Eleanor Worthington Cox

Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox (born 21 June 2001) is an English actress from Merseyside best known for portraying Matilda Wormwood in Matilda the Musical. Eleanor won a 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical along with the three other child actresses playing Matilda: Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, and Sophia Kiely. Upon winning, 10-year-old Eleanor became the youngest Olivier Award winner in any category at the time. She received a nomination for a British Academy Television Award for playing Janet Hodgson in The Enfield Haunting. She is also known for portraying Polly Renfrew in the CBBC TV adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's Hetty Feather and Cait in the Sky Atlantic series Britannia.

Biography From 2003, at the age of two, until 2012, Worthington Cox trained at the Formby School of Performing Arts.

In September 2011, Worthington Cox was announced as one of four girls who would be playing the lead role of Matilda in Matilda the Musical Among the nominations was Best Actress in a Musical, for which Demetriou, Ingram, Kiely, and Cox were all nominated.

Worthington Cox continued to appear in Matilda until 19 August 2012, later sharing the role with Demetriou, Hayley Canham, Jade Marner, and Isobelle Molloy.

In May 2013, Worthington Cox played Scout in a stage production of To Kill a Mockingbird at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, sharing her role with Lucy Hutchinson and Izzy Lee.

After finishing Matilda, Worthington Cox filmed the role of Young Princess Aurora in the film Maleficent (2014).

From April to August 2015, Worthington Cox played the role of Blousey Brown in a production of Bugsy Malone at the Lyric Hammersmith. This was the debut production following the theatre's reopening after a £16.5 million redevelopment project.

In October 2015, Worthington Cox played Jess in Tomcat, a new play by James Rushbrooke, at Southwark Playhouse, London.

In 2016, Worthington Cox received a British Academy Television Award nomination for her performance in the Sky One mini-series The Enfield Haunting.

In 2018, Worthington Cox starred as Cait in Britannia.

In 2018 played “Boogie” in comedy film “Action Point”

Acting credits Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 Cucumber Molly Whitaker Main cast The Enfield Haunting Janet Hodgson Main castNominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress 2018–2021 Britannia Cait Main cast

Theatre Wyndham’s Theatre 18 June 2024 - 21 September 2024 2024–2025The Little FoxesAlexandra GiddensYoung Vic 2 December 2024 - 8 February 2025 2025Much Ado About NothingHeroRoyal Shakespeare Theatre (Royal Shakespeare Company) 12 April 2025 - 24 May 2025Mary Page MarloweMary Page MarloweThe Old Vic 23 September 2025 - 1 November 20252026Please Please MeCynthia/CillaKiln Theatre 16 April 2026 - 29 May 2026

Accolades Year Award Category Work Result 2012 WhatsOnStage.com Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (shared with Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely) Matilda the Musical 2012 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (shared with Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely) 2016 British Academy Television Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Enfield Haunting