Liv Hewson

Liv Hewson
Born (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Nationality Australian
Other names Olivia Hewson
Occupation Actor, playwright
Years active 2013–present

Liv Hewson (born 29 November 1995) is an Australian actor and playwright.[1][2][3] Hewson uses they-and-them pronouns.[4] Their written work includes "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales and mythology with a queer and dark slant."[5] Hewson currently stars as Abby Hammond in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet.

Personal life

Hewson was born in Canberra and grew up in the suburb of Hughes. They attended Alfred Deakin High School and Canberra College. They began acting as part of the Canberra Youth Theatre. Hewson's mother, Angela, is a public servant and their father, Tony, is a psychologist. Hewson has three brothers. Growing up, their family watched a lot of American television shows, such as The Simpsons and Futurama, which Hewson said made it easy to act with an American accent.[6]

Career

In 2014, Hewson traveled to Los Angeles to attend an acting workshop. In 2016, they played the lead role of Claire Duncan in the fantasy web series Dramaworld. In 2017, they starred in the film Before I Fall and had recurring roles in the second series of Top of the Lake and in the miniseries Marvel's Inhumans.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Alfonso Frisk Fenny Frisk (older) Short film
*credited as Olivia Hewson[7]
2015 Survey Says Hillary Short film
2015 So Romantic Gurt Short film
2016 Lets See How Fast This Baby Will Go Gloria Short film[8]
2017 Before I Fall Anna Cartullo [9]
2018 Puzzle Nicki

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 I've Got No Legs Liv Unknown episodes
*credited as Olivia Hewson[7]
2014–2015 Do You Mind? Gurt, Matilda, Lana 3 episodes[7]
2016 Dramaworld Claire Duncan 10 episodes
Lead role[3]
2016 The Code Elle Episode: “Episode 6” (series finale)
2017 Top of the Lake Michaela 3 episodes, Recurring role (series 2)
2017–present Santa Clarita Diet Abby Hammond Series regular[10]
2017 Marvel’s Inhumans Audrey 3 episodes, Recurring role

References

  1. ↑ Cerabona, Ron (20 March 2015). "Question Time: Actress and playwright Liv Hewson". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Showcast-Liv Hewson". Showcast. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Weintraub, Steve (12 April 2016). "Liv Hewson Calls American-Korean Mashup Series 'Dramaworld' a "Korean Narnia"". Collider. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "liv hewson (@livhewson) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  5. ↑ liv hewson [@livhewson] (16 February 2017). "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via Twitter.
  6. 1 2 Doherty, Megan (17 March 2017). "Canberra girl Liv Hewson is living the Hollywood dream". Canberra Times. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "Liv Hewson". viki.com. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "'Lets See How Fast This Baby Will Go'". IMDb.com. 30 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Lincoln, Ross A. (20 November 2015). "'Before I Fall' Adds Liv Hewson; Gabriella Wright Joins 'Security'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (1 June 2016). "'Santa Clarita Diet': Liv Hewson Cast As Regular, Richard T. Jones To Recur". Deadline.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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