Oona Chaplin

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This article is about the actress. For her grandmother, the fourth wife of Charlie Chaplin, see Oona O'Neill.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castilla and the second or maternal family name is Chaplin.
Oona Chaplin
File:Oona Chaplin 2016.jpg
Chaplin in 2016
Born
Oona Castilla Chaplin

(1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 (age 39)
Madrid, Spain
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Chile[1]
EducationGordonstoun School
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
MotherGeraldine Chaplin
FamilyChaplin

Oona Castilla Chaplin (Spanish: [ˈuna kasˈtiʎa ˈtʃaplin]; born 4 June 1986) is a Spanish-Swiss-British actress. Her roles include Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones, Kitty Trevelyan in the BBC drama The Crimson Field, and Zilpha Geary in the series Taboo.

Early life

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Chaplin was born in Madrid to English-American actress Geraldine Chaplin and Chilean cinematographer Patricio Castilla.[2][3] She has a half-brother named Shane from her mother's previous relationship with film director Carlos Saura.[3] Her paternal grandmother, Hilda Valderrama, was a Mapuche human rights lawyer.[4] A member of the Chaplin family, she is a granddaughter of English filmmaker and actor Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of Irish-American playwright Eugene O'Neill.[5] She was named after her maternal grandmother Oona O'Neill, Charlie Chaplin's fourth and final wife.[6]

Chaplin spent her childhood mostly in Spain, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Cuba. She travelled often because of her mother's film career.[7][8] She started dancing ballet, salsa and flamenco at an early age.[8][9]

When Chaplin was 15, she began studying at Gordonstoun School in Scotland on a drama scholarship.[10] She appeared in several school plays; toured the United Kingdom in an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet; and impersonated her grandfather in the role of Bottom in an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[8][11] After leaving Gordonstoun, she was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she graduated in 2007.[8]

Career

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After graduating from RADA, Chaplin acted in mainly British and Spanish short and feature films. She has played alongside her mother in the feature films Inconceivable, ¿Para qué sirve un oso?, Imago Mortis and Anchor and Hope. She has had supporting roles in British and American television. She appeared as a Brazilian cage dancer in ITV's Married Single Other (2010); as Marnie Madden, the wife of main character Hector Madden, in the BBC period drama The Hour (2011–2012); as John Watson's girlfriend in "A Scandal in Belgravia", an episode of BBC's Sherlock (2012); and as Talisa Maegyr in HBO's Game of Thrones (2012–2013). She played Kitty Trevelyan, a lead character, in the BBC drama The Crimson Field (2014), and Ira Levinson's wife Ruth Levinson in The Longest Ride (2015).

She starred as Zilpha Geary in the eight-part historical fiction series Taboo (2017) on BBC One and FX.[12] In 2024, she presented the BBC radio documentary Hollywood Exiles, which covered her grandfather's blacklisting by the House Un-American Activities Committee.[13]

In 2025, Chaplin co-starred in Avatar: Fire and Ash, directed by James Cameron, as the villainous Varang.[14][15] On casting the relatively unknown Chaplin, Cameron explained: "There was something [Chaplin] just locked into. There’s a sexuality; there’s a dominating psychology, and there’s a lot of fury. There are a lot of layers to what she’s doing there and the forces that are driving her. Oona was able to move fluidly back and forth between those in a way that I wasn’t seeing with the others."[16]

Filmography

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File:Oona Chaplin 2013.jpg
Chaplin at a red carpet premiere in 2013
Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Inconceivable Laura Chappel
First, Love? Laura – Flower Girl Short film
Quantum of Solace Perla de las Dunas receptionist
2009 Imago Mortis Arianna
Pelican Blood Linda
2010 High and Dry Sandra Short film
Vampyre compendium Short film
2011 ¿Para qué sirve un oso? Rosa
The Devil's Double Beauty
Salar Sandra Short film
2012 The Sorrows[17] Sarah
2013 Powder Room Jess
What if... Julianne
2014 Purgatorio Marta [18]
Aloft Alice
2015 The Longest Ride Ruth Levinson
Dancing for my Havana Rosa
2016 Realive Naomi
2017 Anchor and Hope Eva
2020 Epicentro Herself Documentary
2022 Lullaby Rachel Brown
2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash Varang
2029 Avatar 4 † Filming

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Spooks Kate Episode: "The Virus (Part 2)"
2008 Spooks: Code 9 Kate Episode 2
2009 Married Single Other Fabiana 3 episodes
2010 El Gordo: Una historia verdadera Silvia 2 episodes
2011–2012 The Hour Marnie Madden 12 episodes
2012 Sherlock Jeanette Episode: "A Scandal in Belgravia"
2012–2013 Game of Thrones Talisa Maegyr 11 episodes
2013 Dates Mia 5 episodes
2014 Inside No. 9 Sabrina Episode: "A Quiet Night In"
2014 The Crimson Field Kitty Trevelyan Main role, 6 episodes
2014 Black Mirror[19] Greta Feature-length special: "White Christmas"
2016 El padre de Caín Mercedes [20]
2017 Taboo Zilpha Geary Main cast, all 8 episodes
2018 My Dinner with Hervé Katie Television film
2020 The Comey Rule Lisa Page miniseries
2022 Made for Love Alice Episode: "Alice? Are You Listening?"
Treason Maddy De Costa Main cast, all 5 episodes[21]

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