Liv Hewson

Liv Hewson is an Australian actor and playwright. They starred as Abby Hammond in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet from 2017 to 2019, and has portrayed Van Palmer in Yellowjackets since 2021.

Early life and education Liv Hewson was born around 1996 one of four children, with three brothers. Their mother, Angela, is a public servant and their father, Tony, is a psychologist. They grew up in the suburb of Hughes and attended Alfred Deakin High School and Canberra College.

Career Hewson has written plays as well as acted in several TV series.

Hewson's play, Bona Mors, was produced by the Canberra Youth Theatre (CYT) in 2013 as part of Triptych — A Trilogy of New Works alongside Lachlan Philpott's Run! Rihanna! Run! and Jessica Bellamy's Fight or Flight. The three works were published as an anthology by Currency Press. They had been a member of CYT for three years in the lead-up to the production. Their written work includes "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales and mythology with a queer and dark slant."

In 2014, Hewson traveled to Los Angeles to attend an acting workshop. In 2016, they played the lead role of Claire Duncan in the fantasy web series Dramaworld.

In 2017, they starred in the film Before I Fall and had recurring roles in the second series of Top of the Lake and in the miniseries Inhumans. and premiering in Australia on 19 July 2026.

Personal life Around 2012, Hewson came out as non-binary at age 16. They are gay and use they/them pronouns. In 2020, Hewson received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award for their LGBT+ advocacy. In 2023, Hewson underwent gender affirming surgery, after years of considering it, after which they said they felt much happier.

Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes 2013 Alfonso Frisk Fenny Frisk (older) Short film 2015 Survey Says Hillary Short film So Romantic Gurt Short film 2016 Lets See How Fast This Baby Will Go Gloria Short film 2017 Before I Fall Anna Cartullo 2018 Puzzle Nicki 2019 Let It Snow Dorrie Bombshell Lily 2020 Under My Skin Denny 2023 ScarygirlBug-Eye (voice) 2025 For WorseEsther

Television

Web series