Eloise Smyth is a British actress best known for her role of Flora in the television series The Frankenstein Chronicles and as Lucy Wells in the television drama series Harlots.
Eloise Smyth | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eloise Valentine Smyth March 1995[1] Islington, London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Parent(s) | Cathal Joseph Smyth and Joanna Brown |
Eloise Valentine Smyth,[2] currently living in London, is the youngest daughter of Cathal Joseph Smyth (AKA Chas Smash), of the ska band Madness, and Joanna Brown.[3][2][4]
Smyth began her acting career in 2012, in British crime drama film Ill Manors alongside Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein and Jo Hartley.[5] In 2013, Smyth was lead actress when playing the role of Jess in the Jane Linfoot directed short film Sea View for Sigma Films/BFI, which was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Short Film in 2013.[6] The same film won the Best British Short Film Award at the Leeds International Film Festival, 2013.[7] In 2015, Smyth landed a recurring role as Flora on the television series The Frankenstein Chronicles appearing alongside Sean Bean.[8]
In 2016, Smyth secured a main role as Lucy Wells in 24 episodes of Harlots, a series about a brothel in 18th-century London.[8][9] In 2017, Smyth played Yeva Podnikov for nine episodes of Sky Atlantic television series Fortitude.[7][8]
In 2021, Smyth played a main role of Akae in the sci-fi film I Am Mortal[10] (formerly titled The Code).[11] The same year, Smyth starred alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the Stephan Rick directed The Good Neighbor, a film in which her character 'Vanessa' forms a romantic bond with her sister's killer.[12]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | iLL Manors | Jody |
| 2012 | Love Bite | Tiffany |
| 2013 | Sea View (Short) | Jess |
| 2017 | How To Talk To Girls At Parties | Savage Sue |
| 2020 | Ending (Short) | Alice |
| 2021 | Cyn (Short) | Cyn |
| 2021 | The Good Neighbor [12] | Vanessa |
| 2022 | I Am Mortal | Akae [10] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Hunted | Teenage Girl | Episode - Snow Maiden |
| 2013 | Life of Crime | Amy Reid | Episode #1.1 |
| 2017 | Fortitude | Yeva Podnikov | 9 episodes |
| 2015-2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Flora | 9 episodes |
| 2017-2019 | Harlots | Lucy Wells | 24 episodes |
Smyth was lead actress in Sea View, which was nominated for Best Short Film at the 67th British Academy Film Awards in 2014.[7]