As a child growing up in the small village of Lymm, Miya Ocego was a huge fan of pop legend Cher. But she could never imagine that one day she would be channeling the Oscar-winning actress and singer in a trailblazing TV role.
The transgender actress can hardly Believe that she's playing the statuesque superstar in her first ever professional acting role. At just 22, Miya has stepped into the icon's shoes to play a trans Cher tribute act on the BBC3 slasher comedy series Wreck, set aboard a cruise ship with a killer duck on the loose.
Miya, who trained at The Arden drama school in Manchester, felt a deep connection to her character Rosie after surviving bullying while struggling with her gender identity, having been assigned a male gender. As a young child she played with dolls and reached for her mum's high heels, with her transition journey beginning at the age of 11.
