Eleanor Worthington-Cox

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Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox (born 21 June 2001) is an English actress from Merseyside[1] best known for portraying Matilda Wormwood in Matilda 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]

Born
Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox

(2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 25)
OccupationActress
Yearsactive2011–present
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Eleanor Worthington Cox in September 2018
Cox in September 2018
Born
Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox

(2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 25)
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
Known forMatilda the Musical
The Enfield Haunting
Next to Normal
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Biography

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 Mockingbird at Regent'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”

Acting credits

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2014 Maleficent Young Princess Aurora [21]
2018 Action Point Boogie Carver [28][29][30]
2019 Gwen Gwen [31][32][33][34][35][36]
2025 Next to Normal Natalie Goodman Filmed recording of 2024 West End production [37]
2026 About a Bell Bryony Post-production [38]
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Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2015 Cucumber Molly Whitaker Main cast [39]
The Enfield Haunting Janet Hodgson Main cast
Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress
[7][8][9]
2015–2016 Hetty Feather Polly Renfrew Main cast (season 1, first two episodes season 2) [40]
2018–2021 Britannia Cait Main cast [12][13][27]
2021 The Irregulars Clara 1 episode [41]
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Theatre

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Year Production Role Notes Ref(s)
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
[3][4][5][6]
2013 To Kill a Mockingbird Jean Louise "Scout" Finch Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
16 May 15 June 2013
[19][20]
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
[42]
2023 The Secret Life of Bees Lily Almeida Theatre
8 April 2023 27 May 2023
[43]
2023–2024 Next to Normal Natalie Goodman Donmar Warehouse
14 August 2023 - 7 October 2023

Wyndham’s Theatre 18 June 2024 - 21 September 2024

[44]
2024–2025 The Little Foxes Alexandra Giddens Young Vic

2 December 2024 - 8 February 2025

[45]
2025 Much Ado About Nothing Hero Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Royal Shakespeare Company)

12 April 2025 - 24 May 2025

Mary Page Marlowe Mary Page Marlowe The Old Vic

23 September 2025 - 1 November 2025

2026 Please Please Me Cynthia/Cilla Kiln Theatre

16 April 2026 - 29 May 2026

[46][47]
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Accolades

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