Eloise Mumford (born September 24, 1986)[1] is an American actress known for her roles on the television series Lone Star, The River, The Right Stuff and the Fifty Shades of Grey film series.
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![]() Mumford in 2020 | |
Born | (1986-09-24) September 24, 1986 (age 36) Olympia, Washington, U.S. |
Alma mater | New York University (BA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2008–present |
Mumford, the middle child of parents Tom Mumford and Nancy Smith, was born and raised in Olympia, Washington, where she was home-schooled through fifth grade. After homeschooling, she attended Nova Middle School. She later attended Annie Wright Schools in Tacoma, Washington and Capital High School in Olympia.[1] She has an older sister, Anna, and a younger brother, Kai. Inspired at age seven by a local production of South Pacific, Mumford performed in high-school plays and at Olympia's Capital Playhouse.[1]
She graduated in 2009 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[1] She also is an alumnus of the Atlantic Acting School.[2] While in college, she starred with Jesse Eisenberg in director Maggie Kiley's well-received short film "Some Boys Don't Leave".[1] She understudied Elisabeth Moss in the Broadway production of Speed the Plow.[3]
Mumford starred as Lena Landry on the ABC paranormal series The River in 2012[4] and on the Fox series Lone Star in 2010, in which she was cast during her first pilot season after college.[5][6] She was the female lead in the Blumhouse Productions feature Not Safe For Work for Universal Pictures,[7] and the female lead in the indy Drones alongside Matt O'Leary, directed by Rick Rosenthal.[8]
In February 2012, she was cast as the female lead in an ABC drama pilot titled Reckless.[9] She played Anastasia Steele's roommate, Kate Kavanagh, in the Fifty Shades of Grey film (2015), and reprised the role in the sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed.[10]
She starred alongside Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz in the indy Standing Up, Falling Down (2019).[11] In 2020 she played Trudy Cooper, the female lead in the Disney+ streaming TV series The Right Stuff.[12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Crash | Megan Emory | 4 episodes |
2009 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Vanessa | Episode: "Sugar" |
Mercy | Hannah | Episode: "Some of Us Have Been to the Desert" | |
2010 | Lone Star | Lindsay Holloway | 5 episodes |
2012 | The River | Lena Landry | 8 episodes |
Christmas with Holly[13] | Maggie | Television film (Hallmark Hall of Fame) | |
2015 | Just in Time for Christmas | Lindsay | |
2017-2019 | Chicago Fire | Hope Jacquinot | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
2018 | A Veteran's Christmas | Captain Grace Garland | Television (Hallmark) |
2020 | The Right Stuff | Trudy Cooper | |
2021 | The Baker's Son | Annie McBride | Television (Hallmark) |
One December Night | Quinn Allan | Television (Hallmark) | |
2022 | The Presense of Love | Joss | Television (Hallmark) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Some Boys Don't Leave | The Girl | Short film |
2012 | So Undercover | Sasha Stolezinsky/ Suzy Walters | Direct-to-video |
2013 | Drones | Sue Lawson | |
2014 | Not Safe for Work | Anna | |
In the Blood | Sandy Grant | ||
2015 | The Night Is Young | Sid | |
Fifty Shades of Grey | Katherine "Kate" Kavanagh | ||
2017 | Fifty Shades Darker | ||
2018 | Fifty Shades Freed | ||
2019 | Standing Up, Falling Down | Becky |
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