Dixie Violet Egerickx (born 31 October 2005) is an English actress. Her films include '' The Little Stranger'' (2018), '' Summerland'' and ''

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'' (both 2020).

Early life

Dixie Violet Egerickx is from West London. She attended Knightsbridge School. She was discovered at school at the age of eight by casting director Kate Bone of

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Casting.

Career

In 2015, Egerickx appeared on the London stage as Iphigenia in

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's adaptation of '' Oresteia. ''She had further roles Rosalind in Alexi Kay Campbell's ''Sunset at the Villa Thalia'' at the National Theatre and Jenny Caroline Marx in Richard Bean and Clive Coleman's ''Young Marx'' at The Bridge Theatre, directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner. She made her television debut in the television film ''Churchill's Secret''.'' Egerickx appeared in the 2017 National Geographic series ''Genius'' and the 2018 series ''

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''. Also in 2018, she made her feature film debut in the '' The Little Stranger''. Egerickx appeared on ''

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''s ''Screen Stars of Tomorrow'' list in 2019 at the age of 13. Egerickx starred as Edie in the 2020 drama film '' Summerland'', and portrayed ''Mary Lennox'' in the 2020 film ''

''. In 2019 she filmed HBO's ''Unaired Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot'' and most recently has completed filming the role of ''Jo Ransome'' in the

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miniseries ''The Essex Serpent'', directed by Clio Barnard.

Filmography

Films

Television

Stage

References

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* Living people 2005 births Actresses from London English child actresses English people of Belgian descent Actors from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea {{UK-actor-stub