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.

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

Early life

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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

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 iLL Manors Jody
2012 Love Bite Tiffany
2013 Sea View Jess Short film
2017 How to Talk to Girls at Parties Savage Sue
2020 Ending Alice Short film
2021 Cyn Cyn Short film
2021 The Good Neighbor [12] Vanessa
2022 I Am Mortal Akae [10]
2023 Grey Matter Chloe Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Hunted Teenage Girl Episode - Snow Maiden
2013 Life of Crime Amy Reid Episode #1.1
2017 Fortitude Yeva Podnikov 9 episodes
2015–2017 The Frankenstein Chronicles Flora 9 episodes
2017–2019 Harlots Lucy Wells 24 episodes

Nominations and awards

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Smyth was lead actress in Sea View, which was nominated for Best Short Film at the 67th British Academy Film Awards in 2014.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Eloise Valentine Smyth". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Chas Smash: After the madness, going solo". theguardian.com. 4 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Soho celebs strip off for charity show". independent.co.uk. 2 December 2011.
  4. ^ "launch of the castelbajac flagship store Conduit Street London 2008". theguardian.com. 5 June 2008.
  5. ^ "Jo Hartley and Eloise Smyth attend the after party of the world premiere of iLL Manors in London". shutterstock.com. 30 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Sea View – Short Film". filmaffinity.com. 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Eloise Smyth". hamiltonhodell.co.uk. 2020. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Former Agent
  8. ^ a b c "Eloise Smyth Joins 'Harlots'". yahoo.com. 7 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Interview with Eloise Smyth". bbc.co.uk. 31 July 2020.
  10. ^ a b "I am Mortal 2021". radiotimes.com. 2021.
  11. ^ "Lollipop Palace - Make photographs rising star, actor Eloise Smyth who wears the Autumn Winter 2019 collection from Bella Freud". makemagazine.co.uk. 2019.
  12. ^ a b "The Good Neighbor". thefilmcatalogue.com. 2021.
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