Nationality British Years active 2012–present | Occupation Actress Movies Agravoy, Breathe | |
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Similar Aimee‑Ffion Edwards, Reece Pockney, Ilan Goodman, Toby Meakins, Christos Lawton | ||
Orion Ben (Hebrew: אוריאן בן) is an Israeli British actress best known for portraying Varde in the BBC4 Series Detectorists and Leah Moss in Call the Midwife.
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Early life
Ben was born to a Romanian mother and a Moroccan French father. She spent her childhood in Israel and speaks fluent Hebrew.
In 2012, Ben graduated from Oxford School of Drama with a Diploma in Professional Acting.
Acting career
Starting in 2013, Ben had guest appearances on television shows including Channel 4 series Skins Pure, BBC TV series Doctors and Stan Lee's Sky1 Series 'Lucky Man'.
Ben also played the guest lead Leah Moss, a young pregnant girl who is caring for her elderly agoraphobic mother in the fourth episode of the third series of the BBC medical period drama series Call the Midwife, which aired on 9 February 2014.
In 2014 Walla called her 'The New Israeli Actress starring in the world'
Ben starred as the lead in two horror films Breath and Agravoy. for which she was awarded the second place in the best actress category at the Helios film festival
Ben played the recurring role of Varde appearing in 12 episodes in the first and second series of the BBC 4 comedy series Detectorists
Filmography
Films and Television
Theatre