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Marisa Abela is a British actress born in Brighton to actress Caroline Gruber and director Angelo Abela. Her father is of Maltese Libyan descent, and her mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. She attended Roedean School, took drama classes at the Theatre Workshop, and originally intended to study history and law to become a civil rights lawyer — but changed course and pursued acting instead, graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2019.

She first came to wide attention through the HBO/BBC Two series Industry, playing the sharp and complex character Yasmin Kara-Hanani, for which she earned the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her performance in the third season. Her film career also took off during this period — she joined the cast of Greta Gerwig's Barbie (2023) in a supporting role as Teen Talk Barbie.

Her most acclaimed role to date came when she starred as Amy Winehouse in the biopic Back to Black (2024), directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. The film received mixed reviews, but Abela's performance earned positive notices from critics. Impressively, she performed her own singing in the film, having trained extensively to mimic Amy Winehouse's voice. On a personal note, in July 2024 she announced her engagement to West End actor Jamie Bogyo.