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Sheila Atim

Sheila Atim

Actor · Born January 1, 1991 (35) · Uganda

BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Sheila Atim MBE (born January 1991) is a Ugandan-British actress, singer, composer, and playwright. She made her professional acting debut in 2013 at Shakespeare's Globe in The Lightning Child, a musical that she co-wrote along with her acting teacher Ché Walker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sheila Atim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1991 (35)
From
Uganda
Works as
Actor
Titles
16 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 40% in 30 days

What are Sheila Atim's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
22%
Self
21%
Survival
20%
Morality
13%
Power
12%
Society
7%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
5
Contemplative
3
Absurd
2
Hopeful
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Hopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sheila Atim's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sheila Atim's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Vampire Lestat(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · as The Queen of the Damned

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Dust Bunny(2025)

    as Brenda

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Marvel Zombies(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sara (voice)

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Mufasa: The Lion King(2024)

    as Ajarry (voice)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Leaving Ikorodu In 1999 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt(2023)

    as Evelyn

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Woman King(2022)

    as Amenza

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Pinocchio(2022)

    as Signora Vitelli

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness(2022)

    as Sara

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Bruised(2020)

    as Bobbi Buddhakan Berroa

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: Constellations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Marianne

  • The Show(2020)

    as John Conqueror

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Underground Railroad(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · as Mabel · as Mabel (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Drunk history: Black Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Yaa Asantewaa

  • Accused: A Mother on Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · as Narrator

  • Meow or Never (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Pucha the Catstronaut (voice)

  • Sulphur and White(2020)

    as Samira

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Pale Horse(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as Thyrza Grey

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Narrator

  • The Feed(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · as Amanda Javad

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • National Theatre Live: Les Blancs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as The Woman

  • Twelfth Night(2018)

    as Viola / Sebastian

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Henry IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Gadshill/Lady Percy

  • Julius Caesar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Lucius

  • The Tempest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Ferdinand

  • Harlots(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Limehouse Nell

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Queen of the Damned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Queen of the Damned

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles, 26 of them dated from 2017 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

The Woman King (2022)

$98M worldwide

Highest rated

The Woman King (2022)

Midcredits 74th

Film career

20172026

Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting27 of 27: 27 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rd

By decade

2010s8 · acting2020s18 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 8 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Awards

1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2022–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
  2. 2022
    • Cannes award, won · Female Revelation

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Sheila Atim's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 16 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

Twelfth Night (2018)

96th percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Harlots (2017)

Midcredits 80th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sheila Atim's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles42–85 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles15–57 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles25–76 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles19–64 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles47–78 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Sheila Atim work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sheila Atim's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Thuso Mbedu shares the most, 2.

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers