{{short description|Australian actress (born 1986)}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Eloise Mignon | image = <!-- Freely licenced images only. NO SCREEN CAPTURES. Please do not put a fair-use image here, it will be deleted - see WP:NONFREE --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|09|18}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1996–present | image_size = 200px }}
'''Eloise Mignon''' (born 18 September 1986{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}) is an Australian actress. She began her career starring in children's television shows ''Legacy of the Silver Shadow'' and ''Silversun'', before appearing in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. She has starred in numerous theatre productions.
==Early life== Mignon was born in Melbourne to French director Jean-Pierre Mignon, and Katharine Sturak, an American.<ref name="sbs">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/french/highlight/page/id/362781/t/Eloise-Mignon-Complexity-of-Belonging-au-Melbourne-Festival/in/english |title=French {{!}} SBS Your Language |access-date=16 February 2015 |archive-date=30 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730065026/http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/french/highlight/page/id/362781/t/Eloise-Mignon-Complexity-of-Belonging-au-Melbourne-Festival/in/english |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Usher">{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac%3Bjsessionid%3DAE5A3E2F0D9B3B4700D703A49DA49656?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=317&clsPage=1&docID=AGE111105M722D506QKC|title=For straying Katz, the journey home is where the art is|last=Usher|first=Robin|date=5 November 2011|work=The Age|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091618/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=AE5A3E2F0D9B3B4700D703A49DA49656?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=317&clsPage=1&docID=AGE111105M722D506QKC|archive-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> Mignon was educated at Melbourne Girls College, Wesley College and St Michael's Grammar School.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} Mignon has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours Degree) from the University of Melbourne.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
==Career== Mignon worked from a young age in independent theatre, notably with The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theblacklung.com|title=The Black Lung}}</ref> in their multi award-winning production ''Rubeville''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreguide.com.au/current_site/reviews/reviews_detail.php?ShowID=rubeville&ShowYear=2007|title=Adelaide Theatre Guide: South Australia's Comprehensive Internet Guide to Local Arts|website=www.theatreguide.com.au|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theatrenotes.blogspot.fr/2006/10/fringe-review-rubeville-and-debris.html|title=Fringe Review: Rubeville and Debris ~ theatre notes|website=theatrenotes.blogspot.fr|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> where she played Trixi.
Her screen credits include a role in ''Legacy of the Silver Shadow'' and a main character Mara Lomax in children's sci-fi series ''Silversun.''<ref>{{cite web|title=Eloise Mignon|url=http://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/mainstage-2014/complexity-of-belonging/profiledetail/1517/|accessdate=1 September 2014}}</ref> She also appears as a prostitute in the Australian film ''Three Blind Mice'' (2008), directed by Matthew Newton
From 23 July 2007, Mignon began appearing as Bridget Parker in the soap opera ''Neighbours''. In March 2009, it was announced that Mignon had quit the show along with Steve Bastoni, who played her character's father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a148705/parker-family-to-leave-neighbours/|title=Parker family to leave 'Neighbours'|first=Darren|last=Rowe|date=5 March 2009|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> Mignon confirmed that she was leaving to return to studying an Arts degree, which she had deferred upon joining the serial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a165104/eloise-mignon-discusses-neighbours-exit/|title=Eloise Mignon discusses 'Neighbours' exit|last=Rowe|first=Darren|date=14 July 2009|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> Mignon's character was killed-off.<ref name="Vickery">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/ramsay-st-girls-hit-city-homicide/story-e6frf96f-1225772445700|title=Ramsay St girls hit City Homicide|last=Vickery|first=Colin|date=13 September 2009|work=Herald Sun|access-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630140652/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/ramsay-st-girls-hit-city-homicide/story-e6frf96f-1225772445700|archive-date=30 June 2012}}</ref>
Mignon performed as Jennifer in the play ''In A Dark Dark House'' at the Red Stitch Actors Theatre in Melbourne until 22 August 2009. She performed for the Melbourne Theatre Company in ''The Grenade'', and ''Return to Earth''.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/perverse-reversals-as-labute-subverts-conventional-responses/2009/07/26/1248546627140.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=In a dark, dark house | date=27 July 2009}}</ref> In her first screen role since leaving ''Neighbours'', Mignon appeared in a 2010 episode of ''City Homicide'' as Layla Pullman.<ref name="Vickery"/>
