Biography

Raffiella Chapman is a British actress of Italian and Anglo-Indian heritage, with both British and Italian citizenship, who plays the titular role of Vesper in critically acclaimed, multi award winning feature film Vesper (2022) and Judgement in Sweet Brother (2025). Her first movie role was Lucy Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014) followed by Claire in Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) but it as Vesper that Chapman has won critical acclaim.

"A star-making turn from Raffiella Chapman..." The Playlist

"Raffiella Chapman as Vesper is excellent" The New York Sun

"The title character, played with impressive poise by Raffiella Chapman" 4/5 stars The Guardian

"Raffiella Chapman gives a commanding and wonderfully mature performance as Vesper." In Session Film

"impressive up-and-comer Raffiella Chapman's stoic but winningly vulnerable performance keeps proceedings humane and honestly felt" Variety

Most recently Raffiella has co-created and co-written comedy drama Pick Me which is currently in development.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anon