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Eisley in January 2019
Born
India Joy Eisley

(1993-10-29) October 29, 1993 (age 30)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2003–present
Parents
Relatives Anthony Eisley (grandfather)

India Joy Eisley (born October 29, 1993) is an American actress. On television, she is known for her roles as Ashley Juergens in the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013), Audrina in the Lifetime film My Sweet Audrina (2016), and Fauna Hodel in the TNT series I Am the Night (2019). Her films include Underworld: Awakening (2012), Kite (2014), and Social ... (2015).

Early life

India Joy Eisley was born in Los Angeles on October 29, 1993, the daughter of English actress Olivia Hussey and American musician David Glen Eisley. Her paternal grandfather was American actor Anthony Eisley, while her maternal grandfather was Argentinian opera singer, Andreas Osuna. She has two older maternal half-brothers from her mother's prior marriages: Alexander (born 1973), whose father is American actor Dean Paul Martin, and Max (born 1983), whose father is Japanese singer Akira Fuse.

Career

Eisley and her mother appeared together in the 2005 movie Headspace. After small roles in various independent films, Eisley gained a major role in 2008 in The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She played Ashley Juergens, younger sister of teen mother Amy Juergens.

In the 2012 film Underworld: Awakening, Eisley was cast as Eve, the hybrid daughter of Selene and Michael Corvin; Eisley was cast due to her strong resemblance to Selene's actress, Kate Beckinsale.

Eisley starred as Sawa in the 2014 action film Kite, opposite Samuel L. Jackson. .....

In 2015, Eisley starred in the horror-thriller film The Curse of Sleeping Beauty as Briar Rose. The same year, she was cast in the title role in the television film adaptation of the V. C. Andrews' book My Sweet Audrina for Lifetime, which aired in 2016. In 2017, she starred in the Netflix original film Clinical. In 2018, Eisley played the lead role of Maria in the psychological thriller film Look Away.

Author Jessica Brody has expressed a desire for Eisley to portray her character Seraphina in the film adaptation of her novel Unremembered. Hollywood casting director Michelle Levy was first to recommend Eisley for the role.

In 2019, Eisley starred as Fauna Hodel in the six-part limited series I Am the Night, which is based on Hodel's memoir One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel. The series premiered on January 27, 2019, on TNT. In 2020, she played Tillie Gardner in the film Dead Reckoning. In 2021, she played Lucy in the film Every Breath You Take.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Headspace Martha
2012 Underworld: Awakening Eve
2014 Kite Sawa
2015 Social ... Julia
2016 The Curse of Sleeping Beauty Briar Rose / The Sleeping Beauty
2016 Amerigeddon Penny
2017 Clinical Nora Green
2018 Adolescence Alice
2018 Look Away Maria / Airam
2020 Dead Reckoning Tillie Gardner
2021 Every Breath You Take Lucy
2023 American Outlaws Lee-Grace Dougherty

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Mother Teresa of Calcutta English girl Television film; uncredited
2008–2013 The Secret Life of the American Teenager Ashley Juergens Main role (seasons 1–4); special guest (season 5)
2014 Nanny Cam Heather Lambert Television film (Lifetime)
2016 My Sweet Audrina Audrina Adare Television film (Lifetime)
2019 I Am the Night Fauna Hodel Main role

See also

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