India Eisley
{{short description|British-born American actress (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = India Eisley
| image = India Eisley (cropped).jpg
| caption = Eisley in January 2019
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|29}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2003–present
| father = David Glen Eisley
| mother = Olivia Hussey
| relatives = Anthony Eisley (grandfather)
}}
India Eisley (born October 29, 1993) is a British-born American actress. On television, she is best known for her roles as Ashley Juergens in the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013), Audrina in the Lifetime film My Sweet Audrina (2016), and Fauna Hodel in the TNT series I Am the Night (2019). Her films include Underworld: Awakening (2012), Kite (2014), Social Suicide (2015) and Look Away (2018).
Early life
India Eisley was born on October 29, 1993,{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2017/10/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Oct-29-2017/9951509243208/|title=UPI Almanac for Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017|work=United Press International|author=|date=October 29, 2017|access-date=October 19, 2018}} the daughter of British actress Olivia Hussey and American musician David Glen Eisley.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/girl-cast-young-angelina-jolie-more-common-looks-165647720.html|title=Girl cast as young Angelina Jolie has more in common than looks|date=May 9, 2012|author=Meriah Doty|work=Yahoo|access-date=May 23, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/902973%7C0/India-Eisley/|title=India Eisley |publisher=Turner Classic Movies, Inc.|access-date=March 8, 2021|quote=India Eisley, the daughter of British actress Olivia Hussey and vocalist/drummer David Glen Eisley, first got her acting career rolling when she appeared uncredited in the 2003 Italian production "Madre Teresa." The movie, which was made for television...}} Her paternal grandfather was American actor Anthony Eisley, while her maternal grandfather was Argentinian tango singer, Andrés Osuna (stage name {{Interlanguage link|Osvaldo Ribó|es}}).{{cite web |url=https://people.com/archive/forever-juliet-vol-37-no-10/|author=J. D. Podolsky|date=March 16, 1992|title=Forever Juliet – For Olivia Hussey, Life After Romeo and Juliet Brought Sweetness and Sorrow|work=People|access-date=July 31, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509060420/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20112220,00.html|archive-date=May 9, 2012}} She has two older maternal half-brothers from her mother's prior marriages: Alexander, whose father was American actor Dean Paul Martin,{{cite news|title=Dean Martin's Son is dead in Jet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/27/us/dean-martin-s-son-is-dead-in-jet.html|work=The New York Times|date=March 27, 1987|access-date=December 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222080422/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/27/us/dean-martin-s-son-is-dead-in-jet.html|archive-date=December 22, 2015}} and Max, whose father is Japanese singer Akira Fuse.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
Career
Eisley and her mother appeared together in the 2005 movie Headspace.{{cn|date=December 2024}} After small roles in various independent films, Eisley gained a major role in 2008 in The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She played Ashley Juergens, younger sister of teen mother Amy Juergens.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
In the 2012 film Underworld: Awakening, Eisley was cast as Eve, the hybrid daughter of Selene and Michael Corvin; Eisley was cast due to her strong resemblance to Selene's actress, Kate Beckinsale.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
Eisley starred as Sawa in the 2014 action film Kite, opposite Samuel L. Jackson.{{cn|date=December 2024}} In late 2014, she filmed Social Suicide (2015), a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, appearing with her real-life mother Hussey, who played Mrs. Coulson, with Eisley playing her daughter, Julia.{{cite news |author=Rebecca Ford |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/romeo-juliet-stars-leonard-whiting-735240 |title='Romeo and Juliet' Stars Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey Reuniting for 'Social Suicide' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 23, 2014 |access-date=June 21, 2020 }}
