Ella Lily Hyland (born 3 June 1998) is an Irish actress.
Ella Lily Hyland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 June 1998 Carlow, Ireland |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Television | Fifteen-Love |
Early life
editFrom Carlow, Ireland, her grandfather Dinny Hyland was a record-breaking Irish pole vaulter. Her cousin Jamie Hyland is an All-Ireland schools champion in athletics. She trained in pole vaulting and long jump into her teenage years. A member of the County Carlow Youth Theatre Group and the National Youth Theatre, in 2015 she appeared at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin in Salt Mountain by Carmel Winters. She was a graduate of The Lir Academy in Dublin.[1][2][3][4]
Career
editHyland had a lead role alongside Aidan Turner in the 2023 Amazon Prime Video tennis-based drama series Fifteen-Love.[5] Hyland trained for the tennis scenes and was helped on-set by tennis coach and former-pro Naomi Cavaday.[6] Lucy Mangan in The Guardian described her performance as "mesmerising" and "absolutely superlative", because she was able to display "many facets" of her character – "dislikable, vulnerable, grief-stricken, a case of forced maturity and arrested development [all] at the same time".[7] Dónal Lynch in the Irish Independent praised her "tremendous central performance" with "a mixture of vulnerability and knowingness, with a diffident and offhand delivery of her lines often belying the turmoil in her eyes."[8] She can be seen in the 2023 Scottish film Silent Roar.[9][10]
Hyland has an upcoming role in the Steven Knight historical drama series A Thousand Blows.[11] In October 2023, she was revealed to have joined the cast of Black Doves, a Keira Knightley-led series for Netflix.[12] In June 2024, she was one of several actors and actresses announced as being part of the cast of the BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero.[13] In September 2024, Hyland made her Abbey Theatre debut playing the titular character in the Lady Gregory play Grania, which ran until the following month.
Filmography
edit| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Intruder | Mia | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2023 | Fifteen-Love | Justine Pearce | |
| Silent Roar | Sas | ||
| Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania | Emma | ||
| 2024 | Black Doves | Williams | |
| TBA | † A Thousand Blows | Marianne Goodson | Completed |
| TBA | † Towards Zero | Audrey Strange | Filming |
References
edit- ^ Lambert, Colm (29 August 2015). "Carlow's star in new Dublin play". Independent.ie. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ Clark, Nick (13 December 2024). "Meet Ella Lily Hyland – the breakout star of Netflix's Black Doves". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ Ingle, Róisín (16 July 2023). "Ella Lily Hyland: 'I think we're often taught not to trust our instincts as women'". Irish Times. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Smith, Josh (26 July 2023). "Ella Lily Hyland is the need-to-know star of Fifteen-Love, the #MeToo show from Line of Duty producers about a teenage tennis player and her abusive coach". Glamour Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Ravindran, Manori (4 August 2022). "Poldark's' Aidan Turner, Ella Lily Hyland Lead #MeToo Tennis Drama 'Fifteen-Love' for Amazon Prime Video (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ McCarthy, Esther (15 February 2023). "Rising Stars Ireland 2023: Ella Lily Hyland (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Mangan, Lucy (21 July 2023). "Fifteen-Love review – the acting in this impeccably tense drama is absolutely mesmerising". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Lynch, Donal. "Rising Irish star Ella Lily Hyland aces it in timely MeToo tennis drama Fifteen-Love". Irish Independent. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (13 June 2023). "Sex, Surfing and Hellfire Scottish Drama 'Silent Roar' to Open Edinburgh International Film Festival – Global Bulletin". Variety. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (13 June 2023). "Edinburgh Film Festival Reveals Opening Film". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Emily, Olivia (21 July 2023). "'I Cried Constantly – I Thought It Was So Visceral': Ella Lily Hyland On Fifteen Love, Prime Video – Interview". Countryandtownhouse.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Hibbs, James (25 October 2023). "Happy Valley's Sarah Lancashire joins Keira Knightley in Black Doves". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ Ford, Lily (5 June 2024). "Anjelica Huston, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Mimi Keene to Star in Agatha Christie Adaptation 'Towards Zero'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 June 2024.