Biography

Marisa Abela is an actress. She attended Roedean School and took drama classes at the Theatre Workshop. She originally intended to study history and law at UCLA to become a civil rights lawyer, but changed her mind and decided to pursue acting instead. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2019.

She started acting in 2008 at the age of eleven - she played the role of Alice in the thriller Man in a Box (2008). Marisa Abela has been cast as legendary singer Amy Winehouse in Sam Taylor-Johnson's Back to Black (2024), a biographical drama about the artist.

Actress

Industry(2020)as Yasmin Kara-Hanani

Pride and Prejudice(2025)as Elizabeth Bennett

Pride & Prejudice(2025)as Elizabeth Bennet

Black Bag(2025)as Clarissa Dubose

Back to Black(2024)as Amy

Soundtrack

Back to Black(2024)

Queen of the Universe(2021)

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers(2014)as Self - Guest

Wimbledon(1937)as Self - Spectator

Black Bag: The Company of Talent(2025)as Self

Access Hollywood(1996)as Self

The Drew Barrymore Show(2020)as Self - Guest

Archive Footage

Entertainment Tonight(1981)as Self

The Project(2009)as Self

Known for

Industry2020 · Actress Cobra2020 · Actress Rogue Agent2022 · Actress She Is Love2022 · Actress

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Marisa Abela in The Commander and the Grey Lady (2026)

Jack O'Connell and Marisa Abela in Back to Black (2024)

Credit Score: Marisa Abela

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Industry

Yasmin Kara-Hanani

Mon Nov 09 2020 – Thu Jan 01 2026

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Industry	9.75	2020	•	7.5	1	2	27474
2	Barbie	6.00	2023		6.8	1	8	671985
3	Rogue Agent	3.25	2022	•	6.5	0	0	16669
4	She Is Love	2.60	2023	•	4.9	0	0	804
5	Cobra	2.50	2020	•	6.6	0	0	5106
6	Back to Black	1.30	2024		6.3	0	0	30961
7	Black Bag	1.00	2025		6.7	0	0	93573