Miya Ocego

[2] Ocego began her career in modeling[2] and signed with the agency Contact ZYX.

[3] After appearing in the Channel 4 documentary The Extraordinary Life of April Ashley,[4] Ocego began starring as Rosie Preston, a Cher tribute act, in the BBC Three horror comedy Wreck in 2022.

[8][9] She also appeared in the Sky Atlantic drama I Hate Suzie as Alexa Dennis.

In 2024, Ocego played Jules in the BBC One thriller The Jetty,[10] appeared in an episode of the Netflix miniseries Baby Reindeer,[11] and joined the cast of the school drama Waterloo Road for its fourteenth series, also on BBC One, as Lois Taylor-Brown.

[12] Ocego is a trans woman and transitioned as part of an early intervention study, which she credits with saving her life.