---
name: "Sorcha Groundsell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sorcha-groundsell"
fi1m_id: "sorcha-groundsell"
imdb_id: "nm6872923"
tmdb_id: 1719879
wikidata_id: "Q64748940"
roles: []
born: "15 February 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T20:07:12.640391+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sorcha Groundsell

## Identity

Sorcha Groundsell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sorcha-groundsell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sorcha-groundsell
- **IMDb ID:** nm6872923
- **TMDB ID:** 1719879
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64748940
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcha_Groundsell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64748940, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6872923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1719879

Actor. Born 15 February 1998 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 15 February 1998, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcha_Groundsell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64748940, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6872923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1719879

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Long Shadow*](https://film.one/tv/the-long-shadow.md) (74)

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## Biography

Sorcha Groundsell is a British actress. Born on 15 February 1998 in Bristol, she grew up on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and later moved to Glasgow, where she attended the Glasgow Gaelic School. A fluent Scottish Gaelic speaker, she took drama classes at the Citizens Theatre and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland before leaving school at 16 to pursue acting and moving to London at 18.

Groundsell made her feature film debut as Sarah in *Iona* (2015) and her stage debut in *Stain* at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that year. She is known for her leading role as June in the Netflix series *The Innocents* (2018), as well as appearances in *Clique* (2017), *His Dark Materials* (2019–2022), *Crime* (2021), *Shetland* (2022) and *The Long Shadow* (2023) as Nicola Briggs. She has also voiced characters in video games and starred in the BBC Alba series *An t-Eilean* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Long Shadow* (2023), Fi1m 74, as Nicola Briggs — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-long-shadow.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Seaforth* (2025), as Lady Seaforth · Producer
- *Bookish* (2025), series, as Geraldine Mercer
- *The Island* (2025), series, as Kat Crichton
- *The Long Shadow* (2023), series, as Nicola Briggs — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-long-shadow.md)
- *Original Skin* (2022), Actor
- *Crime* (2021), series, as Carly McCargill
- *Upstairs* (2021), as Jennifer
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, as Maddy
- *Thanks for the Memories* (2019), series, as Bella Beckmann
- *Far from the Apple Tree* (2019), as Judith
- *Sunday Tide* (2018), as Sunday
- *The Innocents* (2018), series, as June
- *Clique* (2017), series, as Elizabeth Smith
- *In Plain Sight* (2016), series, as Jane Muncie
- *Iona* (2015), as Sarah
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Bryd Fleming — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *The Reformation of Sister Edith*, as Sister Edith

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