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Liv Hill

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Liv Hill
Born (2000-06-22) 22 June 2000 (age 24)
Alma materThe Talent 1st Organisation
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present

Liv Hill (born 22 June 2000) is a British actress. She received accolades for her roles in the BBC miniseries Three Girls (2017) and the films Jellyfish and The Little Stranger (2018). She has since appeared in The Fight (2018), Elizabeth is Missing (2019), and The Great (2020). She played a young Catherine de' Medici in The Serpent Queen (2022).

Life

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Hill was born in Haverfordwest, Wales.[1] Her father was an Army officer, which led to her living in Cardiff, Germany, Oxford and Nottingham before her family settled in Derbyshire, when she was 9 years old.[1] At age 15, Hill joined Talent 1st actors’ studio in Nottingham.[2][1]

Career

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In 2017, Hill was BAFTA nominated for best supporting actress in her debut role in the BBC miniseries Three Girls,[1] which was based on the Rochdale child sex abuse ring.[3] In 2018, Hill was cast in the James Gardner directed British film Jellyfish,[2] receiving a BIFA Nominated Most promising newcomer for her performance as young carer Sarah.[4] The same year, Hill played Eve in episode 5: "Reclaim the Night" of Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives, a series which also included Jodie Comer.[5]

In 2022, she portrayed the younger Catherine de' Medici in the TV series The Serpent Queen.[6]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes/ref
2017 Three Girls Ruby Bowen BAFTA Nominated: Best supporting actress[3]
2018 Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives Eve
2018 Jellyfish Sarah BIFA Nominated Most promising newcomer[4]
2018 The Little Stranger Betty Film
2018 The Fight Jordan Film
2019 Elizabeth is Missing Young Maud TV film
2020 The Great Angeline Episode - Angeline
2022 The Serpent Queen Young Catherine de' Medici 10 episodes
2023 Black Dog film
TBA Miss Austen TBA In-production[7]
2025 Film Club Izzie Upcoming comedy-drama[8]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2018 British Academy Television Awards BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress Three Girls Nominated [9][10]
2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival Best Performance in a British Feature Film Jellyfish Won [9][10]
2018 Dinard British Film Festival Special Mention Interpretation Award Won [11][10]
2018 British Independent Film Awards Most Promising Newcomer Nominated [4][10]
2019 National Film Awards UK Best Newcomer Nominated [10]
2019 London Critics Circle Film Awards Young British/Irish Performer of the Year Jellyfish and The Little Stranger Nominated [12][10]
2019 The Stage Awards Best Actress in a Play Top Girls, Royal National Theatre Nominated [13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Liv Hill (actor)". Screen Daily. 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Clarke, Cath (24 January 2019). "From Three Girls to Jellyfish: Liv Hill, the young star giving a voice to outsiders". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Three Girls star Liv Hill's dad says the teenager slept through her Bafta nomination". radiotimes.com. 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Liv Hill". bifa.film. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ "'Snatches: Moments From 100 Years Of Women's Lives' TV Review". readysteadycut.com. 6 August 2018.
  6. ^ "'The Serpent Queen': Liv Hill on Catherine's Shocking Decision and Playing a Young Samantha Morton". collider.com. 8 October 2022.
  7. ^ Rice, Lynette (7 December 2023). "'Miss Austen': Keeley Hawes & Rose Leslie Join TV Adaptation For Masterpiece". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Aimee Lou Wood to star alongside Nabhaan Rizwan and Suranne Jones in new BBC romantic comedy-drama Film Club". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Liv Hill". nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Liv Hill Awards". IMDB (Index source only). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Dinard film festival edition 2018". nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Nominations for London Critics Circle Awards". hollywoodreporter.com. 18 December 2018.
  13. ^ "The Stage Nominees and winners". thestage.co.uk. 22 September 2022.
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