Alice Hewkin is a Chinese British actress. She began her career as a child actress in the BBC film Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007). She has since gained prominence through her work in theatre, television and film.
Early life Hewkin was born in Jiangsu, China, and was adopted at 9 months old in Cambridge, UK. Hewkin attended Hills Road Sixth Form College and trained in martial arts and piano, where she achieved Grade 8. She joined the Young Actors Company and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Acting in 2014.
Career Hewkin made her television debut as Tealeaf in the 2007 BBC television film Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars with Jonathan Pryce, Anna Chancellor, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
In 2014 Hewkin returned to television in the Game of Thrones season 4 finale as Child of the Forest. In 2015 she appeared in the CBeebies series Teacup Travels and joined the cast of the Sky One comedy-drama Stella for its fourth series as Lily. Also in 2015, Hewkin made her professional stage debut with roles in The Vote at Donmar Warehouse, Hidden at the Royal Court Theatre, and Clickbait at Theatre503.
Hewkin starred in the titular role of the 2016 stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service at Southwark Playhouse. Also in 2016, she played Ling in the third series of the BBC Three sitcom Cuckoo. The following year, she appeared in the Doctor Who series 10 episode "Knock Knock" and portrayed Chinese-Trinidadian performer Jacqui Chan in the second season of The Crown on Netflix.
In 2019 Hewkin starred alongside Ella Balinska in the Sky Kids series The Athena and guest starred as Tanya opposite Lily Newmark as Ruthie in the first season of the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education. She returned to Donmar Warehouse to play Clarissa Duke in Michael Lew's Teenage Dick.
Hewkin had a recurring role as Maeve in the Netflix series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself in 2022 and her first named film role in Raine Allen-Miller's Rye Lane, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. In 2022 it was announced that Hewkin had been cast in the Netflix series The Brothers Sun produced by Brad Falchuk, playing twins May/June alongside Michelle Yeoh.
Filmography Film Year Title Role 2017 The Mummy Technician 2023 Rye Lane Tabby 2025 The Amateur Ali Park2026SupergirlSklarian Raider
Television Year Title RoleNotes 2007 Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars Tealeaf Television film 2014 Game of Thrones Wight Episode: "The Children"2015 Teacup Travels Various 4 episodes BBC Comedy Feeds Sophie Episode: "Fishbowl" 2015–2016 Stella Lily 7 episodes (series 4–5)2016 Doctors Chloe Everly Episode: "Climb Another Mountain" Cuckoo Ling 2 episodes (series 3) Soul Broken Sky Daisy Meadow Television film2017 Doctor Who Felicity Episode: "Knock Knock" The Crown Jacqui Chan Episode: "Matrimonium" 2018 Stan Lee's Lucky Man Sau Lam Episode: "End of Days"2019 Sex Education Tanya 2 episodes (season 1) The Athena Miju Lee Main role (25 episodes) Strike Back: Revolution Aang Episode: "Part 5" 2020 Emily in Paris Shay Episode: "Family Affair"2022 The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself Maeve 4 episodes Miss Scarlet and The Duke Miss Ling Episode: "The Vanishing" 2023 The Brothers Sun May and June Song 6 episodes
Video games CrossfireX (2022) as Sonia Liu
Stage Year Title RoleNotes2015 The Vote Carla Wu Donmar Warehouse, London Hidden Jun / Girl Royal Court Theatre, London Clickbait Chloe Theatre503, London2016 The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie Xiaomei Arcola Theatre, London Kiki's Delivery Service Kiki Southwark Playhouse, London 2019 Teenage Dick Clarissa Duke Donmar Warehouse, London
References
External links
Alice Hewkin at United Agents