Aiysha Hart is an actor best known for her recurring roles in the BBC-produced series,
Atlantis (2013-2015), and the British Sky TV series,
A Discovery of Witches (2018-2022), and made her feature debut in the Emirati and Image Nation-produced horror movie,
Djinn (2013), with Khalid Laith, Razane Jammal and May Calamawy under Tobe Hooper’s direction. Hart co-starred with Paddy Considine in director/writer Shan Khan’s British thriller,
Honour (2014), with Faraz Ayub and Shubham Saraf, and released by 108 Media/Pinewood Pictures.
Hart joined the cast of director/co-writer Wash Westmoreland’s biopic,
Colette (2018), co-written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Richard Glatzer, starring Keira Knightley (as Colette), Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson and Denise Gough, and which was released by Bleecker Street/30West (U.S.)/Lionsgate (U.K.) for a $14.3 million gross after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Hart was cast in a supporting role in director/writer William Nicholson’s
Hope Gap (2019), the screen version of his 1999 novel, The Retreat from Moscow, co-starring Annette Bening,
Bill Nighy, and
Josh O’Connor, and released by Roadside Attractions/Screen Media Films (U.S.)/Curzon Artificial Eye (U.K.) for a $1.3 million return.
Aiysha Hart co-starred with actor/co-writer
Riz Ahmed in director/co-writer Bassam Tariq’s drama,
Mogul Mowgli (2020), with Alyy Khan, Sudha Bhuchar, and Nabhaan Rizwan, launching at the Berlin Film Festival and then released by Strand Releasing (U.S.)/BFI Distribution (U.K.). Hart joined the cast of director/writer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s British drama,
Dreamers (2025), co-starring Ronke Adekoluejo and Ann Akinjirin, premiering at the Berlin Film Festival and produced by BBC Film/Quiddity Films, followed by Hart playing a supporting role in co-director/writer Bjorn Franklin’s British crime movie,
Salvable (2025), co-directed by Johnny Marchetta, starring Toby Kebbell, Shia LaBeouf and Kila Lord Cassidy, and released by Grindstone Entertainment Group (U.S.)/Vertical (U.K.).
Hart co-starred with
Anthony Mackie in the drama set in director/co-writer
Rupert Wyatt’s 7th century Arabia,
Desert Warrior (2025), with
Sharlto Copley and Ben Kingsley, produced by Jeremy Bolt with Saudi and American money, and which was released wide by Vertical. Hart was in the ensemble of star/director/producer
Michael B. Jordan’s remake (the second) of
The Thomas Crown Affair (2027), written by Drew Pearce, co-starring
Adria Arjona,
Lily Gladstone, Ruth Negga,
Aubrey Plaza, and
Kenneth Branagh, produced by MGM, and released by Amazon MGM Studios.
Director/writer Kenneth Branagh cast Aiysha Hart in his U.S.-U.K. psycho-thriller,
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde (date to be announced), co-starring
Jodie Comer, Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, and Vicky McClure, and produced by Maximum Effort/TKBC.