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”The first sign of a good script is that I’m so absorbed by it I’ve forgotten about the cup of tea I made,” reveals Jade Croot, referencing Bryn Chainey’s Rabbit Trap.
The Sundance 2025 folk horror showcases the actress’s most significant big-screen role to date – following acclaimed performances in TV dramas The Accident, The Serpent Queen and Steeltown Murders – and finds Croot channelling an androgynous, supernatural presence opposite Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen.
“The script said the character is a boy, but to me he presents himself more as a person who just wants to be loved,” says Croot, who is also in Romain Gavras’s Toronto-launched Sacrifice, a comedic thriller about a glamorous charity gala that gets hijacked, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Evans and Salma Hayek. Next she will appear in Michael Sarnoski’s The Death Of Robin Hood starring Hugh Jackman, for 2026 cinema release.
Growing up in Wales, Croot was shy and bullied at school. An outlet came when she saw the Jaden Smith/Jackie Chan version of The Karate Kid (2010) and decided she wanted to act. She took up the martial art, attended a local drama school and then made her way to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Channel 4’s The Accident, exploring a community’s fight for justice after a construction site explosion, offered a breakthrough in 2019. “What I loved about the character, and being an actor, is that you get to play someone who is far removed from who you are,” she enthuses. “It allows you to dig deep.”
Searching for depth is an ongoing mission for Croot, who wants to work on projects “that resonate and move audiences. That’s what motivates me.”
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