Ella Lily Hyland
Ella Lily Hyland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1998 (age 26–27) Carlow, Ireland |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Television | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
Ella Lily Hyland is an Irish actress.
Early life
[edit]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. A member of the County Carlow Youth Theatre Group and the National Youth Theatre, in 2015 she appeared at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin in Salt Mountain by Carmel Winters. She was a graduate of The Lir Academy in Dublin.[2][3][4][5]
Career
[edit]Hyland had a lead role alongside Aidan Turner in the 2023 Amazon Prime Video tennis-based drama series Fifteen-Love.[6] Hyland trained for the tennis scenes and was helped on-set by tennis coach and former-pro Naomi Cavaday.[7] Lucy Mangan in The Guardian described her performance as "mesmerising" and "absolutely superlative", displaying "many facets" of her character – "dislikable, vulnerable, grief-stricken, a case of forced maturity and arrested development [all] at the same time".[8] 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."[9] She can be seen in the 2023 Scottish film Silent Roar.[10][11]
In 2024, she featured in the Netflix series Black Doves led by Keira Knightley;[12] the Evening Standard described her as "the breakout star" of the series.[3] In September 2024, Hyland made her Abbey Theatre debut playing the titular character in the Lady Gregory play Grania, which ran until the following month.
Hyland has a role in Steven Knight's historical drama series A Thousand Blows (2025).[13] She can also be seen in the BBC's 2025 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero, as Audrey Strange, a character Hyland described as "twisted, nihilistic, and hedonistic".[14][15]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Partner in Crime | Young Alana | Short film |
| 2021 | My Box and Me | Clementine | Short film |
| 2023 | Silent Roar | Sas | |
| Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania | Emma |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Intruder | Mia | Miniseries; episode 3 |
| 2023 | Fifteen-Love | Justine Pearce | Lead role; episodes 1–6 |
| Storyland | Lisa | Series 11; episode 1: "Wrapped" | |
| 2024 | Black Doves | Williams | Series 1; episodes 1–6 |
| 2025 | A Thousand Blows | Marianne Goodson | Episodes 1–6 |
| Towards Zero | Audrey Strange | Miniseries; episodes 1–3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ella Lily Hyland". The Lir Academy.
- ^ Lambert, Colm (29 August 2015). "Carlow's star in new Dublin play". Independent.ie. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ a b Clark, Nick (13 December 2024). "Meet Ella Lily Hyland – the breakout star of Netflix's Black Doves". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ McCarthy, Esther (15 February 2023). "Rising Stars Ireland 2023: Ella Lily Hyland (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Mangan, Lucy (21 July 2023). "Fifteen-Love review – the acting in this impeccably tense drama is absolutely mesmerising". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ Lynch, Donal. "Rising Irish star Ella Lily Hyland aces it in timely MeToo tennis drama Fifteen-Love". Irish Independent. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (13 June 2023). "Edinburgh Film Festival Reveals Opening Film". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Hibbs, James (25 October 2023). "Happy Valley's Sarah Lancashire joins Keira Knightley in Black Doves". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rising Irish star Ella Lily Hyland plays a 'twisted' Agatha Christie character in BBC One's Towards Zero". RTE. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.