Alana Boden

Alana Boden
Born	Alana Evie Boden 1997 (age 27–28) Surrey, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

Alana Evie Boden (born 1997) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award for her performance in the Lifetime film I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017).

Early life

Boden was born in Surrey and grew up in Hampshire. ^[1] She has two sisters. She began her career as a child model when she was nine before moving into television commercials and short films. She was homeschooled to make time for her career. ^[2]

Career

Boden made her television debut as Beatrice Selfridge in the second and third series of the ITV period drama Mr Selfridge . She won the Rising Star award at the 2016 London Short Film Festival for her performance in the drama The Earth Belongs to No One . That same year, she starred as Elaine Wiltshire in the Canadian YTV series Ride about an equestrian school in England.

In 2017, Boden played a young version of the titular person Elizabeth Smart in the Lifetime biographical film I Am Elizabeth Smart , for which Boden was nominated for Best Actress in a Television Movie or Limited Series at the following year's Critics' Choice Awards. ^[3]

Boden appeared in the films Hostage Radio and Infamous Six. In 2022, she stars in Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, a Lifetime miniseries prequel based on the novel Garden of Shadows . ^{[4] [5]} Also that year, she appeared in the films Uncharted and The Invitation . ^[6] She was initially cast in the film Tarot (working title Horrorscope). ^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Spiritual Contact: The Movie	Jennifer
2015	The Earth Belongs to No One	Sky	Short film
	Brash Young Turks	Python Agent
2019	Hostage Radio	Julia
2020	Infamous Six	Cola
2022	Uncharted	Zoe
	The Invitation	Lucy
2025	A Working Man	Nina

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014–2015	Mr Selfridge	Beatrice Selfridge	3 episodes (series 2–3)
2015	Doctors	Lucy Whiteside	Episode: "Plus One"
	Humans	Caroline	1 episode
2016	Wolfblood	Niamh / Holly	2 episodes
	Ride	Elaine Wiltshire	Main role
2017	I Am Elizabeth Smart	Young Elizabeth Smart	Television film
2018	Hawaii Five-0	Lady Sophie	Episode: "Ahuwale Ka Nane Huna"
2018	Origin	Ayko	Web series; episode: "Remember Me"
2020	Alex Rider	Fiona Friend	1 episode
2021	Domina	Porcia	Episode: "Treason"
2022	Flowers in the Attic: The Origin	Alicia Foxworth	Miniseries
2024	Geek Girl	Miss Lord	6 episodes

Stage

• The Tempest (2011), as Spirit, at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2016	London Short Film Festival	Rising Star	The Earth Belongs to No One	Won	[8]
2018	Critics' Choice Awards	Best Actress in a Television Movie or Limited Series	I Am Elizabeth Smart	Nominated	[9]

References

1. Nagy, Alexandra (8 February 2017). "INTERVIEW: Alana Boden Talks "Ride", Animals and Life". CelebMix. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
2. "Meet Alana Boden, the girl from Nickelodeon hit Ride". Teen's Weekly Insider. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
3. Petski, Denise (9 May 2022). "'I Am Elizabeth Smart': Skeet Ulrich, Deirdre Lovejoy & Alana Boden To Star In Lifetime Movie". Deadline. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
4. Petski, Denise (17 August 2021). "Lifetime Greenlights 'Flowers In The Attic' Prequel Miniseries With Jemima Rooper, Max Irons, Kelsey Grammer, Harry Hamlin, Moren". Deadline.
5. Raquel (26 June 2022). "T'Shan Williams & Alana Boden Break Down the Darkness of 'Flowers in the Attic: The Origin'". Fangirlish. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
6. Grobar, Matt (16 August 2021). "Alana Boden Boards Screen Gems Film 'The Bride'". Deadline. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
7. Kroll, Justin. "Jacob Batalon, Alana Boden, Adain Bradley and Avantika To Star In Screen Gems' 'Horrorscope'". Deadline. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
8. "The Non-Stop Life Of A Newspaper Man Scoops Londonist Short Film Prize". Londonist. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
9. Tapley, Kristopher (6 December 2017). "Netflix, FX's 'Feud' Lead Critics' Choice TV Nominations". Variety . Retrieved 6 December 2017.

External links

• Alana Boden at IMDb
• Alana Boden at Olivia Bell Management