Liv Hill

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Liv Hill
Born (2000-06-22) 22 June 2000 (age 23)
Alma materThe Talent 1st Organisation
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present

Liv Hill (born 22 June 2000) is a British actress. She received accolades for her roles in the BBC miniseries Three Girls (2017) and the films Jellyfish and The Little Stranger (2018). She has since appeared in The Fight (2018), Elizabeth is Missing (2019), and The Great (2020). She played a young Catherine de' Medici in The Serpent Queen (2022).

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Life

Hill was born in Haverfordwest, Wales. [1] Her father was an Army Officer which led to her living in Cardiff, Germany, Oxford and Nottingham before her family settled in Derbyshire, when she was 9 years old. [1] At age 15, Hill joined Talent 1st actors’ studio in Nottingham. [2] [1]

Career

In 2017, Hill was BAFTA nominated for best supporting actress in her debut role in the BBC miniseries Three Girls , [1] which was based on the Rochdale child sex abuse ring. [3] In 2018, Hill was cast in the James Gardner directed British film Jellyfish , [2] receiving a BIFA Nominated Most promising newcomer for her performance as care worker Sarah. [4] The same year, Hill played Eve in episode 5: "Reclaim the Night" of Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives, a series which also included Jodie Comer. [5]

In 2022, she portrayed the younger Catherine de' Medici in the TV series The Serpent Queen . [6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes/ref
2017 Three Girls Ruby Bowen BAFTA Nominated: Best supporting actress [3]
2018Snatches: Moments from Women's LivesEve
2018 Jellyfish Sarah BIFA Nominated Most promising newcomer [4]
2018 The Little Stranger BettyFilm
2018 The Fight JordanFilm
2019 Elizabeth is Missing Young MaudTV film
2020 The Great AngelineEpisode - Angeline
2022 The Serpent Queen Young Catherine de' Medici 10 episodes
TBA Miss Austen TBAIn-production [7]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2018 British Academy Television Awards BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress Three Girls Nominated [8] [9]
2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival Best Performance in a British Feature Film Jellyfish Won [8] [9]
2018Dinard British Film FestivalSpecial Mention Interpretation AwardWon [10] [9]
2018 British Independent Film Awards Most Promising NewcomerNominated [4] [9]
2019 National Film Awards UK Best NewcomerNominated [9]
2019 London Critics Circle Film Awards Young British/Irish Performer of the Year Jellyfish and The Little Stranger Nominated [11] [9]
2019 The Stage Awards Best Actress in a Play Top Girls , Royal National Theatre Nominated [12]

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