Marisa Abela Signs With CAA

June 16, 2026 8:30am

EXCLUSIVE: Marisa Abela has signed with CAA for representation.

Abela is a British actress best known for her breakout performance in HBO/BBC’s Industry, for which she won the 2025 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress. She will next star opposite Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe in Chad Stahelski’s Highlander for Amazon MGM’s United Artists.

Outside of Industry, Abela is best known for her starring turn as singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse in the Focus biopic Back to Back from Sam Taylor-Johnson, for which she earned a BAFTA EE Rising Star Award nomination. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, she’s also appeared opposite Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender in Black Bag, the acclaimed spy thriller from Steven Soderbergh.

Abela continues to be represented by Saskia Mulder at The Artists Partnership in the UK; Jim Gilio and Robert Offer at Sloan, Offer, Weber & Dern; and Shelter PR.

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