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Eliza Butterworth (born 24 July 1993) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Queen Aelswith of Wessex in the series The Last Kingdom, and is nominated for best supporting actress in a TV series at the National Film Awards UK for her performance as Heston the BBC Two miniseries The North Water in 2022.

Eliza Butterworth
Butterworth in 2018
Born	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993 (age 29) Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2014–present

Early life and education

Butterworth was born and raised in Lincoln, England on July 24, 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.[6] Whilst training at RADA, Butterworth performed lead roles in The Daughter in Law and The Witch of Edmonton.[7]

Career

Butterworth made guest appearances as Holly in DCI Banks and Lucy Hamilton in WPC 56, both in 2015.[7] 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.[8]

In 2020, Butterworth appeared as Heston in the BBC Two miniseries The North Water alongside Colin Farrell and Stephen Graham.[9] She made her West End debut as Princess Eugenie in the 2021 comedy play The Windsors: Endgame at the Prince of Wales Theatre.[10] Butterworth has an upcoming role in the Sky Max series A Town Called Malice, as announced in January 2022,[11] playing Carly of the Lord family, in a cast which includes Jason Flemyng, Daniel Sharman and Dougray Scott.[12]

Butterworth began filming in January 2022 of the film Seven Kings Must Die a feature length movie involving the surviving members of the television series The Last Kingdom, due for release in 2023.[13]

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.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	(A Very) Ham Fisted Steak Out	Erica	Short film
2017	Sometimes I Miss Them	Daughter	Short film[15]
2023	Seven Kings Must Die	Aelswith	Post-Production [13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	WPC 56	Lucy Hamilton	Episode: "A Different Beat"
2015	DCI Banks	Holly	Episode: "Buried: Part 1"
2020	The North Water	Hester	Miniseries; 2 episodes [9]
2015–2022	The Last Kingdom	Aelswith	Recurring role (series 1) Main role (series 2–5) 45 episodes
2022	A Town Called Malice	Carly Lord	8 episodes[12]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	The Windsors: Endgame	Princess Eugenie	Prince of Wales Theatre, London

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2022	National Film Awards UK	Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series	The North Water	Nominated	[16]

References

External links

• Eliza Butterworth at IMDb
• Emptag Hallett Talent Company – Eliza Butterworth
• Aelswith – Eliza Butterworth
• A Day In The Life with Eliza Butterworth

На других языках

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[de] Eliza Butterworth

Eliza Butterworth (* 24. Juli 1993 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England)[1] ist eine britische Schauspielerin und Synchronsprecherin.

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- [en] Eliza Butterworth

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