
Eliza Scanlen
Department: Acting
Biography
Eliza Jane Scanlen (born 6 January 1999) is an Australian actress. She rose to prominence portraying Tabitha Ford in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (2016), before receiving critical acclaim by playing a troubled teenager in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018). In 2022, she starred in the Showtime series The First Lady as young Eleanor Roosevelt. She made her film debut in 2019, with starring roles in the drama Babyteeth and Greta Gerwig’s period drama Little Women.
Known For

All That I Am
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The Starling Girl
2023

Body of Water
2024

Little Women
2019

Grace
2017

Babyteeth
2020

The Devil All the Time
2020

Lacuna
2016

Love and Other Places
2018

Old
2021

Caddo Lake
2024

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
2025

Fear Is the Rider
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Let It Come Down
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Fires
2021

Home and Away
1988

Sharp Objects
2018

Fires
2021

Dope Girls
2025

The First Lady
2022