Dixie Egerickx

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Dixie Egerickx
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Egerickx in 2023
Born
Dixie Violet Egerickx

(2005-10-31) 31 October 2005 (age 19)
London
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Dixie Violet Egerickx (born 31 October 2005) is an English actress. Her films include The Little Stranger (2018), Summerland and The Secret Garden (both 2020).

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Early life

Dixie Violet Egerickx [1] is from West London. She attended Knightsbridge School, Bute House Preparatory School, and Latymer Upper School. [2] [3] She was scouted at the age of eight by casting director Kate Bone of Nina Gold Casting. [4]

Career

In 2015, Egerickx appeared on the London stage as Iphigenia in Robert Icke's adaptation of Oresteia. She had further roles as Rosalind in Alexi Kay Campbell's Sunset at the Villa Thalia at the National Theatre and Jenny Caroline Marx in Richard Bean and Clive Coleman's Young Marx at The Bridge Theatre, directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner. [5] She made her television debut in the television film Churchill's Secret.

Egerickx appeared in the 2017 National Geographic series Genius and the 2018 series Patrick Melrose . [6] Also in 2018, she made her feature film debut in The Little Stranger . Egerickx appeared on Screen International 's Screen Stars of Tomorrow list in 2019 at the age of 13. [5]

Egerickx starred as Edie in the 2020 drama film Summerland , [6] [7] and portrayed Mary Lennox in the 2020 film The Secret Garden . [6] [7] [8] In 2019, she filmed HBO's Unaired Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot and can currently be seen in the role of Jo Ransome in the Apple TV+ miniseries The Essex Serpent, directed by Clio Barnard. In 2023, Egerickx completed filming the role of Anna in upcoming feature film Rich Flu, directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017The WyrdBedaShort film
2017MiretteMiretteShort film
2018 The Little Stranger Gillian Baker-Hyde
2020 The Secret Garden Mary
2020 Summerland Edie
2024 Rich Flu

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Churchill's SecretYoung SarahTV film
2017A Royal WinterKatyaTV film
2017 Genius Alice EdwardsEpisode: "Einstein: Chapter Ten"
2017The Watcher in the WoodsEllie CarstairsTV film
2018 Patrick Melrose LucyEpisode: "Mother's Milk"
2022 The Essex Serpent Jo Ransome

Stage

DateTitleRoleNotes
2015 Oresteia Iphigenia
2017 Young Marx Jenny Caroline 'Qui Qui' MarxThe Bridge Theatre

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