Lia McHugh

{{Infobox person

| name = Lia McHugh

| image = Lia McHugh by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg

| caption = McHugh at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con

| birth_name = Lia Ryan McHugh

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|11|18}}

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2016–present

}}

Lia Ryan McHugh (born November 18, 2005){{Cite web |last=McHugh |first=Lia |date=2021-11-19 |title=lia mchugh on Instagram: "I love you so much @harrystyles 💚 BEST SWEET 16 EVER✨" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CWcHhLmA4o9/ |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Instagram |language=en}}{{cite AV media |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=h05wj5x_pNo |title=Salma Hayek, Kit Harington and the cast of 'Eternals' Dish on Angelina Jolie's Halloween Party |date=October 27, 2021 |author=Variety |author-link=Variety (magazine) | time=5:18 |access-date=October 27, 2021 |via=YouTube}} is an American actress. She has roles in Totem (2017), The Lodge, and Into the Dark (both 2019). She portrayed Sprite in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Eternals (2021).

Early life

McHugh was born in November 2005 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, into an acting family. She has three older siblings—Flynn, Logan and Shea—and a younger sibling, Gavin, who has cerebral palsy.{{cite web|url=https://abilitymagazine.com/gavin-mchugh-acting-is-a-family-affair/|title=Gavin McHugh—Acting is a Family Affair|website=Ability Magazine|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005212834/https://abilitymagazine.com/gavin-mchugh-acting-is-a-family-affair/|url-status=live}} Gavin is also an actor and plays Christopher Diaz in the drama series 9-1-1.{{cite web|title=(#NIN-303) 'The Searchers'|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190919fox02/|publisher=The Futon Critic|access-date=August 8, 2021}}

Career

McHugh has spent the majority of her career appearing in horror projects; A Haunting, Totem, Along Came the Devil, The Lodge, Into the Dark, and A House on the Bayou.{{cite web|url=https://castbox.fm/episode/Interview%3A-Actor-Richard-Armitage-and-actress-Lia-McHugh-from-The-Lodge(3%2F20%2F19)-id983820-id143418809?country=us|title=Interview: Actor Richard Armitage and actress Lia McHugh from The Lodge|website=Castbox|publisher=Below the Belt Show|date=April 9, 2019|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005212825/https://castbox.fm/episode/Interview%3A-Actor-Richard-Armitage-and-actress-Lia-McHugh-from-The-Lodge(3%2F20%2F19)-id983820-id143418809?country=us|url-status=live}} She portrayed Sprite in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals, which was released in November 2021.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/comic-con/2019/07/20/marvel-eternals-comic-con/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=Marvel introduces The Eternals at Comic-Con with Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, and more|last=Coggan|first=Devan|date=July 22, 2019|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721063843/https://ew.com/comic-con/2019/07/20/marvel-eternals-comic-con/|url-status=live}}

Filmography

=Film=

class = "wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="2" \|2017 \| Hot Summer Nights \| Summer Bird Sister \|
Totem \| Abby \|
2018 \| Along Came the Devil \| Young Ashley \|
2019 \| The Lodge \| Mia Hall \|
2020 \| Songbird \| Emma Griffins \|
rowspan="2" \|2021 \| Eternals \| Sprite \|
A House on the Bayou \| Anna \|
2023 \|Baby Blue \|Laura Mills \|

class = "wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" |2017

| Hot Summer Nights

| Summer Bird Sister

Totem

| Abby

2018

| Along Came the Devil

| Young Ashley

2019

| The Lodge

| Mia Hall

2020

| Songbird

| Emma Griffins

rowspan="2" |2021

| Eternals

| Sprite

A House on the Bayou

| Anna

2023

|Baby Blue

|Laura Mills

=Television=

class = "wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2016 \| A Haunting \| Jacey \| Documentary series; episode: "Tunnel of Death"
2018 \| American Woman \| Jessica Nolan \| Main role; 11 episodes
2019 \| Into the Dark \| Maggie Singer \| Episode: "They Come Knocking"

class = "wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2016

| A Haunting

| Jacey

| Documentary series; episode: "Tunnel of Death"

2018

| American Woman

| Jessica Nolan