{"id":5006261,"date":"2025-08-08T16:40:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5006261"},"modified":"2025-08-09T20:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:00:50","slug":"who-is-marisa-abela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-marisa-abela-5006261\/","title":{"rendered":"Marisa Abela: 5 Things to Know About the Actress Playing Elizabeth Bennett in Audible’s ‘Pride & Prejudice’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marisa is also known for playing the late Amy Winehouse in ‘Back to Black.’ Learn all about the actress and her upcoming role playing Elizabeth Bennett here.<\/h3>\n

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Marisa Abela<\/strong><\/a> has steadily risen to stardom thanks to years of dedication. After landing her breakout role in Industry<\/em>, she won a BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress and was eventually chosen to play the late Amy Winehouse<\/strong><\/a> in Back to Black<\/em>. Earning praise around the world for her portrayal, Marisa climbed the ranks in showbusiness and is now voicing the highly coveted role of Elizabeth Bennett in Audible’s Pride & Prejudice<\/em>. Marisa is a major name in the cast, but she’s accompanied by several recognizable names in the adaptation of Jane Austen<\/strong>‘s work.<\/p>\n

Next on Marisa’s lineup will be opposite Nicholas Galitzine<\/strong><\/a> in The Return of Stanley Atwell. <\/em>Below, Hollywood Life<\/strong> has compiled five facts about Marisa and her film, television and audio projects.<\/p>\n

Marisa Abela Is a British Actress<\/h2>\n

Marisa (born December 7, 1996) was born “to a stage actress mother and a comedian-turned-director father,” per W magazine<\/a><\/em>. With such parents, she had a brief “rebellion” where she considered being a human rights lawyer before she relented and began to work in the family business. She attended the Roedean School before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She graduated in 2019 and experienced her breakout in 2020.<\/p>\n

Marisa’s Breakout Role Was in ‘Industry’<\/h2>\n

“If you would have told me at the beginning of RADA that on my graduation day, I’d have gotten a train back that morning from Cardiff filming an HBO show,” she told The Cut<\/a><\/em>. Marisa’s breakout came in 2020 when she landed the role of Yasmin Kara-Hanani in Industry<\/em>, an HBO television drama (dubbed “The First Great Gen Z Workplace Drama” by GQ<\/a>). Industry <\/em>follows a group of young graduates competing for positions at a prestigious investment bank in London. Season 2 finished in September 2022, and HBO renewed it for a third.<\/p>\n

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