‘I grew up witnessing the impact of Amnesty’s crucial work. It is a true honour to be joining forces in raising awareness and pushing for the protection and implementation of human rights’ – Maisie Richardson-Sellers 

Amnesty International UK is delighted to announce actor-director Maisie Richardson-Sellers as its newest Ambassador.  

The actor is a long-standing supporter of Amnesty UK and an outspoken advocate for gender and racial justice. She has worked closely with Amnesty supporting a number of campaigns, particularly highlighting gender justice and the plight of refugees in the UK.  

Maisie uses her platform to advocate for marginalised communities, and is a passionate advocate for the power of interlacing art and activism. She is the founder of ‘Barefaced Productions’, a production company that seeks to tell the stories of and provide a platform for marginalised voices through both fiction and documentary filmmaking. Maisie also pushes for increased representation behind the camera, in writing rooms, and at every stage of the creative process. 

She has appeared in a number of leading films and TV programmes including the currently airing season 2 of “Nine Perfect Strangers”, the upcoming new series “Talamasca”, as wel as BBC’s “Wolf Hall” season 2, Channel 4’s “The Undeclared War’, Netflix’s "The Kissing Booth 2+3", The CW’s “The Originals”, the CW’s  “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. Her theatrical directorial debut was “for coloured girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow was enuf”, and her screen debut was, "Sunday’s Child” which follows a young queer woman of colour on her journey to self-acceptance. The film's creative team and crew was deliberately led by women of colour in order to reflect the story being told. 

Holly Parker-Monks, Amnesty International UK’s Artists and Ambassadors Manager, said: 

“It’s fantastic having Maisie represent Amnesty as an Ambassador - her passion for social justice, her life-long support and determination to use her profile to help improve the rights of people wherever they are, from gender justice to people seeking asylum in the UK is invaluable.   

“We look forward to an exciting future of having Maisie at the forefront of some of our key campaigns” 

Maisie Richardson-Sellers said: 

"My family have supported Amnesty since I was a child, and I grew up witnessing the impact of Amnesty’s crucial work. It is a true honour to be joining forces in raising awareness and pushing for the protection and implementation of human rights and policy. The current genocide being committed in Gaza shines a horrifying spotlight on just how necessary this work is. I am committed to supporting Amnesty in the fight for racial justice, migrant rights, women’s rights LGBTQAI+ equality and beyond. Every single voice makes a difference, it’s time to unite and demand lasting change.”