Dixie Egerickx
{{Short description|English actress (born 2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dixie Egerickx
| image = File:Dixie Egerickx 2023.jpg
| caption = Egerickx in 2023
| birth_name = Dixie Violet Egerickx
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|10|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| education =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2015–present
}}
Dixie Violet Egerickx (born 31 October 2005) is an English actress. Her films include The Little Stranger (2018), Summerland and The Secret Garden (both 2020).
Early life
Dixie Violet Egerickx{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-secret-garden-blossoms-at-number-1-on-the-official-film-chart-following-release-on-disc__32522/|title=The Secret Garden blossoms at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart following release on disc|last=Ainsley|first=Helen|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=24 February 2021|access-date=3 November 2021}} is from West London. She attended Knightsbridge School, Bute House Preparatory School, and Latymer Upper School.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/dukes_education/docs/dukes_annualreport_2022_v03/s/19007665|title=Dukes Alumni: Where are they now?|website=Dukes Education Annual Report 2023|accessdate=9 June 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.schoolsshow.com/mosets-root/find-a-school/london/896-knightsbridge-school|title=Knightsbridge School - About|website=ISS|accessdate=22 September 2021}} She was scouted at the age of 8 by casting director Kate Bone of Nina Gold Casting.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smartentertainmentgroup.com/blog/the-secret-garden-dixie-egerickx-interview|title=The Secret Garden - Dixie Egerickx interview|website=Smart Entertainment Group|date=7 August 2020|accessdate=22 September 2021}}
Career
In 2015, Egerickx appeared on the London stage as Iphigenia in Robert Icke's adaptation of Oresteia. She had further roles as Rosalind in Alexi Kay Campbell's Sunset at the Villa Thalia at the National Theatre and Jenny Caroline Marx in Richard Bean and Clive Coleman's Young Marx at The Bridge Theatre, directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner.{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2019-dixie-egerickx-actor/5140850.article|title=Stars of Tomorrow 2019: Dixie Egerickx (actor)|last=Gant|first=Charles|website=Screen Daily|date=8 July 2019|access-date=3 November 2021}} She made her television debut in the television film Churchill's Secret.
Egerickx appeared in the 2017 National Geographic series Genius and the 2018 series Patrick Melrose.{{cite web|url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/film/budding-star-the-secret-gardens-dixie-egerickx-has-a-message-for-the-world/|title=Budding star: The Secret Garden's Dixie Egerickx has a message for the world|last=Mackenzie|first=Steven|website=The Big Issue|date=25 October 2020|access-date=3 November 2021}} Also in 2018, she made her feature film debut in The Little Stranger. Egerickx appeared on Screen International{{'}}s Screen Stars of Tomorrow list in 2019 at the age of 13.
Egerickx starred as Edie in the 2020 drama film Summerland,{{cite web|url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/dixie-egerickx-the-secret-garden-movie-2020-interview|title=Meet Dixie Egerickx: the teenage star of The Secret Garden & new-gen role model who has a lot to say about climate change and mental health|last=Smith|first=Josh|website=Glamour|date=23 October 2020|access-date=3 November 2021}} and portrayed Mary Lennox in the 2020 film The Secret Garden.{{cite web|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6899736/growing-up-in-the-secret-garden/|title=The Secret Garden stars Dixie Egerickx as an unhappy, spoiled girl who changes for the better|last=Cerabona|first=Ron|website=The Canberra Times|date=28 August 2020|access-date=3 November 2021}} In 2019, she filmed HBO's Unaired Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot and can currently be seen in the role of Jo Ransome in the Apple TV+ miniseries The Essex Serpent, directed by Clio Barnard. In 2023, Egerickx completed filming the role of Anna in upcoming feature film Rich Flu, directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia.
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2017
| The Wyrd | Beda | Short film |
| 2017
| Mirette | Mirette | Short film |
| 2018
| Gillian Baker-Hyde | |
| 2020
| Mary | |
| 2020
| Edie | |
| 2024
| Rich Flu | | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| Churchill's Secret | Young Sarah | TV film |
| 2017
| A Royal Winter | Katya | TV film |
| 2017
| Genius | Alice Edwards | Episode: "Einstein: Chapter Ten" |
| 2017
| The Watcher in the Woods | Ellie Carstairs | TV film |
| 2018
| Lucy | Episode: "Mother's Milk" |
| 2022
|Jo Ransome | |
=Stage=
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Oresteia | Iphigenia | |
| 2017
| Jenny Caroline 'Qui Qui' Marx | The Bridge Theatre |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{IMDb name|7749917}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Egerickx, Dixie}}
Category:Actors from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Category:Actresses from London
Category:English child actresses
Category:English people of Belgian descent
Category:People educated at Latymer Upper School
{{UK-actor-stub}}