Josephine Langford (born 18 August 1997) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Tessa Young in the ''

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'' film series. She also portrayed Emma Cunningham in the

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'' while also portraying Zoey in upcoming Netflix romcom ''The Other Zoey'' and Katy Gibson in ''

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''.

Early life

Langford was born in

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, and raised in

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, a riverside suburb of Perth. She is the youngest daughter of Stephen Langford, a flying doctor and the director of medical services at the

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Western Operations, and Elizabeth Green, a pediatrician. Her older sister,

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, is also an actress. As a child, Langford became interested in music and played the saxophone, the violin, and the piano. She's also played cricket in her childhood. In 2008, at the age of 10, Langford wrote and performed a song called "Shadows" for a music competition, which won her the "Song of the Year" title. She also wrote two more songs, "Lonely" (2007) and "Sea Shanty" (2008).

Career

Langford started taking acting classes at the age of 13. In 2012, she began taking acting classes at Perth Film School. At the age of 14, she began appearing in several short films such as ''Sex Ed'' (2013), ''When Separating'' (2013), and ''Gypsy Blood'' (2014). She made her screen debut in the indie film ''Pulse'' (2017), which screened at film festivals. She also starred as a supporting actress the same year on the American horror film ''

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'', acting alongside

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. She also made her television debut in 2017 on the Australian series '' Wolf Creek''. In July 2018, Langford was cast as Tessa Young in the film ''

'', based on the 2014

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. The film premiered in 2019, and grossed $69.7 million worldwide. She won a

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for her role as Tessa. Josephine Langford reprised role in the sequel, ''

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'', which was released in September 2020. In 2019, Langford also appeared in the American horror

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series '' Into the Dark'' as Clair. In November 2019, Langford was cast as Emma Cunningham in the Netflix film ''

'', which is based on the novel of the same name written by Jennifer Mathieu.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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