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Eliza Bennett
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Bennett in 2009
Born
Eliza Bennett

(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)
Reading, Berkshire, England
Other names Eliza
Occupation Actress, singer
Years active 2001–present

Eliza Bennett (born 17 March 1992) 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 MTV black comedy series Sweet/Vicious as Jules Thomas. In 2021, Bennett began playing Amanda Carrington in the CW series Dynasty.

Early and personal life

Bennett was born and grew up in Reading, Berkshire with her older brother and sister and attended Leighton Park School.

Career

Film

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

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

In 2006, Bennett played the role of Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart, 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.

In 2010, Bennett played the role of Kate Anderson in Johannes Roberts' thriller film F, and appeared in Roadkill in 2011. In 2012, she portrayed the psychopathic character of Kayleigh in the thriller film Confine; a role for which she received a best supporting actress nomination at the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, eventually receiving a distinctive achievement award. and also winning Best Actress Award for Confine at CYIFF 2013

Bennett played Alex/Brittany in the 2015 film H8RZ and Agathe Von Trapp in the 2015 film The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music.

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

Music

Bennett performed a song for Inkheart's soundtrack, called "My Declaration", originally written and performed by Tom Baxter.

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

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

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2004 The Prince & Me Princess Arabella
2005 Nanny McPhee Tora Brown
2007 The Contractor Emily Day
2008 Inkheart Meggie Folchart Credited as Eliza Hope Bennett
2009 From Time to Time Susan Oldknow
Perfect Life Young Anne
2010 F Kate Anderson
2011 Roadkill Hailey
2012 Grimm's Snow White Snow White
2013 Confine Kayleigh
2015 H8RZ Alex Thomas / Brittany Tammand
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music Agathe Von Trapp
2022 Do Revenge Jessica Netflix film
2024 An American in Austen Harriet Hallmark Film

Television

Year Film Role Notes Refs.
2005 Supernova Haley Richardson Television film
2006 Agatha Christie's Marple Nora Johnson Episode: "By the Pricking of My Thumbs"
2013 The Midnight Beast Amy Episode: "Going Solo"
2014 BBC Comedy Feeds Sofie Flat TV
Plebs Ambrosia Episode: The Candidate
2015 Valentine's Kiss Lily Whiteley TV mini-series; 2 episodes
Broadchurch Lisa Newbery Series 2
Strike Back Chloe Foster Series 5
2016 Grantchester Kitty Lawson Season 2
2016–2017 Sweet/Vicious Jules Thomas Main role
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)
2023 ... Beast Marjorie TV Series

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
July 2012 Loserville Holly Manson West Yorkshire Playhouse
2012–2013 Garrick Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Refs.
2007
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
2012
Broadwayworld West End Awards Best Leading Actress in a Musical Loserville Nominated
Wild Rose Independent Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Confine Nominated
2013
CYIFF Best Actress Won

See also

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