In 2015, Eisley starred in the horror-thriller film The Curse of Sleeping Beauty as Briar Rose.{{cite news |author=Gary Goldstein |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-sleeping-beauty-review-20160510-snap-story.html |title=Review: 'Sleeping Beauty' gets a drab makeover |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 12, 2016 |access-date=March 8, 2021 }} The same year, she was cast in the title role in the television film adaptation of the V. C. Andrews' book My Sweet Audrina for Lifetime,{{cite news |author=Kate Stanhope |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lifetime-greenlights-new-movie-flowers-794718 |title=Lifetime Greenlights New Movie From 'Flowers in the Attic' Author (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 11, 2015 |access-date=March 8, 2021 }} which aired in 2016. In 2017, she starred in the Netflix original film Clinical.{{cite web |author=ScreamQueen|url=http://www.heavenofhorror.com/reviews/clinical-2017-netflix-horror-movie/ |title=Clinical (4/5)|work=Heaven of Horror|date=January 16, 2017|access-date=January 24, 2017}} In 2018, Eisley played the lead role of Maria / Airam in the psychological thriller film Look Away.{{cite news|author=Dave McNary |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/india-eisley-jason-isaacs-thriller-behind-the-glass-1201843930/|title=India Eisley, Jason Isaacs Starring in Thriller 'Behind the Glass'|work=Variety|date=August 24, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}{{Cite web|author=Brad Miska |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3524346/look-away-trailer-brings-teens-dark-side/|title='Look Away' Trailer Brings Out a Teen's Dark Side|website=Bloody Disgusting|date=September 28, 2018|access-date=October 9, 2018}}
Author Jessica Brody expressed a desire for Eisley to portray her character Seraphina in the film adaptation of her novel Unremembered. Hollywood casting director Michelle Levy was first to recommend Eisley for the role.{{cite news|title=Unremembered Casting|website=JessicaBrody.com|date=May 28, 2013|access-date=May 24, 2015 |url=http://www.jessicabrody.com/2013/05/unremembered-casting/}}{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ya-sci-fi-book-unremembered-690373|title=YA Sci-Fi Book 'Unremembered' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Rebecca Ford |date=March 24, 2014|access-date=May 23, 2017}}
In 2019, Eisley starred as Fauna Hodel in the six-part limited series I Am the Night,{{Cite web |url=https://womentainment.com/i-am-the-night-episode-1-review-tnt/|title=I Am the Night – Review {{!}} TNT Series by Patty Jenkins|website=Womentainment|author=Karina H. Adelgaard|date=November 14, 2018|access-date=January 30, 2019}} which is based on Hodel's memoir, One Day She'll Darken. The series premiered on January 27, 2019, on TNT.{{cn|date=December 2024}} In 2020, she played Tillie Gardner in the film Dead Reckoning.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/altar-rock-india-eisley-scott-adkins-sydney-park-1201786012/|title=India Eisley Joins KJ Apa In 'Altar Rock'; Sydney Park & Scott Adkins Also Cast|work=Deadline Hollywood|author=Erik Pedersen|date=July 13, 2016|access-date=December 16, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1151987-dead-reckoning-trailer-k-j-apa-leads-indie-action-thriller|title=Dead Reckoning Trailer: K.J. Apa Leads Indie Action-Thriller|website=ComingSoon.net|author=Grant Hermanns|date=October 15, 2020|access-date=October 16, 2020}} In 2021, she played Lucy in the film Every Breath You Take.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2495856/what-the-underworld-cast-is-doing-now|title=What The Underworld Cast Is Doing Now|website=Cinema Blend|author=Jason Wiese|date=May 11, 2020|access-date=June 13, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/every-breath-you-take-movie-release-date-casey-affleck-sam-claflin-vertical-entertainment-1234709306/|title=Casey Affleck Thriller 'Every Breath You Take' Lands At Vertical For April U.S. Bow|website=Deadline Hollywood|author=Patrick Hipes|date=March 8, 2021|access-date=March 8, 2021}}
Personal life
Eisley enjoys cooking. Eisley is currently dating actor Henry Thomas.{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Will |date=February 8, 2025 |title=Former E.T. Child Star Henry Thomas, 53, Debuts Romance With Olivia Hussey’s Daughter India Eisley |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1413195/former-e-t-child-star-henry-thomas-53-debuts-romance-with-olivia-husseys-daughter-india-eisley |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=E! Online}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| Martha | |
| 2012
| Eve | |
| 2014
| Kite | Sawa | |
| 2015
| Julia Coulson | |
| rowspan="3"|2016
| The Curse of Sleeping Beauty | Briar Rose / The Sleeping Beauty | |
| Amerigeddon
| Penny | |
| Underworld: Blood Wars
| Eve | Archival footage |
| 2017
| Clinical | Nora Green | |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Adolescence | Alice |
| Look Away
| Maria / Airam | |
| 2020
| Tillie Gardner | |
| 2021
| Lucy | |
| 2023
| Lee-Grace Dougherty | |
| 2024
| Chloe | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2003
| English Girl | Television film; uncredited |
| 2008–2013
| The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Main role (seasons 1–4); special guest (season 5) |
| 2014
| Nanny Cam | Heather Lambert | rowspan="2"|Television film |
| 2016
| Audrina Adare |
| 2019
| Main role |
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American people of Argentine descent
Category:American people of English descent
Category:American television actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:British child actresses
Category:English film actresses
Category:English people of Argentine descent
Category:English people of American descent