Eloise Mumford

Mumford, the middle child of parents Tom Mumford and Nancy Smith, was born and raised in Olympia, Washington, where she was home-schooled through fifth grade. After homeschooling, she attended Nova Middle School. She later attended Annie Wright Schools in Tacoma, Washington and Capital High School in Olympia. She has an older sister, Anna, and a younger brother, Kai. Inspired at age seven by a local production of South Pacific, Mumford performed in high school plays and at Olympia's Capital Playhouse.

She graduated in 2009 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She also is an alumna of the Atlantic Acting School.{{cite web | url = https://www.atlanticactingschool.org/alumni/ | publisher = Atlantic Acting School | title =Featured Alumni | accessdate= 2013-12-29}} While in college, she starred with Jesse Eisenberg in director Maggie Kiley's well-received short film "Some Boys Don't Leave". She understudied Elisabeth Moss in the Broadway production of Speed the Plow.{{Cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=481452|title = Eloise Mumford – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB}}

Mumford starred as Lena Landry on the ABC paranormal series The River in 2012{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-river-cancelled-season-two-22983/ |title=The River: Cancelled; No Season Two on ABC |publisher=Tvseriesfinale.com |date= May 12, 2012|accessdate=2017-10-10}} and on the Fox series Lone Star in 2010, in which she was cast during her first pilot season after college.{{Cite web |url=http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-river/actor-bios/eloise-mumford |title=Eloise Mumford - the River - ABC.com |access-date=2012-06-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708205339/http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-river/actor-bios/eloise-mumford |archive-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdNun3dPJes |title=Meet 'Lone Star's' Midland Maiden, Eloise Mumford |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-09-16 |accessdate=2017-10-10}} She was the female lead in the Blumhouse Productions feature Not Safe For Work for Universal Pictures,{{cite web|last=Trumbore |first=Dave |url=https://collider.com/not-safe-for-work-max-minghella-eloise-mumford-i-give-it-a-year-rafe-spall/ |title=NOT SAFE FOR WORK Hires Max Minghella and Eloise Mumford; Rafe Spall in I GIVE IT A YEAR |publisher=Collider |date= February 14, 2012|accessdate=2017-10-10}} and the female lead in the indy Drones alongside Matt O'Leary, directed by Rick Rosenthal.{{cite web|url=http://www.killermovies.com/d/drones/news/3493_Matt_O_Leary_Eloise_Mumford_Set_For_Drones.html |title=Matt O'Leary, Eloise Mumford Set For 'Drones' |publisher=Killermovies.com |date= |accessdate=2017-10-10}}

In February 2012, she was cast as the female lead in an ABC drama pilot titled Reckless.{{cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/mandy-moore-to-co-star-in-abc-pilot-pulling-eloise-mumford-in-reckless-434079/ |title=Mandy Moore To Co-Star In ABC Pilot 'Pulling', Eloise Mumford In 'Reckless' |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |date=2013-02-19 |access-date=2017-10-10}} She played Anastasia Steele's roommate, Kate Kavanagh, in the Fifty Shades of Grey film (2015), and reprised the role in the sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed.{{cite news | url = https://variety.com/2013/film/news/eloise-mumford-fifty-shades-of-grey-1200865898/ | title= 'Fifty Shades': Eloise Mumford Tapped to Play Anastasia Steele's Roommate | date= November 22, 2013 | accessdate= 2013-12-04 | first=Justin | last = Kroll | work = Variety}}

She starred alongside Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz in the indy Standing Up, Falling Down (2019).{{Cite web|last=Farber|first=Stephen|date=2020-01-13|title='Standing Up, Falling Down': Film Review {{!}} Palm Springs 2020|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/standing-up-falling-down-review-1268676/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}} In 2020 she played Trudy Cooper, the female lead in the Disney+ streaming TV series The Right Stuff.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-13|title=Eloise Mumford Talks Female Empowerment In Disney+ Original Show 'The Right Stuff'|url=https://celebritypage.com/the-right-stuff|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Celebrity Page|language=en}} In 2024 she appeared in eight episodes of Amazon Prime’s Cross as Shannon Whitmer, a woman abducted by a serial killer.{{Cite web |title=Eloise Mumford {{!}} Actress, Soundtrack |url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3037833/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}

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