Eloise Mumford (born September 24, 1986) is an American actress known for her roles on the television series '' Lone Star'', '' The River'', ''The Right Stuff'' and the ''

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'' film series.

Early life and education

Mumford, the middle child of parents Tom Mumford and Nancy Smith, was born and raised in

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, where she was

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through fifth grade. After homeschooling, she attended Nova Middle School. She later attended Annie Wright Schools in

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and Capital High School in Olympia. She has an older sister, Anna, and a younger brother, Kai. Inspired at age seven by a local production of ''

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'', Mumford performed in high school plays and at Olympia's Capital Playhouse. She graduated in 2009 from

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. She also is an alumna of the Atlantic Acting School. While in college, she starred with

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in director Maggie Kiley's well-received short film "Some Boys Don't Leave". She understudied

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in the Broadway production of '' Speed the Plow''.

Career

Mumford starred as Lena Landry on the

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paranormal series '' The River'' in 2012 and on the Fox series '' Lone Star'' in 2010, in which she was cast during her first pilot season after college. She was the female lead in the Blumhouse Productions feature ''Not Safe For Work'' for

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, and the female lead in the indy ''Drones'' alongside Matt O'Leary, directed by Rick Rosenthal. In February 2012, she was cast as the female lead in an ABC drama pilot titled ''Reckless''. She played Anastasia Steele's roommate, Kate Kavanagh, in the ''

'' film (2015), and reprised the role in the sequels '' Fifty Shades Darker'' and '' Fifty Shades Freed''. She starred alongside

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and

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in the indy '' Standing Up, Falling Down'' (2019). In 2020 she played Trudy Cooper, the female lead in the Disney+ streaming TV series ''The Right Stuff''. In 2024 she appeared in eight episodes of Amazon Prime’s ''Cross'' as Shannon Whitmer, a woman abducted by a serial killer.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mumford, Eloise Living people Actresses from Washington (state) American film actresses American television actresses 21st-century American actresses 1986 births People from Olympia, Washington