Liv Hewson

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Liv Hewson
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Hewson in 2018
Born (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 29)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright
Years active2013–present

Liv Hewson (born 29 November 1995) is an Australian non-binary actor and playwright. [1] [2] [3] Their written work includes "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales and mythology with a queer and dark slant." [4] They starred as Abby Hammond in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet from 2017 to 2019. Since 2021 they have been portraying Van Palmer in the Showtime series Yellowjackets .

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Career

In 2014, Hewson traveled to Los Angeles [5] to attend an acting workshop. In 2016, they played the lead role of Claire Duncan in the fantasy web series Dramaworld . In 2017, they starred in the film Before I Fall and had recurring roles in the second series of Top of the Lake and in the miniseries Inhumans . [6]

Personal life

Hewson was born in Canberra and was assigned female at birth. [7] They grew up in the suburb of Hughes and attended Alfred Deakin High School and Canberra College. Hewson has three brothers; their mother, Angela, is a public servant and their father, Tony, is a psychologist. Hewson began acting as part of the Canberra Youth Theatre. Growing up, the family watched a lot of American television shows, such as The Simpsons and Futurama , which Hewson said made it easy to act with an American accent. [6]

In 2011, Hewson came out as non-binary at age 16. [8] They are gay and use they/them pronouns. [8] [9] In 2020, Hewson received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award for their LGBT+ advocacy. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Alfonso FriskFenny Frisk (older) Short film
2015Survey SaysHillaryShort film
So RomanticGurtShort film
2016Lets See How Fast This Baby Will GoGloriaShort film [11]
2017 Before I Fall Anna Cartullo [12]
2018 Puzzle Nicki
2019 Let It Snow Dorrie
Bombshell Lily
2020Under My SkinDenny

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014I've Got No LegsLivUnknown episodes
2014–2015Do You Mind?Gurt, Matilda, Lana3 episodes
2016 Dramaworld Claire DuncanSeason 1 of Dramaworld, 10 episodes
Lead role [3]
The Code ElleEpisode: “Episode 6” (series finale)
2017 Top of the Lake Michaela3 episodes, recurring role (series 2)
2017–2019 Santa Clarita Diet Abby HammondSeries regular [13]
2017 Inhumans Audrey3 episodes, recurring role
2018 Back In Very Small Business Ashley Piper8 episodes
2021 Dramaworld 2 Claire DuncanSeason 2 of Dramaworld, 10 episodes
Lead role [3]
2021–present Yellowjackets Teenage Vanessa PalmerRecurring Season 1; Main Season 2
2023 Party Down Escapade1 episode
2025 He Had it Coming Main cast [14]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Homecoming QueensChloë Reeson

References

  1. ↑ Cerabona, Ron (20 March 2015). "Question Time: Actress and playwright Liv Hewson". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Showcast-Liv Hewson". Showcast. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Weintraub, Steve (12 April 2016). "Liv Hewson Calls American-Korean Mashup Series 'Dramaworld' a "Korean Narnia"". Collider . Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  4. ↑ liv hewson [@livhewson] (16 February 2017). "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 19 February 2017– via Twitter.
  5. ↑ Samaras, Denholm (16 January 2020). "Liv Hewson: from Hughes to Hollywood". Canberra Weekly. p. 24. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 Doherty, Megan (17 March 2017). "Canberra girl Liv Hewson is living the Hollywood dream". Canberra Times . Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Who's Afraid of Liv Hewson?". Teen Vogue . 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  8. 1 2 Berlatsky, Noah (3 May 2018). "'Santa Clarita Diet's Liv Hewson has never played a non-binary character—so they're writing one". A Beautiful Perspective. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  9. ↑ Sarrubba, Stefania (21 May 2019). "Santa Clarita Diet actor Liv Hewson: 'There isn't one way to be non-binary'". Gay Star News . Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  10. ↑ Campaign, Human Rights. "HRC to Honor Liv Hewson at the 2020 HRC Austin Gala Dinner". Human Rights Campaign. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Lets See How Fast This Baby Will Go". IMDb.com. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Lincoln, Ross A. (20 November 2015). "'Before I Fall' Adds Liv Hewson; Gabriella Wright Joins 'Security'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  13. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (1 June 2016). "'Santa Clarita Diet': Liv Hewson Cast As Regular, Richard T. Jones To Recur". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Slatter, Sean (18 February 2025). "Stan announces 14 new commissions including 'Whale Shark Jack' and series 'He Had It Coming', 'Watching You'". If.com. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
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