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| 3 | Maisie Richardson-Sellers (born March 2nd, 1992 in London, England) is an English actress of white English and black Guyanese parentage. She is primarily known for her roles in television, including ''Series/TheOriginals'', ''Series/OfKingsAndProphets'', and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. |
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| 5 | Richardson-Sellers is openly queer, and in a relationship with female American singer Clay. Sellers also uses she/they pronouns. |
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| 7 | She co-founded Shethority, a global collective for women to empower, inspire and share with each other. Members in Shethority include ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' co-stars of hers Creator/MelissaBenoist, Creator/NicoleMaines, Creator/ChylerLeigh, Creator/CaityLotz, Creator/EmilyBettRickards, Creator/KatieCassidy, Creator/CandicePatton and Creator/DaniellePanabaker. The collective focuses on dealing with self-acceptance, homophobia and workplace sexual harassment. |
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| 9 | !!Filmography: |
| 10 | * ''Series/TheOriginals'' (2014-15, 2017): Rebekah Mikaelson / Eva Sinclair |
| 11 | * ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheForceAwakens'' (2015): Korr Sella |
| 12 | * ''Series/OfKingsAndProphets'' (2016): Michal |
| 13 | * ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' (2016-20): Amaya Jiwe / ComicBook/{{Vixen}}, Charlie [[note]]She also directed the Season 6 episode "There Will Be Brood"[[/note]] |
| 14 | ** ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'' (2016) |
| 15 | ** ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'' (2017) |
| 16 | * ''The Kissing Booth'' trilogy as Chloe Winthrop |
| 17 | ** ''Film/TheKissingBooth2'' (2020) |
| 18 | ** ''Film/TheKissingBooth3'' (2021) |
| 19 | * ''Series/TheUndeclaredWar'' (2022) as Kathy Freeman |
| 20 | * ''Film/JaggedMind'' (2023) as Billie |
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| 22 | !!Tropes about the actress: |
| 23 | * ActingForTwo: As Amaya and Charlie in ''Legends of Tomorrow'', though the two never meet each other. |
| 24 | * DawsonCasting: She was 27 years old playing the undergraduate student Chloe in ''The Kissing Booth 2''. |
| 25 | * DirectedByCastMember: {{Played with}}. She directed an episode for ''Legends of Tomorrow'', but this happened after she departed from the show as a cast member. |
| 26 | * FakeAmerican: She utilizes an American accent to play Amaya in ''Legends of Tomorrow'', even though the latter hails from the fictional African village of Zambesi. Averted with her second role, Charlie, who poses as a British punk rockstar, allowing Maisie to use her real accent. In ''The Undeclared War'' she also plays American Kathy Freeman. ''Jagged Mind'' as well sees her play Billie, an American. |
| 27 | * QueerCharacterQueerActor: She plays sapphic women in ''The Undeclared War'' (Kathy) and ''Jagged Mind'' (Billie). |
| 28 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: She originally auditioned for Rey, the lead protagonist of the ''Star Wars'' Sequel Trilogy. She didn't get the part, although the role of minor character Korr Sella was [[CastTheRunnerUp created for her]]. |
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