Eloise Smyth

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Eloise Smyth
Born
Eloise Valentine Smyth

March 1995 (age 29) [1]
Islington, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2012–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.

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Early life

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 iLL Manors Jody
2012 Love Bite Tiffany
2013Sea ViewJessShort film
2017 How to Talk to Girls at Parties Savage Sue
2020 EndingAliceShort film
2021 CynCynShort film
2021The Good Neighbor [12] Vanessa
2022I Am MortalAkae [10]
2023Grey MatterChloePost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Hunted Teenage GirlEpisode - Snow Maiden
2013 Life of Crime Amy ReidEpisode #1.1
2017 Fortitude Yeva Podnikov9 episodes
2015–2017 The Frankenstein Chronicles Flora9 episodes
2017–2019 Harlots Lucy Wells24 episodes

Nominations and awards

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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