Biography
Hailing from Reading, the British performer Eliza Bennett rose to prominence as a teenager during the 2000s thanks to screen roles in Nanny McPhee, Inkheart, and From Time to Time. She launched her career at an early age, landing a part in the London Palladium mounting of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at nine. Further work across theater, television, and film led to her initial major opportunity in 2005, when she appeared opposite Emma Thompson in Nanny McPhee. In addition to her stage musical performances, she supplied the song “My Declaration” to the soundtrack of 2008’s Inkheart, in which she also co-starred with Brendan Fraser. Several years afterward she earned critical praise for her lead turn in the West End production of the musical Loserville. In 2016 she secured a starring part in the MTV action-comedy series Sweet/Vicious.