Freya Wilson
Freya Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1999 |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, student |
| Years active | 2010–2013 |
Freya Wilson (born c. 1999) is a British child actor.
Background
[edit]Wilson attended St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School and St Paul's Girls' School in Brook Green, Hammersmith from 2010 to 2017.[1] They are a prodigious reader and won the Old Possum's Poetry Prize in their category in 2011.[1]
Career
[edit]Wilson portrayed a young Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in the 2010 period drama The King's Speech and also a young Eliza Reed in the 2011 film Jane Eyre.[2] They also played Violette Selfridge in the first series of the ITV drama Mr Selfridge.
They played various voices in the Three Little Pigs app. In August 2011, Wilson joined Youth Music Theatre UK as a member of the Korczak company, as they performed a musical based on the life of Janusz Korczak at the Rose Theatre, Kingston.[3]
Wilson has also written some plays. One of these, No Houses Out The Window, was entered into the New Views playwriting programme in 2015. It was shortlisted and awarded a rehearsed reading in the National Theatre.[4]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Princess Elizabeth | |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | Eliza Reed |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mr Selfridge | Violette Selfridge | Recurring role (series 1) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Greg Burns (16 December 2010). "Young poet wins cash prize in national competition". Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ "Freya Wilson". Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Korczak". Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "St Paul's Girls' School » 'New Views' Playwriting Competition Success". spgs.org. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
External links
[edit]- Freya Wilson at IMDb
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