Amelia Crouch
{{Short description|British actress (born 2004)}}
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Amelia Louise Crouch (born 27 March 2004) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress on the West End. Her films include The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014), Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), The Limehouse Golem (2016), Extinction (2018), and The Cursed (2021).
Early life
Crouch is from Epsom.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/11699011.10-year-old-girl-from-epsom-stars-in-woman-in-black-angel-of-death/|title=10-year-old girl from Epsom stars in Woman in Black: Angel of Death|journal=Sutton & Croydon Guardian|first=Alice|last=Foster|date=3 January 2015|accessdate=30 July 2022}} Her brother Oliver is also an actor, and they took classes at Stagecoach Sutton, which their mother Rachel runs in addition to Audition Ready and Happy Feet Management.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/surrey-sw-london-things-to-do/theatre-arts/child-stars/|title=Child stars: Amelia and Oliver Crouch|journal=Essential Surrey & SW London|date=14 June 2014|accessdate=30 July 2022}} Crouch attended Southfield Park Primary School and then Rosebery School for Girls.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/epsom/15503492.teenage-actress-amelia-crouch-from-epsom-features-alongside-bill-nighy-in-upcoming-box-office-hit-the-limehouse-golem/|title=Teenage actress Amelia Crouch from Epsom features alongside Bill Nighy in upcoming box office hit The Limehouse Golem|journal=Surrey Comet|date=30 August 2017|accessdate=30 July 2022}} She went on to train at Arts Educational School (ArtsEd).{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AuditionReady.co.uk/photos/a.240859821329862/437902291625613/?type=3&source=57|title=Introducing Amelia Crouch, who has just graduated from Arts Ed and has already been snapped up by Curtis Brown.|author=Audition Ready|via=Facebook|date=16 August 2022|accessdate=15 November 2022}}
Career
Crouch made her professional stage debut in 2011 as a munchkin in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium. She then appeared in an alternating role in Fatal Attraction at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-In-Rehearsal-for-FATAL-ATTRACTION-with-Natascha-McElhone-Kristin-Davis-More-20140220|title=Photo Flash: In Rehearsal for FATAL ATTRACTION with Natascha McElhone, Kristin Davis & More!|website=BroadwayWorld|first=Nicole|last=Rosky|date=20 February 2014|accessdate=15 November 2022}} That same year, Crouch made her film debut in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death followed by her television debut in an installment of the Sky Arts anthology Playhouse Presents the following year.
In 2016, Crouch played younger versions of characters, including Sophie Cookson's Pippa in The Huntsman: Winter's War, Anne Hathaway's White Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass, Olivia Cooke's Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cree in The Limehouse Golem,{{Cite journal|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/the-limehouse-golem-review-release-date-bill-nighy-victorian-trailer-olivia-cooke-douglas-booth-a7919831.html|title=The Limehouse Golem review: A Victorian melodrama with all the trimmings|journal=The Independent|first=Geoffrey|last=Macnab|date=30 August 2017|accessdate=15 November 2022}} as well as Ellise Chappell's Jennifer Strange in the Sky One television film The Last Dragonslayer. This was followed by a starring role as Hanna in the 2018 science fiction film Extinction.{{Cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/206007/extinction-movie-explained-twist-ending-aliens-robots|title=Extinction, Netflix's Latest End-Of-The-World Movie, Has The Most Insane Twist|website=Refinery29|first=Rebecca|last=Farley|date=1 August 2018|accessdate=15 November 2022}} In 2021, she played Charlotte in The Cursed{{spaces|thin}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/mike-c-manning-son-of-the-south-makenzie-vega-nicky-whelan-instafame-amelia-crouch-eight-for-silver-1202608125/|title=Mike C. Manning Joins 'Son of the South'; Makenzie Vega, Nicky Whelan Set For 'Instafame'; Amelia Crouch In 'Eight For Silver'|website=Deadline|first=Amanda|last=N'Duka|date=7 May 2019|accessdate=22 June 2019}} and a younger version of Mary Elizabeth Winstead's titular character in Kate.
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2014
| The Woman in Black: Angel of Death | Flora | |
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| Young Pippa | |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass
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| The Limehouse Golem
| Young Elizabeth | |
| 2017
| Belle and Bamber | Belle | Short film |
| 2018
| Hanna | |
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| Charlotte | |
| Kate
| Teen Kate | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Gina | Episode: "King for a Term" |
| 2016
| Young Jennifer Strange | Television film |
Stage
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2011
| Munchkin |
| 2014
| Ellen Gallagher | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London |
Awards and nominations
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| Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! Ref. |
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| 2017
| Birmingham Film Festival | Best Young Actress | Belle and Bamber | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
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- [https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/amelia-crouch Amelia Crouch] at Curtis Brown agency
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Category:English child actresses
Category:English musical theatre actresses