India Eisley (born October 29, 1993) is an American actress. On television, she is best known for her roles as Ashley Juergens in the

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series ''

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'' (2008–2013), Audrina in the Lifetime film '' My Sweet Audrina'' (2016), and Fauna Hodel in the

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series '' I Am the Night'' (2019). Her films include '' Underworld: Awakening'' (2012), ''

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'' (2014), '' Social Suicide'' (2015) and '' Look Away'' (2018).

Early life

India Eisley was born on October 29, 1993, the daughter of British actress

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and American musician

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. Her paternal grandfather was American actor

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, while her maternal grandfather was Argentinian tango singer, Andrés Osuna (stage name Osvaldo Ribó). She has two older maternal half-brothers from her mother's prior marriages: Alexander, whose father was American actor

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, and Max, whose father is Japanese singer

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Career

Eisley and her mother appeared together in the 2005 movie ''

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''. After small roles in various independent films, Eisley gained a major role in 2008 in ''

''. She played Ashley Juergens, younger sister of teen mother Amy Juergens. In the 2012 film '' Underworld: Awakening'', Eisley was cast as Eve, the hybrid daughter of Selene and Michael Corvin; Eisley was cast due to her strong resemblance to Selene's actress,

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. Eisley starred as Sawa in the 2014 action film ''

'', opposite Samuel L. Jackson. In late 2014, she filmed '' Social Suicide'' (2015), a modern retelling of ''

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'', appearing with her real-life mother Hussey, who played Mrs. Coulson, with Eisley playing her daughter, Julia. In 2015, Eisley starred in the horror-thriller film '' The Curse of Sleeping Beauty'' as

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. The same year, she was cast in the title role in the television film adaptation of the V. C. Andrews' book '' My Sweet Audrina'' for Lifetime, which aired in 2016. In 2017, she starred in the Netflix original film '' Clinical''. In 2018, Eisley played the lead role of Maria / Airam in the psychological thriller film '' Look Away''. Author Jessica Brody expressed a desire for Eisley to portray her character Seraphina in the film adaptation of her novel ''Unremembered''. Hollywood casting director Michelle Levy was first to recommend Eisley for the role. In 2019, Eisley starred as Fauna Hodel in the six-part limited series '' I Am the Night'', which is based on Hodel's memoir, '' One Day She'll Darken''. The series premiered on January 27, 2019, on

. In 2020, she played Tillie Gardner in the film ''

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''. In 2021, she played Lucy in the film ''

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''.

Personal life

Eisley enjoys cooking. Eisley is currently dating actor

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Living people Hispanic and Latino American actresses