November 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129031443/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/scots-schoolgirl-eve-stardom-lands-4997471 \|url-status=live }}{{cite web \|title=Creating and writing 'Eve' for CBBC \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/53001023-6cdf-4b7c-bf6b-dd76b6e792f9 \|website=BBC Writers Room \|access-date=18 December 2020 \|date=2 February 2015 \|archive-date=21 April 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421172656/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/53001023-6cdf-4b7c-bf6b-dd76b6e792f9 \|url-status=live }}{{cite web \|title=Eve Ep. 2/13 - \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/02/eve \|website=BBC Media City \|access-date=18 December 2020 \|archive-date=17 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117235046/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/02/eve \|url-status=live }}
2017 \| Clique \| Receptionist \| 2 episodes \| {{cite web \|title=Clique - Episode 5 \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04qw8j9 \|website=BBC \|access-date=18 December 2020 \|archive-date=9 October 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009083904/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04qw8j9 \|url-status=live }}
2018–2020 \| Find Me in Paris \| Ines Le Breton \| Main role \| {{cite web \|last1=O'Keefe \|first1=Meghan \|title='Find Me in Paris' is the 'Doctor Who'/'Center Stage' Mashup My Life Needed \|url=https://decider.com/2019/08/16/find-me-in-paris-hulu-teens-ballet-time-travel/ \|website=Decider \|access-date=18 December 2020 \|date=16 August 2019 \|archive-date=21 December 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221010446/https://decider.com/2019/08/16/find-me-in-paris-hulu-teens-ballet-time-travel/ \|url-status=live }}{{cite web \|last1=Hopewell \|first1=John \|title='Find Me in Paris' Sets Cast, Directors (EXCLUSIVE) \|url=https://www.variety.com/2017/tv/news/find-me-in-paris-cast-directors-rolls-in-paris-1202494460/ \|website=Variety \|access-date=18 December 2020 \|date=13 July 2017 \|archive-date=4 November 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104174346/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/find-me-in-paris-cast-directors-rolls-in-paris-1202494460/ \|url-status=live }}
2020 \| Doctors \| Sophie Broomfield \| Episode: "Mamma Mia" \|
2020 \| Casualty \| Asma Khan \| 1 episode \| {{cite web \|title=Episode 41 - Casualty \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lx09 \|website=BBC \|access-date=19 December 2020 \|archive-date=17 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117235042/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lx09 \|url-status=live }}
2022–present \| Shetland \| PC Lorna Burns \| 4 episodes (series 7–) \|
2023 \| Six Four \| Olivia O'Neill \| 2 episodes \|
2023 \| The Diplomat \| Amy Callaghan \| 3 episodes \|

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

2015–2017

| Eve

| Lily Watson

| Main role

| {{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Lesley |title=Scots schoolgirl is on the Eve of stardom as she lands dream TV role |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/scots-schoolgirl-eve-stardom-lands-4997471 |work=Daily Record |access-date=18 December 2020 |language=en |date=18 January 2015 |archive-date=29 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129031443/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/scots-schoolgirl-eve-stardom-lands-4997471 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Creating and writing 'Eve' for CBBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/53001023-6cdf-4b7c-bf6b-dd76b6e792f9 |website=BBC Writers Room |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=2 February 2015 |archive-date=21 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421172656/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/53001023-6cdf-4b7c-bf6b-dd76b6e792f9 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Eve Ep. 2/13 - |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/02/eve |website=BBC Media City |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117235046/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/02/eve |url-status=live }}

2017

| Clique

| Receptionist

| 2 episodes

| {{cite web |title=Clique - Episode 5 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04qw8j9 |website=BBC |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009083904/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04qw8j9 |url-status=live }}

2018–2020

| Find Me in Paris

| Ines Le Breton

| Main role

| {{cite web |last1=O'Keefe |first1=Meghan |title='Find Me in Paris' is the 'Doctor Who'/'Center Stage' Mashup My Life Needed |url=https://decider.com/2019/08/16/find-me-in-paris-hulu-teens-ballet-time-travel/ |website=Decider |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221010446/https://decider.com/2019/08/16/find-me-in-paris-hulu-teens-ballet-time-travel/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Hopewell |first1=John |title='Find Me in Paris' Sets Cast, Directors (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://www.variety.com/2017/tv/news/find-me-in-paris-cast-directors-rolls-in-paris-1202494460/ |website=Variety |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=13 July 2017 |archive-date=4 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104174346/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/find-me-in-paris-cast-directors-rolls-in-paris-1202494460/ |url-status=live }}

2020

| Doctors

| Sophie Broomfield

| Episode: "Mamma Mia"

2020

| Casualty

| Asma Khan

| 1 episode

| {{cite web |title=Episode 41 - Casualty |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lx09 |website=BBC |access-date=19 December 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117235042/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lx09 |url-status=live }}

2022–present

| Shetland

| PC Lorna Burns

| 4 episodes (series 7–)

2023

| Six Four

| Olivia O'Neill

| 2 episodes

2023

| The Diplomat

| Amy Callaghan

| 3 episodes