Rhianne Barreto (Sophie) was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Brits to Watch" for 2019 and won a Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting at the Sundance Film Festival for her performance in "Share."
Esme Creed-Miles, who plays Hanna, made her acting debut at age 7, playing a Shirley Temple impersonator opposite her mother, Samantha Morton, playing a Marilyn Monroe impersonator, in Harmony Korine's 2007 film "Mister Lonely."
Since the mid-1990s, Morocco has been a transit destination for illegal labor migrants from Saudi Arabia and Sub Saharan Africa as well as asylum seekers from Sub Saharan Africa. Some migrants have been legalized through a 2014 regulation program that grants them access to work, health care and education.
Manchester-born Kemaal Deen-Ellis (Jay) has been acting since age five, when he was hired to appear in three Christmas-themed commercial spots for Morrisons Brussels Sprouts.
West London-born Rhianne Barreto, who plays Sophie, got the acting bug when she stepped into a boy's role in her sister's school play. She's a graduate of London's National Youth Theatre and also trained at The Brit School.