Eliza Butterworth
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Born | Eliza Jane Butterworth 24 July 1993[1][2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
Nationality |
Italian |
Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2014–present |
Eliza Jane 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.
Early life and education[]
Butterworth was born and raised in Lincoln, England 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]
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.[12]
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[13] |
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–present | The Last Kingdom | Aelswith | Recurring role (series 1) Main role (series 2–) |
2020 | The North Water | Hester | Miniseries; 2 episodes[9] |
Video games[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Star Ocean: Anamnesis | Meracle Chamlotte | English version, voice |
Stage[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021 | The Windsors: Endgame | Princess Eugenie | Prince of Wales Theatre, London |
References[]
- ^ Butterworth, Eliza [@elizabutter909] (24 July 2016). "Celebrating my 23rd birthday!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Butterworth, Eliza [@elizabutter909] (24 July 2017). "When you turn 24 on 24th July…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Bondoc, Alyssa (10 November 2021). "interview - eliza butterworth". Schön!. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Smith, Corey (18 May 2020). "Is Aelswith a villain? The Last Kingdom star Eliza Butterworth weighs in". Winter is Coming. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Hall, Anne. "Eliza's autumn is going to be epic" (PDF). The Journal Lincolnshire. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Alumni – Eliza Butterworth". lincolnminsterschool.co.uk. 2019.
- ^ a b "Eliza Butterworth". emptagehallett.co.uk. 2019.
- ^ "Exclusive: The cast of The Last Kingdom talk all about Season 3 & how Netflix will change the show". heyuguys.com. 2018.
- ^ a b "Eliza Butterworth - currently filming for the BBC Two four-part thriller THE NORTH WATER". monstervoice.co.uk. 2020.
- ^ Barnes, Kelsey. "Eliza Butterworth". 1883 Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Goldbart, Max (6 January 2022). "Sky Sets 'A Town Called Malice' Cast And Filming Dates; Channel 4 Unveils 'Steph's Packed Lunch' Editor – UK Briefs". Deadline. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Actor Profile – Eliza Butterworth". mandy.com. 2019. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Sometimes I Miss Them (2017)". yukiemochizuki.com. 2017.
External links[]
- Living people
- 1993 births
- 21st-century English actresses
- Actors from Lincoln, England
- Actresses from Lincolnshire
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- English television actresses
- English people of American descent
- English people of Italian descent