Bella Heathcote

Isabella Heathcote (born ) is an Australian actress. Following her film debut in Acolytes, she had a recurring role as Amanda Fowler on the television soap opera Neighbours (2009). She gained further recognition for her dual roles as Victoria Winters and Josette du Pres in the dark fantasy film Dark Shadows (2012), and Olive Byrne in the biographical drama film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017).

Heathcote has since appeared in several films, including In Time (2011), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Neon Demon (both 2016), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), and Relic (2020). On television, she played Nicole Dörmer on the second and third seasons of the Amazon Prime Video dystopian alternate history series The Man in the High Castle (2016–18), Susan Parsons on the Paramount+ historical drama series Strange Angel (2018–19), and Andy Oliver in the Netflix drama thriller series Pieces of Her (2022).

Early life and education Isabella Heathcote was born about 1987 in Melbourne, Australia. She has two brothers. Her father was a lawyer.

Heathcote attended Korowa Anglican Girls' School. Heathcote then appeared in the 2010 Australian war film Beneath Hill 60. In May 2010, she was the recipient of a Heath Ledger Scholarship. She then based herself in Los Angeles for work. She also appeared in the sci-fi thriller In Time, alongside Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. In February 2011, Tim Burton selected Heathcote to play Victoria Winters and Josette du Pres in his film adaptation of Dark Shadows, starring opposite Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Helena Bonham Carter. She was later cast in Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller film The Neon Demon, which was released in 2016. thumb

Heathcote was named one of the 10 Actors to Watch: Breakthrough Performances of 2012 at the 20th Hamptons International Film Festival. The following year, she starred alongside Max Minghella in The Killers' music video for "Shot at the Night". she was part of the Spring/Summer 2014 campaign for Miu Miu alongside fellow actresses Lupita Nyong'o, Elle Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen.

In 2017, Heathcote played Leila Williams in the film Fifty Shades Darker, the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey. She also joined the season 2 cast of television drama The Man in the High Castle as Nicole Dörmer, a Berlin-born filmmaker. She starred as Olive Byrne, partner of psychologists and comic book authors William Moulton Marston and Elizabeth Holloway Marston, in the 2017 biographical film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.

She played Susan Parsons in the CBS All Access drama Strange Angel, an adaptation of George Pendle's book Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons. It was cancelled after two seasons in November 2019. Heathcote appears in the second season of the Australian web television series Bloom as a younger incarnation of Loris Webb, played by Anne Charleston.

Heathcote appeared in the independent drama Relic, alongside Emily Mortimer and Robyn Nevin. It follows a daughter, a mother and a grandmother who are "haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home". The movie was produced by AGBO Films, the Russo brothers' production company and Jake Gyllenhaal, and co-written and directed by Natalia Erika James. Heathcote stars with Toni Collette in the 2022 Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.

Heathcote stars in the Stan and Nine Network crime drama Scrublands as Mandy Bond, alongside Luke Arnold and Jay Ryan. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Chris Hammer; production began in Victoria in February 2023. In April 2023, Heathcote was cast in the 2025 The Room remake. She also appeared in the six-part Stan Original comedy series C*A*U*G*H*T released in September 2023. On 5 June 2024, it was announced that Heathcote would reprise her role of Mandy Bond for the second season of Scrublands. She will also star alongside Teresa Palmer and Philippa Northeast in the television adaptation of Sally Hepworth's novel The Family Next Door for the ABC. The six-part drama is being filmed in Victoria.

In March 2025, Heathcote joined the main cast of Tulsa King as Cleo Montague for its third season. She will star alongside Jonah Hauer-King, Kristine Froseth, Ellie Bamber, and Leo Suter in Anna Biller's supernatural film The Face of Horror, which begins production in Prague in July 2025.

Personal life Heathcote was previously engaged to film director Andrew Dominik. They had been in a relationship since 2010. She is based in Los Angeles; she and Stampton also have a home in Phillip Island.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2008 Acolytes Petra 2010 Beneath Hill 60 Marjorie Waddell Credited as Isabella Heathcote 2011 In Time Michele Weis 2012 Dark Shadows Maggie Evans / Victoria Winters / Josette du Pres 2012 Not Fade Away Grace Dietz 2014 The Rewrite Karen 2015 The Curse of Downers Grove Chrissie Swanson 2016 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Jane Bennett 2016 The Neon Demon Gigi 2017 Fifty Shades Darker Leila Williams 2017 Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Olive Byrne 2020 Relic Sam 2024 The Moogai Becky 2025 The Room Returns! Lisa TBA The Face of Horror Isabel Post-production

Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 2009 Neighbours Amanda Fowler Recurring role, 8 episodes 2016–2018 The Man in the High Castle Nicole Dörmer Main role (seasons 2–3) 2018–2019 Strange Angel Susan Parsons Main role 2020 Bloom Young Loris Main role (season 2) 2020 Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens Joey 1 episode 2022 Pieces of Her Andy Oliver Main role 2023– Scrublands Mandy Bond Main role 2023 Caught Jemima Justice Main role 2025 Tulsa King Cleo Montague 2025 The Family Next Door Ange TV series