Eloise Smyth

Eloise Smyth (born March 1995) is a British actress best known for her role of Flora in the television series The Frankenstein Chronicles and as Lucy Wells in the television drama series Harlots.

Early life Eloise Valentine Smyth,

Career Smyth began her acting career in 2012, in British crime drama film Ill Manors alongside Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein and Jo Hartley. In 2013, Smyth was lead actress when playing the role of Jess in the Jane Linfoot directed short film Sea View for Sigma Films/BFI, which was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Short Film in 2013. The same film won the Best British Short Film Award at the Leeds International Film Festival, 2013. In 2015, Smyth landed a recurring role as Flora on the television series The Frankenstein Chronicles appearing alongside Sean Bean.

In 2016, Smyth secured a main role as Lucy Wells in 24 episodes of Harlots, a series about a brothel in 18th-century London. In 2017, Smyth played Yeva Podnikov for nine episodes of Sky Atlantic television series Fortitude. (formerly titled The Code). The same year, Smyth starred alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the Stephan Rick directed The Good Neighbor, a film in which her character Vanessa forms a romantic bond with her sister's killer.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 HuntedTeenage Girl Episode - Snow Maiden 2013 Life of CrimeAmy Reid Episode #1.1 2017 FortitudeYeva Podnikov 9 episodes 2015–2017 The Frankenstein Chronicles Flora 9 episodes 2017–2019 HarlotsLucy Wells 24 episodes

Nominations and awards Smyth was lead actress in Sea View, which was nominated for Best Short Film at the 67th British Academy Film Awards in 2014.