Eloise Smyth is a British actress best known for her role of Flora in the television series ''

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'' and as Lucy Wells in the television drama series ''Harlots''.

Early life

Eloise Valentine Smyth, currently living in

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, is the youngest daughter of Cathal Joseph Smyth (AKA Chas Smash), of the ska band Madness, and Joanna Brown.

Career

Smyth began her acting career in 2012, in British crime drama film ''

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'' alongside

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and

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. 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

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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 ''

'' appearing alongside

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. In 2016, Smyth secured a main role as Lucy Wells in 24 episodes of ''

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,'' a series about a brothel in 18th-century London. In 2017, Smyth played Yeva Podnikov for nine episodes of

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television series '' Fortitude.'' In 2021, Smyth played a main role of Akae in the sci-fi film ''I Am Mortal'' (formerly titled ''The Code''). The same year, Smyth starred alongside

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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

Nominations and awards

Smyth was lead actress in ''Sea View'', which was nominated for Best Short Film at the

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in 2014.

References

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