Sheila Atim MBE (born January 1991) is a Ugandan-British actress, singer, composer, and playwright. She made her professional acting debut in 2013 at Shakespeare's Globe in The Lightning Child, a musical that she co-wrote along with her acting teacher Ché Walker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sheila Atim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1991 (35)
- Uganda
- Actor
- 16 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Sheila Atim's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Mentoras Thyrza Grey in The Pale Horse (2020)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Sheila Atim's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Sheila Atim's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Vampire Lestat(2026)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Dust Bunny(2025)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Marvel Zombies(2025)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Mufasa: The Lion King(2024)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Leaving Ikorodu In 1999 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Woman King(2022)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Pinocchio(2022)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Bruised(2020)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
National Theatre Live: Constellations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Show(2020)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Underground Railroad(2021)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all showsDrunk history: Black Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Accused: A Mother on Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Meow or Never (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Sulphur and White(2020)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Pale Horse(2020)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Everything Is Connected: George Eliot's Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Feed(2019)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Twelfth Night(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Henry IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Julius Caesar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Tempest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Harlots(2017)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Queen of the Damned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles, 26 of them dated from 2017 to 2026; peak year 2021.
Film career
Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2022–2023.
- BAFTA Award, nominated
- Cannes award, won · Female Revelation
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Sheila Atim's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Sheila Atim's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Sheila Atim work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sheila Atim's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Thuso Mbedu shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Thuso MbeduShared titles: The Woman King (2022), The Underground Railroad (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Thuso Mbedu
Composers and editors
- Terilyn A. ShropshireShared titles: The Woman King (2022), Bruised (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Terilyn A. Shropshire
- Anne NikitinShared titles: Sulphur and White (2020), The Pale Horse (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Anne Nikitin
Producers
- Basil IwanykShared titles: Dust Bunny (2025), Bruised (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Basil Iwanyk
- Erica LeeShared titles: Dust Bunny (2025), Bruised (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Erica Lee
- Michael ElliottShared titles: Sulphur and White (2020), The Show (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Elliott