Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox (born 21 June 2001) is an English actress from Merseyside[1] best known for portraying Matilda WormwoodinMatilda the Musical. Eleanor won a 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical along with the three other child actresses playing Matilda: Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, and Sophia Kiely. Upon winning, 10-year-old Eleanor became the youngest Olivier Award winner in any category at the time.[2][3][4][5][6] She received a nomination for a British Academy Television Award for playing Janet Hodgson in The Enfield Haunting.[7][8][9][10][11] She is also known for portraying Polly Renfrew in the CBBC TV adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's Hetty Feather and Cait in the Sky Atlantic series Britannia.[12][13]
Eleanor Worthington Cox
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Born | Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 23)
Merseyside, England, UK
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Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2011–present |
Known for | Matilda the Musical The Enfield Haunting |
From 2003, at the age of two, until 2012, Worthington Cox trained at the Formby School of Performing Arts.[14]
Before starring in Matilda, Worthington Cox was in the chorus for a Bill Kenwright production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Liverpool Empire.[15]
In September 2011, Worthington Cox was announced as one of four girls who would be playing the lead role of Matilda in Matilda the Musical[4][5][6] along with: Cleo Demetriou;[16][4] Kerry Ingram;[16][4] and Sophia Kiely.[16][4] She made her debut in October 2011 and performed in the show two nights a week. It was a critical success, and Matilda was nominated for 10 Olivier awards.[17] Among the nominations was Best Actress in a Musical, for which Demetriou, Ingram, Kiely, and Cox were all nominated.[2] On awards night, Matilda won seven out of the ten nominations. Cox won Best Actress in a Musical along with her co-stars and currently holds the record for the youngest winner of an Olivier award.[2][18]
Worthington Cox continued to appear in Matilda until 19 August 2012, later sharing the role with Demetriou, Hayley Canham, Jade Marner, and Isobelle Molloy.[14]
In May 2013, Worthington Cox played Scout in a stage production of To Kill a MockingbirdatRegent's Park Open Air Theatre,[19] sharing her role with Lucy Hutchinson and Izzy Lee.[20]
After finishing Matilda, Worthington Cox filmed the role of Young Princess Aurora in the film Maleficent (2014).[21]
From April to August 2015, Worthington Cox played the role of Blousey Brown in a production of Bugsy Malone at the Lyric Hammersmith.[22] This was the debut production following the theatre's reopening after a £16.5 million redevelopment project.[23]
In October 2015, Worthington Cox played Jess in Tomcat, a new play by James Rushbrooke, at Southwark Playhouse, London.[24][25]
In 2016, Worthington Cox received a British Academy Television Award nomination for her performance in the Sky One mini-series The Enfield Haunting.[10][11] She was also featured as one of Screen International's "Stars of Tomorrow", the film magazine's annual showcase highlighting outstanding young actors from the UK and Ireland.[26]
In 2018, Worthington Cox starred as Cait in Britannia.[12][13][27]
In 2018 played “Boogie” in comedy film “Action Point”
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2014 | Maleficent | Young Princess Aurora | [21] | |
2018 | Action Point | Boogie Carver | [28][29][30] | |
2019 | Gwen | Gwen | [31][32][33][34][35][36] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2015 | Cucumber | Molly Whitaker | Main cast | [37] |
The Enfield Haunting | Janet Hodgson | Main cast Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress |
[7][8][9] | |
2015–16 | Hetty Feather | Polly Renfrew | Main cast (season 1, first two episodes season 2) | [38] |
2018–21 | Britannia | Cait | Main cast | [12][13][27] |
2021 | The Irregulars | Clara | 1 episode | [39] |
Year | Production | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2009 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Chorus | Liverpool Empire | [15] |
2011 | Matilda the Musical | Matilda Wormwood | Cambridge Theatre 25 October 2011 – 19 August 2012 |
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2013 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Jean Louise "Scout" Finch | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre 16 May – 15 June 2013 |
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2015 | Bugsy Malone | Blousey Brown | Lyric Hammersmith 11 April 2015 – 1 August 2015 |
[22] |
Tomcat | Jess | Southwark Playhouse 28 October 2015 – 21 November 2015 |
[24] | |
2022 | Jerusalem | Phaedra Cox | Apollo Theatre 16 April 2022 – 10 August 2022 |
[40] |
2023 | The Secret Life of Bees | Lily | Almeida Theatre 8 April 2023 – 27 May 2023 |
[41] |
2023 | Next to Normal | Natalie Goodman | Donmar Warehouse 14 August 2023 - 7 October 2023 |
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Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref(s) |
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2012 | WhatsOnStage.com Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (shared with Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely) | Matilda the Musical | Nominated | [43] |
2012 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (shared with Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely) | Won | [2][44] | |
2016 | British Academy Television Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Enfield Haunting | Nominated | [10][11] |
2024 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role In a Musical | Next to Normal | Nominated | [45] |