Eliza Bennett

Eliza Bennett (born 17 March 1992) is an English actress and singer. Her most notable roles have been those of Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart, Tora in the film Nanny McPhee, Susan in From Time to Time and Holly Manson in the West End musical Loserville. Bennett starred on the black comedy series Sweet/Vicious as Jules Thomas. In 2021, Bennett played Amanda Carrington in the final two seasons (2021–2022) of the series Dynasty.

Early and personal life Bennett was born and grew up in Reading, Berkshire with her older brother and sister and attended Leighton Park School.

Career Film Bennett landed her first role as Jemima in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium in 2002 aged nine. In 2005 Bennett landed one of her biggest film roles, playing Tora in Nanny McPhee.

In 2005, she played Hayley in the TV movie Supernova, Young Anne in the 2006 film Victims, Emily in The Contractor with Wesley Snipes and television work as Nora in the Agatha Christie's Marple episode "By the Pricking of My Thumbs".

In 2006, Bennett played the role of Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart, based on the novel by Cornelia Funke. In 2009, she went on to land the role of Susan in Julian Fellowes' film From Time to Time.

In 2010, Bennett played the role of Kate Anderson in Johannes Roberts' thriller film F, and appeared in Roadkill in 2011. In 2012, she portrayed the psychopathic character of Kayleigh in the thriller film Confine; a role for which she received a best supporting actress nomination at the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, eventually receiving a distinctive achievement award. and also winning Best Actress Award for Confine at CYIFF 2013

Bennett played Alex/Brittany in the 2015 film H8RZ and Agathe Von Trapp in the 2015 film The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music.

From 2016 to 2017, Bennett starred as Jules Thomas in Sweet/Vicious. In 2021, she began playing Amanda Carrington in the CW series Dynasty.

Music Bennett performed a song for Inkheart soundtrack, called "My Declaration", originally written and performed by Tom Baxter.

In 2012, Bennett went back to musical theatre when she was cast as Holly in the West End musical Loserville. This was first performed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds,

Bennett released her new EP "Late Twenties" in November 2022.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Refs. 2004 The Prince & Me Princess Arabella 2010 F Kate Anderson 2013 Confine Kayleigh

Television Year Film Role Notes Refs. 2005 Supernova Haley Richardson Television film 2014 BBC Comedy Feeds Sofie Flat TV Plebs Ambrosia Episode: The Candidate 2015 Valentine's Kiss Lily Whiteley TV mini-series; 2 episodes Broadchurch Lisa Newbery Series 2 Strike Back Chloe Foster Series 5 2016 Grantchester Kitty Lawson Season 2 2016–2017 Sweet/Vicious Jules Thomas Main role Broadwayworld West End Awards Best Leading Actress in a Musical Loserville Wild Rose Independent Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Confine CYIFF Best Actress