Céline Buckens

Buckens was born on 9 August 1996^[1] in Brussels and moved to England at a young age,^[2] where she grew up in Kensington, London. Her parents worked as an academic and a fund manager.^[3]

Buckens attended Thomas's London Day School and St Mary's, Ascot.^[4] She then studied history at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She appeared in Free Rein while completing her course.^[5] She was also a debutante at the Bal des débutantes in Paris.^[6]

Buckens' acting career began when she portrayed Émilie in Steven Spielberg's 2011 film War Horse,^[7][8] a role she won after two auditions. The character is a young French girl who lives on a farm with her grandfather after she lost her parents in the war.^[9][10] In 2015, Buckens starred in a short film titled The Rain Collector, in the role of Vanessa Kentworth.^[11] From 2017 to 2019, Buckens starred in the Netflix drama series Free Rein as Mia MacDonald.^[12][13] She also appeared in an episode of the ITV drama Endeavour in 2017, as Daisy Bennett.^[14] In 2018, Buckens starred in Ne M'oublie Pas (English: Forget Me Not), a French short film, as lead character Elsa.^[15] In 2019, she appeared in the drama thriller film The Good Liar as Annalise.^[16][17] That same year, it was announced that Buckens had joined the main cast of the Cinemax action series Warrior. She portrayed the role of Sophie Mercer in the second series.^[18]

In 2021, Buckens portrayed Talitha Campbell in the BBC legal drama Showtrial.^[19][20] For her portrayal of the role, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress,^[21] as well as receiving a nomination for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress.^[22] Buckens also made her directorial debut in 2021, directing the short film Prangover, for which she was awarded Best Director at the 2021 North East International Film Festival.^[23] In 2022, Buckens starred in the Paramount+ series The Ex-Wife. It was renewed in 2024, with Buckens returning for the second series.^[24] In 2023, she signed on to star in another Paramount+ series, The Castaways.^[25] In 2025, she is set to star in the upcoming Hulu thriller series The Kollective.^[26] In 2025, she was cast as a series regular in Talamasca: The Secret Order, playing a character named Doris Williamson, "an old soul who lives with a coven of witches on a houseboat".^[27] In 2026, she appeared in the action film Shelter.^[28]

Film

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Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	War Horse	Émilie		[29]
2015	The Rain Collector	Vanessa Kentworth	Short film	[11]
2018	Ne M'oublie Pas	Elsa	Short film (AKA: Forget Me Not)	[9]
	Free Rein: The 12 Neighs of Christmas	Mia MacDonald	Direct-to-video	[30]
2019	Free Rein: Valentine's Day			[31]
	The Good Liar	Annalise		[32]
2022	Express		Short film	[14]
2026	Shelter	Maddison		[28]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Endeavour	Student Nurse Daisy Bennett	Episode: "Lazaretto"	[14]
2017–2019	Free Rein	Mia MacDonald	Main role	[12]
2020	Warrior	Sophie Mercer	Main role	[33]
	Bridgerton	Kitty Langham	Episode: "Oceans Apart"	[34]
2021	Showtrial	Talitha Campbell	Main role	[35]
2022–2025	The Ex-Wife	Tasha	Main role	[36]
2023	The Castaways	Erin Holme	Main role	[37]
2024	Suspect	Sapphire (Emma)	Main role	[38]
2025	The Kollective		Main role	[26]
2025	Talamasca: The Secret Order	Doris Williamson	Main role	[27]

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