Matilda Lawler

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Matilda Lawler
Born (2008-09-08) September 8, 2008 (age 15)
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present

Matilda Lawler is an American actress best known for starring roles in the film Flora & Ulysses and the HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven . She has received nominations for a Gotham Award, Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

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Early life

Lawler was born on September 8, 2008 [1] [ better source needed ] [2] to parents Matthew and Mara Lawler, who themselves are actors. [2]

Career

Lawler's first acting role was in a stage production of Jack and Annie at Hoboken Children's Theater when she was in the first grade. [2] She made her Broadway debut in The Ferryman (2018).

When Lawler was nine years old, she starred in the play The Net Will Appear, in which she played a nine-year-old who becomes friends with a 70-year-old. The actor who played the latter character, Richard Masur, became Lawler's mentor and best friend. She tapped into their relationship for the emotions needed to portray her character in Station Eleven. [3]

For her work in Station Eleven, The New Yorker called Lawler "a gifted performer." Recently she has played Betty in the Disney+ limited series The Santa Clauses. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 The Block Island Sound Emily
2020Good GriefYoung NoraShort film
2021 Flora & Ulysses Flora
2024 Ezra Ruby

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019-21 Evil Mathilda Mowbray / BrendaGuest role - 2 episodes
2021-22 Station Eleven Young KirstenMain role
2022- The Santa Clauses Betty, Santa's Chief of StaffMain role: season 1
Recurring role: season 2
2023- The Gilded Age Frances MontgomeryRecurring role - 2 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenue
2017The Net Will AppearRory [5] Mile Square Theatre
2018 The Ferryman Honor Carney [6] Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryWorkResultRef.
2022 Gotham Awards Outstanding Performance in a New Series Station Eleven Nominated [7]
2023 Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Younger Performer The Santa Clauses Nominated [8]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The Gilded Age Pending [9]

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