Eliza Bennett

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Eliza Bennett
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Bennett in 2009
Born
Eliza Bennett

(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)
Reading, Berkshire, England
Other namesEliza
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active2001–present

Eliza Bennett [1] (born 17 March 1992) [2] is an English actress and singer. Her most notable roles have been those of Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart , Tora in the film Nanny McPhee , Susan in From Time to Time and Holly Manson in the West End musical Loserville . Bennett starred on the black comedy series Sweet/Vicious as Jules Thomas. In 2021, Bennett began She played Amanda Carrington in the final two seasons (2021–2022) of the series Dynasty .

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Early and personal life

Bennett was born and grew up in Reading, Berkshire [3] with her older brother and sister [4] and attended Leighton Park School. [5] [6] [7]

Career

Film

Bennett landed her first role as Jemima in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium in 2002 aged nine. [8] She got her first film role playing Princess Arabella in 2004's The Prince & Me . [9] [10] In 2005 Bennett landed one of her biggest film roles, playing Tora in Nanny McPhee . [11] [12]

In 2005, she played Hayley in the TV movie Supernova , [13] Young Anne in the 2006 film Victims, Emily in The Contractor with Wesley Snipes [14] [15] and television work as Nora in the Agatha Christie's Marple episode "By the Pricking of My Thumbs". [16] [17]

In 2006, Bennett played the role of Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart , [12] [18] based on the novel by Cornelia Funke. In 2009, she went on to land the role of Susan in Julian Fellowes' film From Time to Time . [19]

In 2010, Bennett played the role of Kate Anderson in Johannes Roberts' thriller film F , [20] [21] and appeared in Roadkill in 2011. [22] In 2012, she portrayed the psychopathic character of Kayleigh in the thriller film Confine; [23] [24] a role for which she received a best supporting actress nomination at the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, eventually receiving a distinctive achievement award. [25] and also winning Best Actress Award for Confine at CYIFF 2013[ citation needed ]

Bennett played Alex/Brittany in the 2015 film H8RZ [26] [27] and Agathe Von Trapp in the 2015 film The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music . [28] [29]

From 2016 to 2017, Bennett starred as Jules Thomas in Sweet/Vicious . [30] [31] In 2021, she began playing Amanda Carrington in the CW series Dynasty . [32] [33]

Music

Bennett performed a song for Inkheart's soundtrack, called "My Declaration", originally written and performed by Tom Baxter. [34] [35]

In 2012, Bennett went back to musical theatre when she was cast as Holly in the West End musical Loserville . [36] [37] [8] This was first performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, [36] before getting a West End transfer to the Garrick Theatre in 2012. [38]

Bennett released her new EP "Late Twenties" in November 2022. [39]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRefs.
2004 The Prince & Me Princess Arabella [9] [10]
2005 Nanny McPhee Tora Brown [11] [18]
2007 The Contractor Emily Day [14] [15]
2008 Inkheart Meggie FolchartCredited as Eliza Hope Bennett [12] [18]
2009 From Time to Time Susan Oldknow [19]
Perfect Life Young Anne [40]
2010 F Kate Anderson [20] [21]
2011 Roadkill Hailey [22]
2012 Grimm's Snow White Snow White [41] [42]
2013ConfineKayleigh [23] [24]
2015 H8RZ Alex Thomas / Brittany Tammand [26] [27]
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music Agathe Von Trapp [28] [29]
2022 Do Revenge Jessica Netflix film
2024An American in AustenHarrietHallmark Film [43]

Television

YearFilmRoleNotesRefs.
2005 Supernova Haley RichardsonTelevision film [13]
2006 Agatha Christie's Marple Nora JohnsonEpisode: "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" [16] [17]
2013 The Midnight Beast AmyEpisode: "Going Solo" [44]
2014BBC Comedy FeedsSofieFlat TV [45] [46]
Plebs AmbrosiaEpisode: The Candidate [47] [48] [49]
2015Valentine's KissLily WhiteleyTV mini-series; 2 episodes [50] [51]
Broadchurch Lisa NewberySeries 2 [52] [53] [54]
Strike Back Chloe Foster Series 5 [55] [56] [57]
2016 Grantchester Kitty LawsonSeason 2 [58] [59] [60]
2016–2017 Sweet/Vicious Jules ThomasMain role [30] [31]
2019 This Is Us Miss CunninghamEpisode: "The Graduates"
The Conners OdessaRecurring role; 5 episodes
2021–2022 Dynasty Amanda Carrington Recurring role (season 4); Main role (season 5) [32] [33]
2023Sexy BeastMarjorieTV Series

Discography

Extended plays

TitleDetails
TBA
  • Released: TBA
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
  • Label: Independent

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Stole Me"2019Non-album singles
"Do You Think About Me"2020
"Metal Heart"
"Sweetheart"
"Hate To Love You"2022TBA
"Visit Me In Georgia"
"Late 20s
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
(featuring Elizabeth Gillies)
Non-album single

Other appearances

TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"My Declaration"2009None Inkheart

Music videos

TitleYearDirector
"Do You Think About Me"2020Nicola Collie & Todd Blubaugh
"Metal Heart "Georgia King
"Visit Me In Georgia"2022Elizabeth Gillies
Late 20sBethany Showalter

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotesRefs.
April 2002 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jemima Potts London Palladium [8]
July 2012 Loserville Holly Manson West Yorkshire Playhouse [36]
2012–2013 Garrick Theatre [38]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRefs.
2007
Young Artist AwardBest Young Ensemble in a Feature Film
(Shared with Thomas Sangster, Raphaël Coleman, Jennifer Rae Daykin, Holly Gibbs & Samuel Honywood)
Nanny McPhee Nominated [61]
2012
Broadwayworld West End AwardsBest Leading Actress in a Musical Loserville Nominated[ citation needed ]
Wild Rose Independent Film FestivalBest Supporting ActressConfineNominated[ citation needed ]
2013
CYIFFBest ActressWon [25]

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