Bella Heathcote | |
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Born | Isabella Heathcote 27 May 1987 |
Alma mater | National Theatre, Melbourne |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2008–present |
Spouse | Richard Stampton (m. 2019) |
Isabella Heathcote (born 27 May 1987) is an Australian actress. Following her film debut in Acolytes (2008), she had a recurring role as Amanda Fowler on the television soap opera Neighbours (2009). She gained further recognition for her dual roles as Victoria Winters and Josette du Pres in the dark fantasy film Dark Shadows (2012), and Olive Byrne in the biographical drama film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017).
Heathcote has since appeared in several films, including In Time (2011), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies , The Neon Demon (both 2016), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), and Relic (2020). On television, she played Nicole Dörmer on the second and third seasons of the Amazon Prime Video dystopian alternate history series The Man in the High Castle (2016–18), Susan Parsons on the Paramount+ historical drama series Strange Angel (2018–19), and Andy Oliver in the Netflix drama thriller series Pieces of Her (2022).
Heathcote was born around 1987 [1] in Melbourne, Australia. She has one sibling, a brother. [2] Their father was a lawyer. [3] Heathcote attended Korowa Anglican Girls' School. [2] She began attending performance classes when she was 12. Her father believed it would be a good distraction in the wake of her mother's death. [2] Heathcote then studied drama at university, and after her first year realised that she wanted to pursue acting as a career. [2]
Heathcote's early roles include the recurring role of Amanda Fowler in the soap opera Neighbours , and a small appearance in the 2008 horror film Acolytes . [4] Heathcote then appeared in the 2010 Australian war film Beneath Hill 60 . [5] In May 2010, she was the recipient of a Heath Ledger Scholarship. [6] She then based herself in Los Angeles for work. [2] In December 2010, she was cast in David Chase's film Not Fade Away (originally titled Twylight Zones). [7] She also appeared in the sci-fi thriller In Time , alongside Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. [5]
Heathcote filmed a cameo appearance for Killing Them Softly (then titled Cogan's Trade), but her scenes were cut from the final film. [8] [9] In February 2011, Tim Burton selected Heathcote to play Victoria Winters and Josette du Pres in his film adaptation of Dark Shadows , starring opposite Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Helena Bonham Carter. [10] [11] She was later cast in Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller film The Neon Demon , which was released in 2016. [12] [13]
Heathcote was named one of the 10 Actors to Watch: Breakthrough Performances of 2012 at the 20th Hamptons International Film Festival. [14] The following year, she starred alongside Max Minghella in The Killers' music video for "Shot at the Night". [15] she was part of the Spring/Summer 2014 campaign for Miu Miu alongside fellow actresses Lupita Nyong'o, Elle Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen. [16]
In 2017, Heathcote played Leila Williams in the film Fifty Shades Darker , the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey . [17] She also joined the season 2 cast of television drama The Man in the High Castle as Nicole Dörmer, a Berlin-born filmmaker. [18] She starred as Olive Byrne, partner of psychologists and comic book authors William Moulton Marston and Elizabeth Holloway Marston, in the 2017 biographical film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women . [19]
She played Susan Parsons in the CBS All Access drama Strange Angel, an adaptation of George Pendle's book Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons. [20] It was cancelled after two seasons in November 2019. [21] Heathcote appears in the second season of the Australian web television series Bloom as a younger incarnation of Loris Webb, played by Anne Charleston. [22]
Heathcote appeared in the independent drama Relic , alongside Emily Mortimer and Robyn Nevin. It follows a daughter, a mother and a grandmother who are "haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home". The movie was produced by AGBO Films, the Russo Brothers' production company and Jake Gyllenhaal, and co-written and directed by Natalia Erika James. [23] Heathcote stars with Toni Collette in the 2022 Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her , adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name. [24]
Heathcote will star in the Stan and Nine Network crime drama Scrublands, alongside Luke Arnold and Jay Ryan, based on the novel of the same name by Chris Hammer; production began in Victoria in February 2023. [25] On 5 June it was announced that Heathcote would reprise her role from the first season for the second series. [26] In April 2023, Heathcote was cast in the upcoming The Room remake. [27] She also appeared in the six-part Stan Original comedy series C*A*U*G*H*T released in September 2023. [28]
Heathcote was previously engaged to film director Andrew Dominik. [29] They had been in a relationship since 2010. [2]
She married Australian architect Richard Stampton in January 2019. [30] [31] She is based in Los Angeles; she and Stampton also have a home in Phillip Island. [31]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Acolytes | Petra | |
2010 | Beneath Hill 60 | Marjorie Waddell | Credited as Isabella Heathcote |
2011 | In Time | Michele Weis | |
2012 | Dark Shadows | Maggie Evans / Victoria Winters / Josette du Pres | |
2012 | Not Fade Away | Grace Dietz | |
2014 | The Rewrite | Karen | |
2015 | The Curse of Downers Grove | Chrissie Swanson | |
2016 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Jane Bennett | |
2016 | The Neon Demon | Gigi | |
2017 | Fifty Shades Darker | Leila Williams | |
2017 | Professor Marston and the Wonder Women | Olive Byrne | |
2020 | Relic | Sam | |
2024 | The Moogai | Becky | |
TBA | The Room Returns! | Lisa |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Neighbours | Amanda Fowler | Recurring role, 8 episodes |
2016–2018 | The Man in the High Castle | Nicole Dörmer | Main role (seasons 2–3) |
2018–2019 | Strange Angel | Susan Parsons | Main role |
2020 | Bloom | Young Loris | Main role (season 2) |
2020 | Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens | Joey | 1 episode |
2022 | Pieces of Her | Andy Oliver | Main role |
2023- | Scrublands | Mandy Bond | Main role |
2023 | Caught | Jemima Justice | Main role |
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