Eliza Scanlen

Acting · Born 1999-01-06 in Sydney, Australia

Biography

Eliza Jane Scanlen (born 6 January 1999) is an Australian actress. She rose to prominence portraying Tabitha Ford in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (2016), before receiving critical acclaim by playing a troubled teenager in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018). In 2022, she starred in the Showtime series The First Lady as young Eleanor Roosevelt. She made her film debut in 2019, with starring roles in the drama Babyteeth and Greta Gerwig’s period drama Little Women.

Filmography

• Little Women as Beth March
• The Devil All the Time as Lenora Laferty
• Caddo Lake as Ellie
• The Starling Girl as Jem Starling
• Babyteeth as Milla
• Old as Kara Aged 15
• National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest as Cecily Cardew

TV

• Sharp Objects as Amma Crellin
• Fires as Natasha 'Tash' Jasic
• Home and Away as Tabitha
• Fires as Natasha Jasic
• Dope Girls as Violet Davies
• The First Lady as Young Eleanor Roosevelt