Eliza Bennett

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Eliza Bennett[1] (born 17 March 1992)[2] is an English actress and singer. Her most notable roles have been those of Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart, Tora in the film Nanny McPhee, Susan in From Time to Time and Holly Manson in the West End musical Loserville. Bennett starred on the black comedy series Sweet/Vicious as Jules Thomas. In 2021, Bennett played Amanda Carrington in the final two seasons (2021–2022) of the series Dynasty.

Early and personal life

Bennett was born and grew up in Reading, Berkshire[3] with her older brother and sister[4] and attended Leighton Park School.[5][6][7]

Career

Film

Bennett landed her first role as Jemima in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium in 2002 aged nine.[8] She got her first film role playing Princess Arabella in 2004's The Prince & Me.[9][10] In 2005 Bennett landed one of her biggest film roles, playing Tora in Nanny McPhee.[11][12]

In 2005, she played Hayley in the TV movie Supernova,[13] Young Anne in the 2006 film Victims, Emily in The Contractor with Wesley Snipes[14][15] and television work as Nora in the Agatha Christie's Marple episode "By the Pricking of My Thumbs".[16][17]

In 2006, Bennett played the role of Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart,[12][18] based on the novel by Cornelia Funke. In 2009, she went on to land the role of Susan in Julian Fellowes' film From Time to Time.[19]

In 2010, Bennett played the role of Kate Anderson in Johannes Roberts' thriller film F,[20][21] and appeared in Roadkill in 2011.[22] In 2012, she portrayed the psychopathic character of Kayleigh in the thriller film Confine;[23][24] a role for which she received a best supporting actress nomination at the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, eventually receiving a distinctive achievement award.[25] and also winning Best Actress Award for Confine at CYIFF 2013Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Bennett played Alex/Brittany in the 2015 film H8RZ[26][27] and Agathe Von Trapp in the 2015 film The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music.[28][29]

From 2016 to 2017, Bennett starred as Jules Thomas in Sweet/Vicious.[30][31] In 2021, she began playing Amanda Carrington in the CW series Dynasty.[32][33]

Music

Bennett performed a song for InkheartTemplate:'s soundtrack, called "My Declaration", originally written and performed by Tom Baxter.[34][35]

In 2012, Bennett went back to musical theatre when she was cast as Holly in the West End musical Loserville.[36][37][8] This was first performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds,[36] before getting a West End transfer to the Garrick Theatre in 2012.[38]

Bennett released her new EP "Late Twenties" in November 2022.[39]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2004 The Prince & Me Princess Arabella [9][10]
2005 Nanny McPhee Tora Brown [11][18]
2007 The Contractor Emily Day [14][15]
2008 Inkheart Meggie Folchart Credited as Eliza Hope Bennett [12][18]
2009 From Time to Time Susan Oldknow [19]
Perfect Life Young Anne [40]
2010 F Kate Anderson [20][21]
2011 Roadkill Hailey [22]
2012 Grimm's Snow White Snow White [41][42]
2013 Confine Kayleigh [23][24]
2015 H8RZ Alex Thomas / Brittany Tammand [26][27]
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music Agathe Von Trapp [28][29]
2022 Do Revenge Jessica Netflix film
2024 An American in Austen Harriet Hallmark Film [43]

Television

Year Film Role Notes Refs.
2005 Supernova Haley Richardson Television film [13]
2006 Agatha Christie's Marple Nora Johnson Episode: "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" [16][17]
2013 The Midnight Beast Amy Episode: "Going Solo" [44]
2014 BBC Comedy Feeds Sofie Flat TV [45][46]
Plebs Ambrosia Episode: The Candidate [47][48][49]
2015 Valentine's Kiss Lily Whiteley TV mini-series; 2 episodes [50][51]
Broadchurch Lisa Newbery Series 2 [52][53][54]
Strike Back Chloe Foster Series 5 [55][56][57]
2016 Grantchester Kitty Lawson Season 2 [58][59][60]
2016–2017 Sweet/Vicious Jules Thomas Main role [30][31]
2019 This Is Us Miss Cunningham Episode: "The Graduates"
The Conners Odessa Recurring role; 5 episodes
2021–2022 Dynasty Amanda Carrington Recurring role (season 4); Main role (season 5) [32][33]
2023 Sexy Beast Marjorie TV Series
2025 Matlock Amy Buckley Episode: "I Was That, Too"

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details
TBA
  • Released: TBA
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
  • Label: Independent

Singles

Title Year Album
"Stole Me" 2019 Non-album singles
"Do You Think About Me" 2020
"Metal Heart"
"Sweetheart"
"Hate To Love You" 2022 TBA
"Visit Me In Georgia"
"Late 20s
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
(featuring Elizabeth Gillies) 		Non-album single

Other appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"My Declaration" 2009 None Inkheart

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Do You Think About Me" 2020 Nicola Collie & Todd Blubaugh
"Metal Heart " Georgia King
"Visit Me In Georgia" 2022 Elizabeth Gillies
Late 20s Bethany Showalter

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
April 2002 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jemima Potts London Palladium [8]
July 2012 Loserville Holly Manson West Yorkshire Playhouse [36]
2012–2013 Garrick Theatre [38]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Refs.
2007
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Young Artist Award Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film
(Shared with Thomas Sangster, Raphaël Coleman, Jennifer Rae Daykin, Holly Gibbs & Samuel Honywood) 		Nanny McPhee Nominated [61]
2012
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Broadwayworld West End Awards Best Leading Actress in a Musical Loserville Nominated Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Wild Rose Independent Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Confine Nominated Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
2013
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CYIFF Best Actress Won [25]

References

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