British actress
Eliot Mary Salt is an English actress, theatre maker, and writer.
Early life and education
Salt is from Stockport , Greater Manchester . She studied English at the University of Bristol and later trained in Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).[1] [2] [3]
Career
Salt made her television debut in 2019 in 4 episodes of the Channel 4 sitcom GameFace . In 2020, Salt began playing Evelyn in the Sky One spy comedy series Intelligence . She also appeared as Joanna, Marianne's friend at Trinity College Dublin , in the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries Normal People .[4] She starred as Terra in the 2021 Netflix series Fate: The Winx Saga .[5] [6]
She was cast in Manor at the National Theatre .[7]
Deadpan Theatre and Mack and Salt
Salt founded Deadpan Theatre with Artemis Fitzalan Howard in 2013.[8] The pair co-wrote Low Tide in Glass Bay , Changing Partners , and Get Your Shit Together .[9]
It was here Salt formed a comedy duo with Jude Mack, whom she met at university, later known as Mack and Salt.[10] [11] Mack and Salt's productions through Deadpan include Predrinks / After Party and Third Wheel .[12] It was announced in January 2021 that BBC Three had picked up Mack and Salt's pilot Amicable , a screen adaptation of the former, which they would write and star in.[13]
Personal life
Filmography
Stage
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2014
Low Tide in Glass Bay
Bronnie
Writer; Alma Tavern Theatre, BristolLandor Theatre , LondonUnderbelly , Edinburgh Fringe Festival White Theatre, Bristol
2014
Changing Partners
—
Writer; Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol Rialto Theatre, Brighton Fringe
2015
Get Your Shit Together
Marguerite
Writer; Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Landor Theatre, London
2015
In Other Words
Various
Barbican Theatre, Plymouth
2016
PreDrinks / AfterParty
Ally
Writer; Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2016
Pulling Out
Caitlin
UK tour[14]
2017
Third Wheel
Polly
Writer; Guilded Balloon , Edinburgh
2023–2024
The House of Bernarda Alba
Amelia
National Theatre , London
Audio
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2013
The Confessions of Caminada
Woman
BBC Radio 4
References
^ "Mack & Salt Bring THIRD WHEEL To Bloomsbury Theatre" . Broadway World . 13 February 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2020 .
^ "2018 graduates" . LAMDA . Retrieved 24 August 2020 .
^ Henley, Rowena (23 April 2020). "Why Normal People's Eliot Salt Is Thankful For Her Parents' Brutal Honesty" . Bustle . Retrieved 24 August 2020 .
^ Prahl, Amanda (28 April 2020). "Eliot Salt as Joanna" . PopSugar . Retrieved 30 January 2021 .
^ "TV preview: Rising stars Abigail Cowen, Danny Griffin, Eliot Salt, and Precious Mustapha on Netflix's new fairy series" . The Herald . 13 February 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021 .
^ Pearce, Tilly (7 February 2021). "Fate: The Winx Saga season 2: Eliot Salt teases Flora's arrival – and how Terra will react" . Metro . Retrieved 9 March 2021 .
^ "Eliot Salt" . National Theatre . March 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021 .
^ "About Us" . Deadpan Theatre . Retrieved 24 August 2020 .
^ "Critically acclaimed Deadpan Theatre return to the Edinburgh Festival with new romantic comedy narrated by on-stage band, Third Wheel" . Avalon . 23 May 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2021 .
^ Innis, Tom (1 August 2017). "Interview with Eliot Salt and Jude Mack" . Voice . Retrieved 1 February 2021 .
^ Laws, Chloe (20 August 2017). "GRL Talk With Mack & Salt" . FGirls Club . Retrieved 1 February 2021 .
^ "Mack and Salt take Third Wheel to London following triumphant Edinburgh Fringe Festival" . Avalon . 29 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2021 .
^ Richardson, Jay (27 January 2021). "Mack and Salt land BBC Three comedy pilot Amicable" . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 30 January 2021 .
^ "Pulling Out" . Documental Theatre . May 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2021 .
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