Английская Википедия:Eliza Butterworth
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Infobox person Eliza Butterworth (born 24 July 1993) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Lady Aelswith in the medieval drama The Last Kingdom (2015–2022). She has since appeared in the BBC Two miniseries The North Water (2020), for which she was nominated for a National Film Award, and the Sky Max series A Town Called Malice (2023).
Early life and education
Butterworth was born and raised in Lincoln, England on 24 July 1993[1][2] to an English father from Lancashire and an Italian American mother from Iowa. Her parents met in Nebraska where her mother was training to be a nurse and her father, in the Royal Air Force, was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base. She has dual citizenship.[3][4]
From the age of 4 to 18, Butterworth attended Lincoln Minster School. She discovered acting through a school play and was Head Girl.[5][6] She went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 2014.[7] Whilst training at RADA, Butterworth performed lead roles in The Daughter in Law and The Witch of Edmonton.[8]
Career
Butterworth made guest appearances as Holly in DCI Banks and Lucy Hamilton in WPC 56, both in 2015.[8] That same year, she began playing Aelswith, the wife of King Alfred the Great (David Dawson), in the BBC and later Netflix adaptation of The Last Kingdom. She started off in a recurring role for the first series before being promoted to the main cast for the subsequent four series.[9]
In 2020, Butterworth appeared as Heston in the BBC Two miniseries The North Water alongside Colin Farrell and Stephen Graham.[10] The same year she appeared as a webcam girl in the comedy film Say Your Prayers.[11] In 2021, she made her West End debut as Princess Eugenie in the 2021 comedy play The Windsors: Endgame at the Prince of Wales Theatre.[12]
In 2023, Butterworth starred in the Sky Max series A Town Called Malice,[13] playing Carly of the Lord family, in a cast which includes Jason Flemyng, Daniel Sharman and Dougray Scott.[14] The same year she was the voice of Masha in science fiction romantic comedy film The Pod Generation, which also starred Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor.[11]
Personal life
As of 2019, Butterworth is based in London. She is also an alto and mezzo-soprano singer, ballroom and flamenco dancer, and plays percussion.[15]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | (A Very) Ham Fisted Steak Out | Erica | Short film |
2017 | Sometimes I Miss Them | Daughter | Short film [16] |
2020 | Say Your Prayers | Webcam Girl | Film [11] |
2023 | The Pod Generation | Masha (voice) | Film [11] |
2024 | Little Brown Bird | Kate | Short film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | WPC 56 | Lucy Hamilton | Episode: "A Different Beat" |
2015 | DCI Banks | Holly | Episode: "Buried: Part 1" |
2015–2022 | The Last Kingdom | Aelswith | Recurring role (series 1) Main role (series 2–5) 45 episodes |
2020 | The North Water | Hester | Miniseries; 2 episodes [10] |
2023 | A Town Called Malice | Carly Lord | 8 episodes[14] |
2023 | inVERSE | Narrator | 1 episode - S2.E3 "St. Crispin's Day" |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021 | The Windsors: Endgame | Princess Eugenie | Prince of Wales Theatre, London |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | National Film Awards UK | Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series | The North Water | Шаблон:Nom | [17] |
References
External links
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- Emptag Hallett Talent Company – Eliza Butterworth
- Aelswith – Eliza Butterworth
- A Day In The Life with Eliza Butterworth
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