Courtney Jane Eaton (born 6 January 1996) is an Australian actress. She began her career as a model before making her acting debut in the 2015 post-apocalyptic action film '' Mad Max: Fury Road''. Eaton subsequently starred in the fantasy action film '' Gods of Egypt'' (2016). Since 2021, she has appeared on the

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thriller drama series ''

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'' as young Lottie. She also appeared in ''

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'' (2023).

Early life

Eaton was born on 6 January 1996 in

Bunbury, Western Australia Bunbury () is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's third most populous city after Perth and Mandurah, with a population of approximately 75,000. Loca ...

. Her father, Stephen Eaton, is an Australian of English descent, and her mother is a New Zealander of Chinese, Cook Island and

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descent. She has a younger brother. Eaton attended

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Career

Eaton was spotted by Christine Fox, head of Vivien's Models, in a fashion graduation at age eleven. Fox signed up Eaton and prepared her to model at age 16. Eaton took part in an acting workshop with Myles Pollard as part of her modelling development, and auditioned in Sydney for '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015). She landed a part and co-starred in the series as Cheedo the Fragile, one of the five wives of

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in the film. Of her part, Eaton said that Fragile is "the youngest of the

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wives." In December 2013, Eaton was cast in the fantasy action film '' Gods of Egypt'' (2016), as Zaya, a slave girl and love interest of one of the main characters (

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), appearing alongside

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and

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, under

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' direction. In May 2016, it was announced that Eaton would be starring alongside

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in the fantasy-comedy film ''

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''. She starred alongside

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in the action thriller ''

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'', which was released in 2019. In December 2019, Eaton was cast in a recurring role as teenage Lottie in the American

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television series ''

''. She had originally auditioned for the role of Shauna, which went to

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. For the second season of the show, Eaton has been made a series regular. In 2024, Eaton starred alongside

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in the drama movie ''

'', which was the directorial debut of

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. In April 2025, the author of the book "Girl In Pieces," Kathleen Glasgow, confirmed that Eaton and her Yellowjackets co-star

bought the film rights to the book.

Personal life

Eaton lives in Los Angeles, having moved to the United States in 2015. She dated her ''Status Update'' co-star

from 2015 to 2017. Eaton also previously dated fellow actor

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and cinematographer Spencer Goodall. She is currently dating American actor

, her costar in ''Parachute''. Eaton is a former

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eaton, Courtney 1996 births Living people 21st-century Australian actresses Actresses from Western Australia Australian expatriate actresses in the United States Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Female models from Western Australia People from Bunbury, Western Australia