Ella Lily Hyland

Ella Lily Hyland
Born (1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 26)
Carlow, Ireland
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2023–present
TelevisionFifteen-Love

Ella Lily Hyland (born 3 June 1998) is an Irish actress.

Early life

From Carlow, Ireland, her grandfather Dinny Hyland was a record-breaking Irish pole vaulter. Her cousin Jamie Hyland is an All-Ireland schools champion in athletics. She trained in pole vaulting and long jump into her teenage years. Hyland was a graduate of The Lir Academy in Dublin.[1][2]

Career

Hyland had a lead role alongside Aidan Turner in the 2023 Amazon Prime Video tennis based drama series Fifteen-Love.[3] Hyland trained for the tennis scenes and was helped on-set by tennis coach and former-pro Naomi Cavaday.[4] Lucy Mangan in The Guardian described her performance as "mesmerising" and "absolutely superlative", because she was able to display "many facets" of her character – "dislikable, vulnerable, grief-stricken, a case of forced maturity and arrested development [all] at the same time".[5] Dónal Lynch in the Irish Independent praised her "tremendous central performance" with "a mixture of vulnerability and knowingness, with a diffident and offhand delivery of her lines often belying the turmoil in her eyes."[6] She can be seen in the 2023 Scottish film Silent Roar.[7][8]

Hyland has an upcoming role in the Steven Knight historical drama series A Thousand Blows.[9] In October 2023, she was revealed to have joined the cast of Black Doves, a Keira Knightley-led series for Netflix.[10] In June 2024, she was one of several actors and actresses announced as being part of the cast of the BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero.[11] From September through October 2024, Hyland portrayed ‘Grania’ in the revival of the Lady Gregory play in the Abbey Theatre, making her Abbey debut.

Filmography

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2021 Intruder Mia Miniseries; 1 episode
2023 Fifteen-Love Justine Pearce
Silent Roar Sas
Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania Emma
TBA † A Thousand Blows Marianne Goodson Completed
TBA † Black Doves Williams Post-production
TBA † Towards Zero Audrey Strange Filming

References

  1. ^ Ingle, Róisín (16 July 2023). "Ella Lily Hyland: 'I think we're often taught not to trust our instincts as women'". Irish Times. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ Smith, Josh (26 July 2023). "Ella Lily Hyland is the need-to-know star of Fifteen-Love, the #MeToo show from Line of Duty producers about a teenage tennis player and her abusive coach". Glamour Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ Ravindran, Manori (4 August 2022). "Poldark's' Aidan Turner, Ella Lily Hyland Lead #MeToo Tennis Drama 'Fifteen-Love' for Amazon Prime Video (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. ^ McCarthy, Esther (15 February 2023). "Rising Stars Ireland 2023: Ella Lily Hyland (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  5. ^ Mangan, Lucy (21 July 2023). "Fifteen-Love review – the acting in this impeccably tense drama is absolutely mesmerising". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ Lynch, Donal. "Rising Irish star Ella Lily Hyland aces it in timely MeToo tennis drama Fifteen-Love". Irish Independent. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  7. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (13 June 2023). "Sex, Surfing and Hellfire Scottish Drama 'Silent Roar' to Open Edinburgh International Film Festival – Global Bulletin". Variety. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  8. ^ Ntim, Zac (13 June 2023). "Edinburgh Film Festival Reveals Opening Film". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. ^ Emily, Olivia (21 July 2023). "'I Cried Constantly – I Thought It Was So Visceral': Ella Lily Hyland On Fifteen Love, Prime Video – Interview". Countryandtownhouse.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ^ Hibbs, James (25 October 2023). "Happy Valley's Sarah Lancashire joins Keira Knightley in Black Doves". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  11. ^ Ford, Lily (5 June 2024). "Anjelica Huston, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Mimi Keene to Star in Agatha Christie Adaptation 'Towards Zero'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 June 2024.