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Thomasin McKenzie

Thomasin McKenzie has acting in her blood. The daughter of actor Miranda Harcourt and writer/director Stuart McKenzie, she began performing as a child so she could buy toys. McKenzie was 13 when she landed her first major screen role, in 2014 telefeature Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story. She was praised for her role in 2018 American film Leave No Trace, playing a teen living wild in a forest with her father. Named a "rising young star" that year by The Hollywood Reporter, McKenzie went on to win acclaim for Jojo Rabbit. She went on to star in British thriller Last Night In Soho and Australian comedy series Totally Completely Fine.

Screenography

Life After Life
2022 As: Ursula Series
2021 As: Tonyah Film
2021 As: Lola Film
Old
2021 As: Maddox Film
Last Night in Soho
2021 As: Eloise Film

Awards

2020 Faroe Islands International Minority Film Festival
Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: for Jojo Rabbit

2019 Faroe Islands International Minority Film Festival
Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and Best New Performer: for Leave No Trace

“[Thomasin] McKenzie plays this dawning comprehension — this onset of autonomous young adulthood, this disentangling and distancing from a parent — with breathtakingly natural insight.”

Richard Lawson, in a Vanity Fair review of movie Leave No Trace, 23 January 2018

Related images

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Thomasin McKenzie as Louise Nicholas in 2014 TV movie Consent: the Louise Nicholas Story.
Photo by Matt Grace
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Thomasin McKenzie in the title role of web series Lucy Lewis Can't Lose.    
Thomasin McKenzie | NZ On Screen