Bella Heathcote
{{Short description|Australian actress (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bella Heathcote
| image = Bella Heathcote 2015 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Heathcote at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
| birth_name = Isabella Heathcote
| birth_date = May 27, 1987
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| years_active = 2008–present
| alma_mater = National Theatre, Melbourne
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|Richard Stampton|2019}}
}}
Isabella Heathcote (May 27, 1987) is an Australian actress. Following her film debut in Acolytes (2008), she had a recurring role as Amanda Fowler on the television soap opera Neighbours (2009). She gained further recognition for her dual roles as Victoria Winters and Josette du Pres in the dark fantasy film Dark Shadows (2012), and Olive Byrne in the biographical drama film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017).
Heathcote has since appeared in several films, including In Time (2011), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Neon Demon (both 2016), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), and Relic (2020). On television, she played Nicole Dörmer on the second and third seasons of the Amazon Prime Video dystopian alternate history series The Man in the High Castle (2016–18), Susan Parsons on the Paramount+ historical drama series Strange Angel (2018–19), and Andy Oliver in the Netflix drama thriller series Pieces of Her (2022).
Early life
Heathcote was born around 1987{{cite web |last=Manelis |first=Michelle |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/bella-heathcote-admits-kissing-johnny-depp-but-says-she-never-slept-with-brad-pitt/story-fn6mh832-1226348068091 |title=Bella Heathcote admits kissing Johnny Depp but says she never slept with Brad Pitt |work=The Sunday Times|date=5 May 2012 |access-date=23 May 2012| quote=Bella Heathcote, 24,...}} in Melbourne, Australia. She has one sibling, a brother.{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A457323189/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=40b7cbd3|title=Neon lights|last=Johnson|first=Neala|date=9 July 2016|work=Herald Sun|access-date=6 May 2024|via=Gale|url-access=subscription}} Their father was a lawyer.{{cite news |title=Young Hollywood: Breaking the news that acting is your calling |author=Kaufman, Amy |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-bella-heathcote-young-hollywood-20121105,0,6447178.story |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=6 November 2012 |access-date=13 November 2012}} Heathcote attended Korowa Anglican Girls' School. She began attending performance classes when she was 12. Her father believed it would be a good distraction in the wake of her mother's death. Heathcote then studied drama at university, and after her first year realised that she wanted to pursue acting as a career.
Career
Heathcote's early roles include the recurring role of Amanda Fowler in the soap opera Neighbours, and a small appearance in the 2008 horror film Acolytes.{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/this-is-fifty-shades-darker-star-bella-heathcote-shes-really-really-excited-to-be-here|title=This Is 'Fifty Shades Darker' Star Bella Heathcote — She's Really, Really Excited to Be Here|last=Betker|first=Ally|date=22 November 2016|work=W|access-date=9 April 2024}} Heathcote then appeared in the 2010 Australian war film Beneath Hill 60.{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A245785753/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=315653c3|title=11 faces of 2011 Who to watch in TV and film|last=Byrnes|first=Holly|date=6 January 2011|work=Herald Sun|access-date=9 April 2024|via=Gale|url-access=subscription}} In May 2010, she was the recipient of a Heath Ledger Scholarship.{{cite news |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1052634/young-aussie-stars-shining-in-hollywood |title=Young Aussie stars shining in Hollywood |first=Peter |last=Mitchell |date=14 May 2010 |publisher=Ninemsn.com.au |access-date=21 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706111248/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1052634/young-aussie-stars-shining-in-hollywood |archive-date=6 July 2011}} She then based herself in Los Angeles for work. In December 2010, she was cast in David Chase's film Not Fade Away (originally titled Twylight Zones).{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2010/12/bella-heathcoate-lanes-twylight-zones-90738/ |title=Bella Heathcote Lands 'Twylight Zones' |first=Mike |last=Fleming |date=14 December 2010 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=21 February 2011}} She also appeared in the sci-fi thriller In Time, alongside Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried.
