Freya Parks was born in London. Her first professional role was Etty Darwin in Jon Amiel's Creation (2009). Her subsequent film roles included Helen Burns in Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre (2011), Tom Hooper's Les Miserables (2012) and Tasha Robson, the lead role in Bliss! (2016) which is available on Amazon, Sky Store and iTunes.
Parks can be seen in the upcoming Here We Go (2022-) on BBC One, formerly known as Pandemonium, and as Hester in The School for Good and Evil (2022) which is out on Netflix later this year.