{{short description|Australian actress (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Alice Englert | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Alice Allegra Englert | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|06|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2006–present | partner = | mother = Jane Campion | relatives = {{ubl|Richard Campion (grandfather)|Edith Campion (grandmother)}} | website = }}
'''Alice Allegra Englert''' (born 15 June 1994) is an Australian actress. The daughter of filmmaker Jane Campion, Englert is best known for her lead roles in films such as ''Ginger & Rosa'' (2012), ''Beautiful Creatures'' (2013), and ''Them That Follow'' (2019), as well as supporting roles in ''Body Brokers'', ''The Power of the Dog'' (both 2021), and ''You Won't Be Alone'' (2022).
She made her feature directorial debut with the dark comedy film ''Bad Behaviour'' (2023), for which she was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
==Early life== Alice Allegra Englert was born in Sydney<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUKeDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22jane+campion%22+daughter+alice&pg=PT12|title = In the Scene: Jane Campion|isbn = 9780993220739|last1 = Cheshire|first1 = Ellen|date = 9 May 2018| publisher=Aurora Metro Publications }}</ref> on 15 June 1994,<ref name=independent>{{cite news|last=Pringle|first=Gill|title=Beautiful Creature: Alice Englert is set to soar as star of 'the new Twilight'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/beautiful-creature-alice-englert-is-set-to-soar-as-star-of-the-new-twilight-8485806.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211011304/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/beautiful-creature-alice-englert-is-set-to-soar-as-star-of-the-new-twilight-8485806.html |archive-date=2013-02-11 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|accessdate=9 February 2013 | newspaper=The Independent|date=8 February 2013|quote = ...''The Piano'', for which Campion received the Best Screenplay Oscar in 1994, the same year that Englert was born.}}</ref><ref name=nzherald>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10860944 |title=Alice Englert stars in Twilight successor |first=Des |last=Sampson |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=24 January 2013 |accessdate=31 January 2013 |archivedate=1 February 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201015219/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10860944 |url-status=live }}</ref> the daughter of New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion and Australian filmmaker Colin Englert.<ref name=interviewmag>{{cite news|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/alice-englert/#_ |title=Alice Englert |first=Kaleem |last=Aftab |work=Interview |date=n.d. |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130216065830/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/alice-englert/%23_ |archivedate=16 February 2013 |url-status=live |accessdate=24 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FE7258FC1C4043B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=A raw Meg Ryan, wrestling love's myth |quote="Those themes are close to Campion, who turns 50 in the spring and is separated from her husband, Australian TV director Colin Englert" |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |via=Nl.newsbank.com |date=26 October 2003 |page=H09 |accessdate=20 April 2014 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=22 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122115741/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FE7258FC1C4043B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is the maternal granddaughter of actress Edith Campion and theatre director Richard Campion. She was raised in Sydney and various locations where her parents' work took the family, explaining, "I’ve spent half my life on planes. I have a lot of love for New Zealand, though. That is where the really arty, whimsical side of the family resided."<ref name=interviewmag /> She attended schools in Australia, New Zealand, New York City, Rome, and London, as well as other places in England such as the Sibford School, a Quaker school in Oxfordshire. Her parents divorced when she was seven. She later left high school to become an actress.<ref name=interviewmag />
