Eloise Mignon

Eloise Mignon (born 18 September 1986) is an Australian actress. She began her career starring in children's television shows Legacy of the Silver Shadow and Silversun, before appearing in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She has starred in numerous theatre productions.

Early life Mignon was born in Melbourne to French director Jean-Pierre Mignon, and Katharine Sturak, an American. Mignon was educated at Melbourne Girls College, Wesley College and St Michael's Grammar School. Mignon has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours Degree) from the University of Melbourne.

Career Mignon worked from a young age in independent theatre, notably with The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm in their multi award-winning production Rubeville where she played Trixi.

Her screen credits include a role in Legacy of the Silver Shadow and a main character Mara Lomax in children's sci-fi series Silversun. She also appears as a prostitute in the Australian film Three Blind Mice (2008), directed by Matthew Newton

From 23 July 2007, Mignon began appearing as Bridget Parker in the soap opera Neighbours. In March 2009, it was announced that Mignon had quit the show along with Steve Bastoni, who played her character's father. Mignon confirmed that she was leaving to return to studying an Arts degree, which she had deferred upon joining the serial. Mignon's character was killed-off.

Mignon performed as Jennifer in the play In A Dark Dark House at the Red Stitch Actors Theatre in Melbourne until 22 August 2009. She performed for the Melbourne Theatre Company in The Grenade, and Return to Earth. In her first screen role since leaving Neighbours, Mignon appeared in a 2010 episode of City Homicide as Layla Pullman. opposite Toby Schmitz and Anita Hegh, directed by Simon Stone. Her performance was praised with one critic commenting "Mignon articulates the young girl's confusion in heartbreaking fashion". The production was invited to perform at the International Ibsen Festival in Oslo as well as the Weiner Festowchen and Holland Festival. Mignon's performance was critically very well regarded.

In 2012 Mignon returned to the Belvoir stage appearing first in Every Breath by writer and director Benedict Andrews, followed by Strange Interlude where she interpreted Madeleine with director Simon Stone, and a new production of the Noël Coward play Private Lives. In 2013 she returned to work with Simon Stone on The Cherry Orchard for Melbourne Theatre Company where she interpreted Anya. Mignon played contortionist Sarah Norden in the opening episode of Season 3 of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in 2015.

From 2014 to 2016 she collaborated on and performed in two projects with the German auteur Falk Richter- Complexity of Belonging in conjunction with choreographer Anouk van Dijk for Chunky Move and Je Suis Fassbinder with French theatre director Stanislas Nordey at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg and Théâtre National de la Colline, Paris. Both projects were written with her in mind; she performs the role 'Eloise'.

In 2024, Mignon appeared in the television drama Ladies in Black as Jenny.

Filmography + Film performances Year Title Role Notes 2003 Redskin Aislin Victorian College of the Arts Short film 2006 Wholesalers Girl Short 2008 Three Blind Mice Grace Newton 2017 Lost Gully Road Cassie 2022 Lacerate Gloria Short

+ Television performances Year Title Role Notes 2002 Legacy of the Silver Shadow Fiona Main cast 2004 Silversun Mara Lomax Main cast 2007–2009 Neighbours Bridget Parker Main cast 2010 City Homicide Layla Pullman Episode: "Good Cop Bad Cop" 2014 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Sarah Nordern Episode: "Death Defying Feats" 2023 The Clearing Lou Episode: "Suffer the Little Children" 2024 Ladies in Black Jenny Giles Episode: "Beautiful Game"

+ Theatre performances Year Title Role Theatre Director Notes 1997 Le Malade Imaginaire Louison Melbourne French Theatre Company Michel Bulla 2003 Entrails Doll Oubykh Theatre Corp Glyn Roberts 2004 As I Like You Narrator Oubykh Theatre Corp Glyn Roberts 2004 The Jaundice Table Various Oubykh Theatre Corp Glyn Roberts 2004 The Desert Girl Oubykh Theatre Corp Glyn Roberts 2007 Rubeville Trixi The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm Thomas Henning 2009 In a Dark, Dark, House Jennifer Red Stitch Actors Theatre Wayne Pearn 2010 The Grenade Lola McTavish Melbourne Theatre Company; Sydney Theatre Company Peter Evans 2011 The Wild Duck Hedvig Belvoir St Theatre Simon Stone 2011 Return to Earth Alice Waster Belvoir St Theatre Aiden Fenessey 2012 The Wild Duck Hedvig Malthouse Theatre; International Ibsen Festival, Oslo Simon Stone 2012 Every Breath Olivia Belvoir St Theatre Benedict Andrews 2012 Strange Interlude Madeleine Arnold Belvoir St Theatre Simon Stone 2012 Private Lives Sybil Chase Belvoir St Theatre Ralph Myers 2013 The Wild Duck Hedvig Holland Festival, Amsterdam; Weiner Festwochen, Vienna Simon Stone 2013 The Cherry Orchard Anya Melbourne Theatre Company Simon Stone 2014 Complexity of Belonging Eloïse Chunky Move, Melbourne International Arts Festival Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk 2015 Complexity of Belonging Eloïse Schaubühne am Leinener Platz; Théâtre National de Chaillot; Spring Festival Utrecht; National Theatre of Taiwan Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk 2016 Je Suis Fassbinder Eloïse Théâtre National de Strasbourg; Théâtre National de La colline, Théâtre de Vidy Lausanne; Théâtre National de Bretagne; MC2 (Grenoble) Falk Richter and Stanislas Nordey 2017 Complexity of Belonging Eloise Musikhuset Aarhus Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk 2017–2018 Les trois Soeurs Irina Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe Simon Stone

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