Heathcote filmed a cameo appearance for Killing Them Softly (then titled Cogan's Trade), but her scenes were cut from the final film.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A258666158/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=e8454e1a|title=Pitt rumour leaves Bella puzzled|last=Coster|first=Alice|last2=McMahon|first2=Kate|last3=Epstein|first3=Jackie|date=13 June 2011|work=Herald Sun|access-date=11 April 2024|via=Gale|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/bella-heathcote-downton-abbey-actress-lily-james-margot-robbie-testing-for-lead-in-cinderella-99835/|title=Bella Heathcote, 'Downton Abbey' Actress Lily James & Margot Robbie Testing For Lead In 'Cinderella'|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|date=3 April 2013|work=IndieWire|access-date=11 April 2024}} In February 2011, Tim Burton selected Heathcote to play Victoria Winters and Josette du Pres in his film adaptation of Dark Shadows, starring opposite Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Helena Bonham Carter.{{cite web|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/bella-heathcote-in-dark-shadows|title=Bella Heathcote on Her Upcoming Role in Dark Shadows|last=Swerdloff|first=Alexis|date=20 May 2012|work=Teen Vogue|access-date=6 February 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2011/02/jackie-earle-haley-and-bella-heathcoate-in-dark-shadows-talks-103082/ |title=Jackie Earle Haley And Bella Heathcoate In 'Dark Shadows' Talks |first=Mike |last=Fleming |date=2 February 2011 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=21 February 2011}} She was later cast in Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller film The Neon Demon, which was released in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/88697/keanu-reeves-christina-hendricks-grab-hold-nicolas-refns-neon-demon/|title=Keanu Reeves and Christina Hendricks Grab Hold of Nicolas Refn's Neon Demon|last=Squires|first=John|date=5 February 2015|publisher=Dread Central|access-date=6 February 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/95076/filming-begins-on-the-neon-demon-official-plot-synopsis/|title=Filming Begins on The Neon Demon; Official Plot Synopsis |first=John |last=Squires |date=2 February 2011 |publisher=Dread Central |access-date=21 February 2011}}
Heathcote was named one of the 10 Actors to Watch: Breakthrough Performances of 2012 at the 20th Hamptons International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/silver-linings-playbook-wins-audience-376975|title='Silver Linings Playbook' Wins Audience Award at Hamptons Film Fest|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|date=7 October 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=6 February 2016}} The following year, she starred alongside Max Minghella in The Killers' music video for "Shot at the Night".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/the-killers-give-lovers-a-chance-in-shot-at-the-night-20130927|title=The Killers Give Lovers a Chance in 'Shot at the Night'|last=Coulehan|first=Erin|date=27 September 2013|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=6 February 2016}} she was part of the Spring/Summer 2014 campaign for Miu Miu alongside fellow actresses Lupita Nyong'o, Elle Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen.{{cite web|url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/fashion/2014/01/11/miu-miu-spring-summer-2014-ad-campaign-elle-fanning-elizabeth-olsen-bella-heathcote|title=There's an Olsen in the new Miu Miu ad campaign|last=Smith|first=Lauren|date=10 January 2014|work=Glamour|access-date=6 February 2016}}
In 2017, Heathcote played Leila Williams in the film Fifty Shades Darker, the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey.{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/fifty-shades-darker-bella-heathcote-1201698471/|title='Fifty Shades Darker' Adds Bella Heathcote as Christian Grey's Ex|work=Variety|date=5 February 2016|access-date=5 February 2016}} She also joined the season 2 cast of television drama The Man in the High Castle as Nicole Dörmer, a Berlin-born filmmaker.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/bella-heathcoate-cast-man-in-the-high-castle-warren-christie-eyewitness-1201732913/|title=Bella Heathcote Joins 'Man in the High Castle'; Warren Christie In 'Eyewitness'|last=Petski|first=Denise|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=6 April 2016|access-date=26 September 2016}} She starred as Olive Byrne, partner of psychologists and comic book authors William Moulton Marston and Elizabeth Holloway Marston, in the 2017 biographical film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/professor-marston-the-wonder-women-acquired-sony-1201832504/|title=Biopic 'Professor Marston & The Wonder Women' Acquired By Sony|last=Lincoln|first=Ross A.|date=7 October 2016|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=8 October 2016}}
She played Susan Parsons in the CBS All Access drama Strange Angel, an adaptation of George Pendle's book Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/strange-angel-bella-heathcote-cast-female-lead-cbs-all-access-drama-series-1202287159/|title='Strange Angel': Bella Heathcote Cast As Female Lead in CBS All Access Series|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=13 February 2018|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=26 April 2018}} It was cancelled after two seasons in November 2019.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/strange-angel-canceled-cbs-all-access-after-two-seasons-1202795324/|title='Strange Angel' Canceled By CBS All Access After Two Seasons|date=26 November 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|access-date=30 November 2019}} Heathcote appears in the second season of the Australian web television series Bloom as a younger incarnation of Loris Webb, played by Anne Charleston.{{cite magazine|date=27 April 2020|title=A berry bad rebirth|magazine=TV Soap|issue=9|pages=26–28}}
