Eloise Smyth | |
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Born | Eloise Valentine Smyth March 1995 (age 29) [1] |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2012–present |
Parent(s) | Cathal Joseph Smyth and Joanna Brown |
Eloise Smyth (born March 1995) is a British actress best known for her role of Flora in the television series The Frankenstein Chronicles and as Lucy Wells in the television drama series Harlots.
Eloise Valentine Smyth, [2] currently living in London, is the youngest daughter of Cathal Joseph Smyth (AKA Chas Smash), of the ska band Madness, and Joanna Brown. [3] [2] [4]
Smyth began her acting career in 2012, in British crime drama film Ill Manors alongside Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein and Jo Hartley. [5] In 2013, Smyth was lead actress when playing the role of Jess in the Jane Linfoot directed short film Sea View for Sigma Films/BFI, which was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Short Film in 2013. [6] The same film won the Best British Short Film Award at the Leeds International Film Festival, 2013. [7] In 2015, Smyth landed a recurring role as Flora on the television series The Frankenstein Chronicles appearing alongside Sean Bean. [8]
In 2016, Smyth secured a main role as Lucy Wells in 24 episodes of Harlots, a series about a brothel in 18th-century London. [8] [9] In 2017, Smyth played Yeva Podnikov for nine episodes of Sky Atlantic television series Fortitude. [7] [8]
In 2021, Smyth played a main role of Akae in the sci-fi film I Am Mortal [10] (formerly titled The Code). [11] The same year, Smyth starred alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the Stephan Rick directed The Good Neighbor, a film in which her character 'Vanessa' forms a romantic bond with her sister's killer. [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | iLL Manors | Jody | |
2012 | Love Bite | Tiffany | |
2013 | Sea View | Jess | Short film |
2017 | How to Talk to Girls at Parties | Savage Sue | |
2020 | Ending | Alice | Short film |
2021 | Cyn | Cyn | Short film |
2021 | The Good Neighbor [12] | Vanessa | |
2022 | I Am Mortal | Akae [10] | |
2023 | Grey Matter | Chloe | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Hunted | Teenage Girl | Episode - Snow Maiden |
2013 | Life of Crime | Amy Reid | Episode #1.1 |
2017 | Fortitude | Yeva Podnikov | 9 episodes |
2015–2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Flora | 9 episodes |
2017–2019 | Harlots | Lucy Wells | 24 episodes |
Smyth was lead actress in Sea View, which was nominated for Best Short Film at the 67th British Academy Film Awards in 2014. [7]
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