Bio: Stefanie Martini is an English actress, known for her leading role in ITV's 2017 production Prime Suspect 1973. She also starred in Doctor Thorne (2016), Emerald City (2017), the 2017 film Crooked House and the TV series The Last Kingdom.Born in Bristol, Martini was raised in villages in North Somerset by her parents. She completed her secondary education locally. Having starred in local youth plays with Winscombe Youth Theatre and undertaken the two week induction at the National Youth Theatre, with an interest in illustration post A Levels at Churchill Academy and Sixth Form, she began an arts foundation course. However, a teacher suggested that if she was interested in acting, then she should try it.After failing to get into RADA on her first attempt, Martini joined a one-year program at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where the company wrote their own plays that they produced in local schools. She was subsequently accepted into RADA the following year.
Tivia: She is a classically trained singer.After failing her first attempt to attend RADA, she joined a one-year programme at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She was accepted at RADA the next year, where she graduated in 2015 with a BA Hons in Acting.She was raised in North Somerset, where she completed her secondary education at Churchill Academy and Sixth form (prev Churchill Community School).Her real name is often incorrectly stated to be "Lorna Michelle Stefanie Martini". She once explained that she has had found the name on some websites, but she was unable to track down the source of it.