Eloise Mumford

Eloise Mumford

Mumford in 2010
Born (1986-09-24) September 24, 1986
Olympia, Washington, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 2008–present

Eloise Mumford (born September 24, 1986)[1] is an American actress known for her roles on the television series Lone Star and The River.

Life and career

Mumford, the middle child of parents Tom Mumford and Nancy Smith, was born and raised in Olympia, Washington, where she was home-schooled through fifth grade and later attended the Annie Wright School in Tacoma, Washington, and Capital High School in Olympia.[1] She has an older sister, Anna, and a younger brother, Kai. Mumford, inspired at age seven by a local production of South Pacific, performed in high-school plays and at Olympia's Capital Playhouse.[1]

She graduated in 2009 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts,[1] She also is an alumnus of the Atlantic Acting School[2] While in college, Mumford starred with Jesse Eisenberg in director Maggie Kiley's well-received short film "Some Boys Don't Leave".[1] She understudied Elisabeth Moss in the Broadway production of Speed the Plow.[3]

Mumford starred as Lena Landry on the ABC paranormal series The River in 2012[4] and on the Fox series Lone Star in 2010, which she was cast in during her first pilot season after graduating college.[5][6] She was the female lead in the Blumhouse Productions feature Not Safe For Work for Universal Pictures.[7] and was the female lead in the indy Drones alongside Matt O'Leary, directed by Rick Rosenthal.[8]

In February 2012, Mumford was cast to play the female lead in an ABC drama pilot titled Reckless.[9] She played Anastasia Steele's roommate, Kate Kavanagh, in the Fifty Shades of Grey film (2015).[10]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Crash Megan Emory 4 episodes
2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Vanessa Episode: "Sugar"
2009 Mercy Hannah Episode: "Some of Us Have Been to the Desert"
2010 Lone Star Lindsay Holloway 5 episodes
2012 The River Lena Landry 8 episodes
2012 Christmas with Holly[11] Maggie Hallmark Hall of Fame movie
2015 Just in Time for Christmas Lindsay Hallmark Hall of Fame movie

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Some Boys Don't Leave The Girl Short film
2012 So Undercover Sasha Stolezinsky/ Suzy Walters Direct-to-video
2013 Drones Sue Lawson
2014 Not Safe for Work Anna
2014 In the Blood Sandy Grant
2015 Fifty Shades of Grey Katherine "Kate" Kavanagh
2017 Fifty Shades Darker Filming

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