Eloise Mignon (born 18 September 1986) is an Australian actress. She began her career starring in children's television shows '' Legacy of the Silver Shadow'' and ''

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'', before appearing in the Australian soap opera ''

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''. She has starred in numerous theatre productions.

Early life

Mignon was born in

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to French director Jean-Pierre Mignon, and Katharine Sturak, an American.French , SBS Your Language
/ref> Mignon was educated at Melbourne Girls College, Wesley College and St Michael's Grammar School. Mignon has a

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(

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) from the

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Career

Mignon worked from a young age in independent theatre, notably with The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm in their multi award-winning production ''Rubeville'' where she played Trixi. Her screen credits include a role in '' Legacy of the Silver Shadow'' and a main character Mara Lomax in children's sci-fi series ''

.'' She also appears as a prostitute in the Australian film ''

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'' (2008), directed by

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From 23 July 2007, Mignon began appearing as Bridget Parker in the soap opera ''

''. In March 2009, it was announced that Mignon had quit the show along with

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, who played her character's father. Mignon confirmed that she was leaving to return to studying an Arts degree, which she had deferred upon joining the serial. Mignon's character was killed-off. Mignon performed as Jennifer in the play ''In A Dark Dark House'' at the

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in Melbourne until 22 August 2009. She performed for the

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in ''The Grenade'', and ''Return to Earth''. In her first screen role since leaving ''Neighbours'', Mignon appeared in a 2010 episode of ''

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'' as Layla Pullman. Since 2010 Mignon has primarily worked in professional theatre in Australia and France. In 2011 Mignon played the role of Hedvig in Belvoir's production of the

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play ''

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'' opposite

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and Anita Hegh, directed by

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. Her performance was praised with one critic commenting "Mignon articulates the young girl's confusion in heartbreaking fashion". The production was invited to perform at the International Ibsen Festival in

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as well as the Weiner Festowchen and Holland Festival. Mignon's performance was critically very well regarded. In 2012 Mignon returned to the Belvoir stage appearing first in ''Every Breath'' by writer and director

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, followed by

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where she interpreted Madeleine with director

, and a new production of the

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play ''

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''. In 2013 she returned to work with

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for

where she interpreted Anya. Mignon played contortionist Sarah Norden in the opening episode of Season 3 of ''

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'' in 2015. From 2014 to 2016 she collaborated on and performed in two projects with the German auteur Falk Richter- ''Complexity of Belonging'' in conjunction with choreographer Anouk van Dijk for

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and ''Je Suis Fassbinder'' with French theatre director Stanislas Nordey at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg and Théâtre National de la Colline,

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. Both projects were written with her in mind; she performs the role 'Eloise'. In 2024, Mignon appeared in the television drama '' Ladies in Black'' as Jenny.

Filmography

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mignon, Eloise 1986 births Living people Actresses from Melbourne Australian people of American descent Australian people of French descent Australian soap opera actresses People educated at St Michael's Grammar School People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)