Matilda Lawler
{{Short description|American actress}}
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Matilda Lawler is an American actress best known for starring roles in the film Flora & Ulysses and the HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven. She has received nominations for a Gotham Award, Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Early life
Lawler's parents, Matthew and Mara Lawler (nee Demey), are actors.{{Cite web|url=http://hmag.com/faces-matilda-lawler-actress-net-will-appear-mile-square-theatre/|title=Faces: Matilda Lawler - Actress - The Net Will Appear | Mile Square Theatre|website=Hmag.com|date=27 September 2017|access-date=14 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208160106/http://hmag.com/faces-matilda-lawler-actress-net-will-appear-mile-square-theatre/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 8, 2025}}
Career
Lawler's first acting role was in a stage production of Jack and Annie at Hoboken Children's Theater when she was in the first grade. She made her Broadway debut in The Ferryman (2018).
When Lawler was nine years old, she starred in the play The Net Will Appear, in which she played a nine-year-old who becomes friends with a 70-year-old. The actor who played the latter character, Richard Masur, became Lawler's mentor and best friend. She tapped into their relationship for the emotions needed to portray her character in Station Eleven.{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Libby |date=January 13, 2022 |title='Station Eleven': Matilda Lawler Is More Than Just an Old Soul |publisher=IndieWire |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/01/station-eleven-matilda-lawler-interview-finale-old-soul-1234690200/ |access-date=January 14, 2022}}
For her work in Station Eleven, The New Yorker called Lawler "a gifted performer."
Recently she has played Betty in the Disney+ limited series The Santa Clauses.
Acting credits
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2020
|Emily | |
| 2020
|Good Grief |Young Nora |Short film |
| 2021
|Flora | |
| 2024
|Ezra |Ruby | |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| 2019-21
| Evil | Mathilda Mowbray / Brenda | Guest role - 2 episodes |
| 2021-22
| Young Kirsten | Main role |
| 2022-2023
| Betty, Santa's Chief of Staff | Main role: season 1 |
| 2023-present
| Frances Montgomery | Recurring role - 6 episodes |
= Theatre =
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Venue | |||
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| 2017 | The Net Will Appear | Rory{{Cite web|url=https://www.milesquaretheatre.org/shows-events/net-will-appear-erin-mallon/|title=The Net Will Appear by Erin Mallon|website=Milesquaretheatre.org|date=14 September 2017|access-date=14 January 2022}} | Mile Square Theatre |
| 2018 | The Ferryman | Honor Carney{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Matilda-Lawler/|title=Matilda Lawler Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos|website=Broadwayworld.com|access-date=14 January 2022}} | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre |
| 2025
|The Thing About Jellyfish |Suzy Swanson |Berkeley Repertory Theatre |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|10002326}}
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses