Actress Eliza Scanlen was born in Australia on January 6, 1999. She first gained notoriety in the role of Tabitha Ford in the Australian serial opera Home and Away (2016), and then she won praise for her portrayal of a troubled adolescent in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018).
She played a young Eleanor Roosevelt in the Showtime series The First Lady in 2022. She made her cinematic debut in 2019 with leading roles in Greta Gerwig’s historical drama Little Women and the drama Babyteeth. Scanlen was given the recurring part of Tabitha Ford on the Home and Away television serial opera while still in high school. In the 2018 short film Grace, Scanlen played the title role.
Her depiction as Amma Crellin in the HBO psychological thriller miniseries Sharp Objects, in which she co-stars with Amy Adams, brought her fame.
Can Eliza Scanlen play piano?
Scanlen started playing the piano when she was about 7 years old, but she stopped when she was thirteen. She re-started her piano practice in anticipation of playing Beth March in the 2019 Little Women movie adaption.
The Starling Girl, directed by Laurel Parmet, starred Scanlen as Jem Starling in the major role. For her portrayal, Scanlen won praise from the critics. Ben Travers of IndieWire said: “It helps that Scanlen’s performance refuses to let this movie feel trite.” According to Jason Bailey for The Playlist, “Scanlen’s work here is just as good, just as steeped in the feeling of a real-life being lived right in front of you.”