Matilda Lawler is an American actress best known for starring roles in the film ''
Flora & Ulysses'' and the
HBO Max
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miniseries ''
Station Eleven''.
Early life
Lawler was born in 2008
to parents Matthew and Mara Lawler, who themselves are actors.
Career
Lawler's first acting role was in a stage production of ''Jack and Annie'' at Hoboken Children's Theater when she was in the first grade.
She made her
Broadway
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debut in ''
The Ferryman'' (2018).
When Lawler was nine years old, she starred in the play ''The Net Will Appear'', in which she played a nine-year-old who becomes friends with a 70-year-old. The actor who played the latter character,
Richard Masur
Richard Masur is an American character actor who has appeared in more than 80 films. From 1995 to 1999, he served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He is best known for Nick Lobo on ''Rhoda'' (1974-1977), Stanley Uris in th ...
, became Lawler's mentor and best friend. She tapped into their relationship for the emotions needed to portray her character in ''Station Eleven''.
For her work in ''Station Eleven'', ''
The New Yorker
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'' called Lawler "a gifted performer."
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century American actresses
American child actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
Place of birth missing (living people)
2008 births