Heathcote appeared in the independent drama Relic, alongside Emily Mortimer and Robyn Nevin. It follows a daughter, a mother and a grandmother who are "haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home". The movie was produced by AGBO Films, the Russo brothers' production company and Jake Gyllenhaal, and co-written and directed by Natalia Erika James.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/emily-mortimer-robyn-nevil-bella-heathcote-relic-1202964731/|title=Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote to Star in Jake Gyllenhaal-Backed 'Relic'|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=2 October 2018|work=Variety|access-date=14 December 2019}} Heathcote stars with Toni Collette in the 2022 Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/bella-heathcote-cast-star-pieces-of-her-netflix-drama-series-1202868884/|title=Bella Heathcote To Star In 'Pieces of Her' Netflix Drama Series|date=26 February 2020|work=Deadline Hollywood|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|access-date=26 February 2020}}
Heathcote stars in the Stan and Nine Network crime drama Scrublands as Mandy Bond, alongside Luke Arnold and Jay Ryan. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Chris Hammer; production began in Victoria in February 2023.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/02/scrublands-new-drama-underway-for-stan.html|title=Scrublands, new drama underway for Stan|last=Knox|first=David|date=27 February 2023|publisher=TV Tonight|access-date=26 February 2023}} In April 2023, Heathcote was cast in the upcoming The Room remake.{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1256034/the-room-remake-bob-odenkirk-shot-single-day/|title=The Room Remake Starring Bob Odenkirk Was Shot In A Single Day|last=Housman|first=Andrew|date=14 April 2023|work=/Film|access-date=16 June 2023}} She also appeared in the six-part Stan Original comedy series C*A*U*G*H*T released in September 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/tv/stan-tv-series-caught-78620|title=Stan's hilarious new series C*A*U*G*H*T see's Home and Away stars reunite|last=Thomas|first=Tia|date=23 August 2023|work=TV Week|access-date=24 August 2023}} On 5 June 2024, it was announced that Heathcote would reprise her role of Mandy Bond for the second season of Scrublands.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/06/filming-underway-on-scrublands-silver.html|title=Filming underway on Scrublands: Silver|last=Knox|first=David|date=5 June 2024|publisher=TV Tonight|access-date=7 July 2024}} She will also star alongside Teresa Palmer and Philippa Northeast in the television adaptation of Sally Hepworth's novel The Family Next Door for the ABC. The six-part drama is being filmed in Victoria.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/11/production-underway-on-the-family-next-door.html|title=Production underway on The Family Next Door|last=Knox|first=David|date=22 November 2024|publisher=TV Tonight|access-date=21 November 2024}}
Personal life
Heathcote was previously engaged to film director Andrew Dominik.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bella-heathcote-is-engaged-987508|title=Bella Heathcote Is Engaged|date=20 March 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=1 July 2017}} They had been in a relationship since 2010.
She married Australian architect Richard Stampton in January 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bwtZrgujg/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B7bwtZrgujg |archive-date=24 December 2021|url-access=limited|title=never thought I'd find myself quoting Sound of Music on our one year wedding anniversary|date=18 January 2020|access-date=29 February 2020|first1=Bella|last1=Heathcote|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/the-role-that-brought-bella-heathcote-back-to-australia-20220302-p5a0yj.html|title=The role that brought Bella Heathcote back to Australia|last=Quigley|first=Genevieve|date=6 March 2022|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=24 August 2023}} She is based in Los Angeles; she and Stampton also have a home in Phillip Island.
Filmography
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=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2008
| Acolytes | Petra | |
| 2010
| Marjorie Waddell | Credited as Isabella Heathcote |
| 2011
| In Time | Michele Weis | |
| 2012
| Maggie Evans / Victoria Winters / Josette du Pres | |
| 2012
| Grace Dietz | |
| 2014
| Karen | |
| 2015
| Chrissie Swanson | |
| 2016
| Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Jane Bennett | |
| 2016
| Gigi | |
| 2017
| Leila Williams | |
| 2017
| Professor Marston and the Wonder Women | |
| 2020
| Relic | Sam | |
| 2024
| Becky | |
| TBA
| Lisa | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| Recurring role, 8 episodes |
| 2016–2018
| Nicole Dörmer | Main role (seasons 2–3) |
| 2018–2019
| Susan Parsons | Main role |
| 2020
| Bloom | Young Loris | Main role (season 2) |
| 2020
| Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens | Joey | 1 episode |
| 2022
| Andy Oliver | Main role |
| 2023-present
| Mandy Bond | Main role |
| 2023
| Caught | Jemima Justice | Main role |
References
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External links
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