==Career== Englert made her film debut at the age of eight in a film called ''Listen'', followed by an appearance in her mother's short film ''The Water Diary'' at the age of 12.<ref name=nzherald /> She appeared in the sci-fi romance film ''The Lovers'', which was showcased at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was later released on DVD in the UK as ''Time Traveller'' in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Qateel|first=Nav|url=http://influxmagazine.com/the-lovers-review/|title=Time Traveller (2015) Review|website=Influx Magazine|date=8 June 2016|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref> In 2012, she starred in ''Ginger & Rosa''.<ref name=independent/> In 2013, she starred in the low-budget horror film ''In Fear'' and the supernatural romance film ''Beautiful Creatures'', which was based on the novel of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilkinson|first=Amy|title='Beautiful Creatures': Exclusive First Look at the Magical Set!|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1684751/beautiful-creatures-set.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511060958/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1684751/beautiful-creatures-set.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 May 2012|work=MTV.com|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|accessdate=9 February 2013|date=9 May 2012}}</ref> "Needle and Thread", a song written and performed by Englert, was used in the film's soundtrack.<ref name="iamrogue1">{{cite news |url=http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/8247-alden-ehrenreich-and-alice-englert-talk-beautiful-creatures.html |title=Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert Talk 'Beautiful Creatures' |publisher=iamROGUE.com |date=12 February 2013 |accessdate=20 April 2014 |archive-date=11 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611175355/http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/8247-alden-ehrenreich-and-alice-englert-talk-beautiful-creatures.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In an interview, she stated that she recorded the song "in the bathroom of the apartment [she] was staying in the Warehouse District of New Orleans".<ref name="iamrogue1"/> She had a role in 2020's ''Ratched'' on Netflix.{{fact|date=June 2025}}
== Filmography ==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Key | style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |rowspan="2"|2008 |''8'' |Ziggy |Segment: "The Water Diary" |- |''Flame of the West'' |Casey |Short film |- |2012 |''Ginger & Rosa'' |Rosa | |- |rowspan="3"|2013 |''Beautiful Creatures'' |Lena Duchannes | |- |''In Fear'' |Lucy | |- |''{{sortname|The|Lovers|The Lovers (2013 film)}}'' |Dolly |a.k.a. ''Time Traveller'' |- |- | 2015 | ''The Boyfriend Game'' | | Short film<br />Writer and composer |- |2016 |''{{sortname|The|Rehearsal|The Rehearsal (2016 film)}}'' |Thomasin | |- |2017 |''Family Happiness'' |Fiona |Short film<br />Writer and director |- |2019 |''Them That Follow'' |Mara Childs | |- | rowspan="2"|2021 | ''Body Brokers'' | Opal | |- | ''The Power of the Dog'' | Buster | |- | 2022 | ''You Won't Be Alone'' | Biliana | |- | 2023 | ''Bad Behaviour'' | Dylan | Feature film <br>Also director, writer and composer |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Key | style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2014 | ''New Worlds'' | Hope Russell | Main role; 4 episodes |- | 2015 | ''Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'' | Lady Emma Pole | Main role; 7 episodes |- | 2017 | ''Top of the Lake'' | Mary Edwards | Main role (season 2); 6 episodes |- | 2020 | ''Ratched'' | Dolly | Recurring role, 6 episodes |- | 2021 | ''The Serpent'' | Teresa Knowlton | Mini-series, 3 episodes |- | 2022 | ''Dangerous Liaisons'' | Camille, Marquise de Merteuil | Main role, 8 episodes |- | 2024 | ''Exposure'' | Jacs Gould | Mini-series, Main role <small>([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29344040/reference/ IMdB])</small> |- | 2026 | {{Pending series|Star City}} | Anastasia Belikova | Main role |}
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Association ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |- |2012 |British Independent Film Awards |Best Supporting Actress |''Ginger & Rosa'' |{{nom}} |- |2013 |Women Film Critics Circle |Women's Work/Best Ensemble {{small|(shared with Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Jodhi May and Annette Bening)}} |''Ginger & Rosa'' |{{won}} |- |2013 |Teen Choice Awards |Choice Movie: Liplock {{small|(shared with Alden Ehrenreich)}} |''Beautiful Creatures'' |{{nom}} |- |2013 |Teen Choice Awards |Choice Movie Breakout |''Beautiful Creatures'' |{{nom}} |- |2013 |Teen Choice Awards |Choice Movie Actress: Romance |''Beautiful Creatures'' |{{nom}} |- |2016 |Berlin International Film Festival |Generation Kplus – Best Short Film |''The Boyfriend Game'' |{{nom}} |- |2017 |St. Kilda Film Festival |Best Achievement in Screenplay |''The Boyfriend Game'' |{{won}} |}
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