About
Lucrezia Phifer is a London-based actor, writer, and singer originally from Indiana, USA.
Lucrezia began acting at age 10 and has been training formally, with a focus on Shakespeare performance, for almost ten years. Although Shakespeare is her first love, she has a range of theatrical experience including musical theatre, devising, Brecht, and beyond. She is a lover of new work, and has starred in multiple new plays and musicals. Most recently, she debuted the role of Young Mary in UK Theatre Award-winning writer Tonderai Munyevu’s new play, Murdering Mary, at Hoxton Hall.
She has also been asked to perform in multiple amateur and fringe productions since moving to the UK. Her recent performance as Amy in Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company earned particular praise.
A true multi-hyphenate, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Film, Television & Theatre and Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where her work across the disciplines earned her the Film, Television & Theatre Department’s “Chair’s Award” for the graduating senior who best exemplifies “exceptional commitment to the spirit of the department” and “who has been involved in multiple disciplines in both their coursework and in the life of the department.” In July 2025, she will graduate from East 15 Acting School with an MFA in Acting, where she received the school’s “International Excellence Award.” Recent UK theatrical credits include Helen/Diana in Polly Teale’s Jane Eyre, Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher, Dott (and others) in War with the Newts, Cécile in Chemin de Fer, and Macduff in Macbeth, as well as Helena in All’s Well that Ends Well and the Provost in Measure for Measure for the Prague Shakespeare Company.
Earlier this year, she made her feature film debut as Horatio in Bette Kora Vajda’s A Tragedy of Hamlet, set to release in 2026. She is currently writing a feature length queer coming-of-age with close collaborator and fellow comedy writer Nick Kloska. Her original solo theatre piece, “The Other City,” which debuted in 2024 at East 15’s VOX Festival, is currently under development for London Fringe festivals in 2026. Her senior thesis screenplay, a television adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set in her hometown, received honors from Notre Dame’s FTT department.
In addition to writing and performing, Lucrezia loves attending concerts and comedy shows, yoga, seeing as much London theatre as possible, and taking long walks all over England. She also remains loyal to her roots as a philosopher and enjoys integrating philosophical inquiry into her work as a theatre practitioner.