Lydia West

Actor · Born June 24, 1993 (33) · Islington, London, England, UK

BAFTA Award nominee

Lydia West is a British film and television actress best known for her breakout role in the Russell T. Davies series Years and Years in 2019 for BBC1. She returned to work with Davies on the acclaimed Channel 4 drama It's a Sin in 2021.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: June 24, 1993 (33)
From: Islington, London, England, UK
Works as: Actor
Titles: 8 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 11% in 30 days

What are Lydia West's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Survival

28%

Self

27%

Power

13%

Ideas

13%

Bonds

11%

Morality

5%

Society

3%

Power2 Purpose2 Survival2 Grief2

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Allyas Jill Baxter in It's a Sin (2021)
Allyas Reilly Clayton in The Pentaverate (2022)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Dread

4

Tense

3

Contemplative

2

Melancholic

1

Thrilling

1

Other

3

How their films linger

Haunting2 Feel-good2 Fun2 Unsettling2 Thought-provoking2

How their films end · 2 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet2
Ambiguous3

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 Lydia West's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV

Subscription and free streaming for Lydia West'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

12 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

He Had It Coming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 8 episodes · as Elise
Big Mood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 6 episodes · as Eddie
Gray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 8 episodes · as Sara Beckham
Love Again(2023)
as Lisa Scott
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Coffee Wars(2023)
as Bridget
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Inside Man(2022)
Show 4 episodes · as Beth Davenport
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
The Pentaverate(2022)
Show 6 episodes · as Reilly Clayton
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Suspicion(2022)
Show 4 episodes · as Monique Thompson
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
People You May Know (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Actor
It's a Sin(2021)
Show 5 episodes · as Jill Baxter
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Dracula(2020)
Show 3 episodes · as Lucy · as Lucy Westenra
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Years and Years(2019)
Show 6 episodes · as Bethany Bisme-Lyons
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 83^rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 12 titles from 2019 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Love Again (2023)

$13M worldwide

Highest rated

It's a Sin (2021)

Midcredits 97^th

Film career

20192025

Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.

2019Screen debut· Years and Years
2023First film· Love Again

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting12 of 12 · 40^th

By decade

2010s1 · acting2020s11 · acting

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.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2022, Leading Actress.

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.

Is Lydia West's work okay for kids?

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

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore6 titles17–82 · median 52 · moderatenear the median of all films

Sex & Nudity6 titles26–74 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most films

Profanity6 titles36–75 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most films

Alcohol & Drugs6 titles34–57 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all films

Frightening / Intense6 titles32–77 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most films

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 Lydia West work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lydia West's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paul McGuigan shares the most, 2.