Eleanor

Tomlinson

Eleanor May Tomlinson (born 19 May

1992) is an English actress. She has
appeared in films, including Angus,
Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008),
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), Colette
(2018), and Love Wedding Repeat
(2020). Tomlinson also starred in the
BBC One series Poldark (2015–2019).
 Eleanor Tomlinson

Tomlinson at the British Independent Film

Awards 2014

Born Eleanor May Tomlinson

19 May 1992
London, England

Occupation Actress

Years active 2005–present
Early life and family
Tomlinson was born in London. She
moved with her family to Beverley,
East Riding of Yorkshire, England when
she was young and attended Beverley
High School.[1] She is the daughter of
Judith Hibbert, a singer, and Malcolm
Tomlinson, an actor and horse racing
commentator. Her brother, Ross
Tomlinson, is also an actor.[2][3][4]

Career
Tomlinson appeared in The Illusionist as
Young Sophie.[5] She starred in the
teenage film Angus, Thongs and
Perfect Snogging in which she plays
"Jas".[6] Tomlinson played Kirsten in the
Pro Sieben international production
Hepzibah – Sie holt dich im Schlaf
alongside David Bamber, under the
direction of Robert Sigl.[7]

Tomlinson went on to play Eve, an

alien, in 'The Mad Woman in the Attic' –
episodes three and four of Series 3 of
The Sarah Jane Adventures – in
2009,[8] as well as Fiona Chataway in
the film Alice in Wonderland which
premiered in theatres on 5 March
2010.[9] In 2013 she was Xenya in the
film Siberian Education by Gabriele
Salvatores.[10]

After an extensive search, Tomlinson

was cast as Princess Isabelle in Jack
the Giant Slayer (2013), directed by
Bryan Singer.[11][12]

She starred in the TV series The White

Queen, as Lady Isabel Neville[13] and as
Georgiana Darcy in the BBC adaptation
of Death Comes to Pemberley.[14] Since
2015, she has played Demelza Poldark
in the BBC One television series
Poldark.[15]

Tomlinson was number 56 on the

"Radio Times TV 100" list for 2018, a list
said to be determined by television
executives and broadcasting
veterans.[16]

She portrayed the character of Amy in

the 2019 BBC TV Series The War of the
Worlds, based on the H.G. Wells novel
of the same name, a role expanded of
the narrator's wife.[17][18][19]

Personal life
She is a natural blonde, but dyed her
hair red for the Poldark TV series
because she thought red suited her
character better.[20]

Filmography
 Year Title Role Notes

2005 Falling Little Daphne with Branklyn

2006 The Illusionist Young Sophie

2007 Einstein and Eddington Agnes Müller

2008 Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Jas Main Cast

2009 The Sarah Jane Adventures Eve

Alice in Wonderland Fiona Chataway

2010
The Lost Future Miru

Siberian Education Xenya

Jack the Giant Slayer Princess Isabelle

2013 The White Queen Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence

Death Comes to Pemberley Georgiana Darcy

The Labours of Hercules Alice Cunningham

2014 The Curse of Styria Lara

2015–2019 Poldark Demelza Poldark Main Cast

2016 Alleycats Danni

2017 Loving Vincent Adeline Ravoux (voice)[20]

2018 Ordeal by Innocence Mary Durrant (née Argyll)[21]

2018 Colette Georgie Raoul-Duval

2019 The War of the Worlds Amy Main cast

2020 Squadron 42 (Video Game) Saic Rebecca Trejo

2020 Love Wedding Repeat Hayley Main cast

2021 The Nevers Mary Brighton Main cast

References
1. "Bev teen Eleanor stars in new
Hollywood blockbuster Jack The Giant
Killer" . Hull Daily Mail. 18 January 2012.
Archived from the original on 27 May
2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
2. "The Racing Post – TV soap actor
lands pounds 286,850 haul" . Retrieved
30 October 2013.
3. "Why Beverley-born actor Malcolm
Tomlinson is under starter's orders in
his most racy role yet" . Hull Daily Mail.
1 August 2012. Archived from the
original on 24 September 2015.
Retrieved 30 October 2013.
4. "The Yorkshire Times Interviews Actor
And Racing Commentator Malcolm
Tomlinson" . Yorkshire News. Retrieved
30 October 2013.
5. Walden, Celia (20 August 2016).
"Poldark's Eleanor Tomlinson on Aidan
Turner and why they can't stop
laughing during sex scenes" . The
Telegraph. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
6. Hayes, Martha (9 March 2015). "5
Things We Learnt When We Chatted to
Eleanor Tomlinson" . marieclaire.co.uk.
Retrieved 3 April 2018.
7. "Zweitausendeins. Filmlexikon FILME
von A-Z - Hepzibah - Sie holt dich im
Schlaf" . www.zweitausendeins.de (in
German). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
8. "The Mad Woman in the Attic, Part 2,
Series 3, The Sarah Jane Adventures -
Credits" . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April
2018.
9. "Interview - Eleanor Tomlinson: Eleanor
in a wonderland of dream roles on the
screen" . The Yorkshire Post. 4 March
2010. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
10. Young, Deborah (2 March 2013).
"Siberian Education (Educazione
Siberiana): Film Review" .
hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved
3 April 2018.
11. McNary, Dave (1 March 2011). "Eleanor
Tomlinson joins 'Killer' cast" . Variety.
Retrieved 2 March 2011.
12. Fleming, Mike (1 March 2011). "Eleanor
Tomlinson Lands 'Jack The Giant Killer'
Female Lead" . Deadline Hollywood.
Retrieved 4 June 2011.
13. BBC Online. The White Queen, a new
ten-part drama for BBC One, 10 January
2013. Latest News
14. Lazarus, Susanna (26 April 2015). "Why
Eleanor Tomlinson is the real star of
Poldark" . Radio Times. Retrieved
3 April 2018.
15. "Meet the cast of Poldark" .
radiotimes.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
16. Lazarus, Susanna (21 August 2018).
"Olivia Colman tops Radio Times TV 100
2018: full list revealed" .
radiotimes.com. Archived from the
original on 11 September 2018.
Retrieved 10 September 2018.
17. Morgan Jeffery (11 November 2019).
"Why BBC's War of the Worlds
adaptation made this huge change to
the book; Digital Spy" . Digital Spy.
Retrieved 19 November 2019.
18. Anita, Singhen (18 November 2019).
"The War of the Worlds, episode 1
review: small-scale Martians and
women being woke in Woking" . The
Daily Telegraph. Retrieved
18 November 2019.
19. Gary Cutlack (19 November 2019). "BBC
War of the Worlds Review: Rafe Spall
Frowns for an Hour With Good
Reason" . Gizmodo. Retrieved
19 November 2019.
20. Vernon, Polly (27 May 2017). "Cornish
Tease". The Times. p. 51. ISSN 0140-
0460 .
 21. Billen, Andrew (31 March 2018). "Ordeal
by Innocence: the Christie Mystery that
almost got away". The Times (72497).
Saturday Review. pp. 4–5. ISSN 0140-
0460 .

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