Carlyss trained at RADA. Her previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her other theater credits include: The Rivals (Peter Hall Company UK Tour and Theatre Royal Haymarket); Lés Liaisons Dangereuses (Salisbury Playhouse), and her credits with the National Youth Theatre include: The Master and Margarita (Lyric Hammersmith); Cell Sell (Soho Theatre). Her television credits include: Eternal Law, Doctors, Silent.