Since 2010 Mignon has primarily worked in professional theatre in Australia and France. In 2011 Mignon played the role of Hedvig in Belvoir's production of the Henrik Ibsen play ''The Wild Duck''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://belvoir.com.au/productions/the-wild-duck/|title=The Wild Duck Belvoir Sydney 2011 {{!}} Belvoir St Theatre|website=Belvoir St Theatre STAGING|language=en-US|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> opposite Toby Schmitz and Anita Hegh, directed by Simon Stone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/no-rest-for-the-gifted/story-e6frg8n6-1225963147647|title=No Rest for the Gifted}}</ref> Her performance was praised with one critic commenting "Mignon articulates the young girl's confusion in heartbreaking fashion".<ref>{{cite web|last=Blake|first=Jason|title=Review - The Wild Duck|url=http://eightnightsaweek.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/review-wild-duck.html#!http://eightnightsaweek.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-wild-duck.html|work=Eight Nights A Week|accessdate=17 February 2012}}</ref> The production was invited to perform at the International Ibsen Festival in Oslo<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/awardwinning-belvoir-production-chosen-for-ibsen-festival-20120423-1xh51.html|title=Award-winning Belvoir production chosen for Ibsen festival|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=23 April 2012|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> as well as the Weiner Festowchen and Holland Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://belvoir.com.au/news/the-wild-duck-opens-in-vienna/|title=The Wild Duck opens in Vienna - Belvoir St Theatre STAGING|date=20 May 2013|website=Belvoir St Theatre STAGING|language=en-US|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> Mignon's performance was critically very well regarded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realtimearts.net/article/101/10195|title=RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 102 - opinion: the wild duck re-make|website=www.realtimearts.net|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
In 2012 Mignon returned to the Belvoir stage appearing first in ''Every Breath'' by writer and director Benedict Andrews, followed by Strange Interlude where she interpreted Madeleine with director Simon Stone, and a new production of the Noël Coward play ''Private Lives''.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Season|url=http://www.belvoir.com.au/subscribe2012/2012season|work=Belvoir Street Theatre|accessdate=17 February 2012}}</ref> In 2013 she returned to work with Simon Stone on The Cherry Orchard for Melbourne Theatre Company where she interpreted Anya. Mignon played contortionist Sarah Norden in the opening episode of Season 3 of ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tellyvisions.org/article/miss-fishers-murder-mysteries-season-3-episode-1-death-defying-feats|title=Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Season 3, Episode 1: 'Death Defying Feats'|last=Bundel|first=Ani|date=4 July 2020|publisher=Telly Visions|access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref>
From 2014 to 2016 she collaborated on and performed in two projects with the German auteur Falk Richter- ''Complexity of Belonging'' in conjunction with choreographer Anouk van Dijk for Chunky Move and ''Je Suis Fassbinder'' with French theatre director Stanislas Nordey at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tns.fr/en/|title=Welcome to Théâtre National de Strasbourg {{!}} Théâtre National de Strasbourg|website=www.tns.fr|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> and Théâtre National de la Colline, Paris. Both projects were written with her in mind; she performs the role 'Eloise'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arche-editeur.com/publications-catalogue.php?livre=698|title=L'Arche Editeur - Publications - Catalogue des publications|website=www.arche-editeur.com|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
In 2024, Mignon appeared in the television drama ''Ladies in Black'' as Jenny.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/16/ladies-in-black-review-a-tepid-period-drama-that-feels-a-bit-fusty|title=Ladies in Black review – a tepid period drama that feels a bit fusty|last=Buckmaster|first=Luke|date=15 June 2024|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Film performances |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row"| 2003 | ''Redskin'' | Aislin | Victorian College of the Arts Short film<ref>{{cite web|title=Screen Australia|url=http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/t/20405}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2006 | ''Wholesalers'' | Girl | Short |- ! scope="row"| 2008 | ''Three Blind Mice'' | Grace Newton | |- ! scope="row"| 2017 | ''Lost Gully Road'' | Cassie | |- ! scope="row"| 2022 | ''Lacerate'' | Gloria | Short |- |}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Television performances |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row"| 2002 | ''Legacy of the Silver Shadow'' | Fiona | Main cast |- ! scope="row"| 2004 | ''Silversun'' | Mara Lomax | Main cast<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/silversun/|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303134205/http://www.abc.net.au/silversun/|archive-date=3 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2007–2009 | ''Neighbours'' | Bridget Parker | Main cast |- ! scope="row"| 2010 | ''City Homicide'' | Layla Pullman | Episode: "Good Cop Bad Cop" |- ! scope="row"| 2014 | ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' | Sarah Nordern | Episode: "Death Defying Feats" |- ! scope="row"| 2023 | ''The Clearing'' | Lou | Episode: "Suffer the Little Children" |- ! scope="row"| 2024 | ''Ladies in Black'' | Jenny Giles | Episode: "Beautiful Game" |- |}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Theatre performances |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Theatre ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row"| 1997 | ''Le Malade Imaginaire'' | Louison | Melbourne French Theatre Company | Michel Bulla | |- ! scope="row"| 2003 | ''Entrails'' | Doll | Oubykh Theatre Corp | Glyn Roberts | |- ! scope="row"| 2004 | ''As I Like You'' | Narrator | Oubykh Theatre Corp | Glyn Roberts | |- ! scope="row"| 2004 | ''The Jaundice Table'' | Various | Oubykh Theatre Corp | Glyn Roberts | |- ! scope="row"| 2004 | ''The Desert'' | Girl | Oubykh Theatre Corp | Glyn Roberts | |- ! scope="row"| 2007 | ''Rubeville'' | Trixi | The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm | Thomas Henning | <ref>{{cite web|title=theatreguide.com.au|url=http://www.theatreguide.com.au/current_site/reviews/reviews_detail.php?ShowID=rubeville&ShowYear=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=guerrillasemiotics.com|url=http://guerrillasemiotics.com/tag/malthouse/page/3/}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2009 | ''In a Dark, Dark, House'' | Jennifer | Red Stitch Actors Theatre | Wayne Pearn | <ref>{{cite web|title=Red Stich Actors' Theatre|url=http://redstitch.net/gallery/in-a-dark-dark-house/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=chloe-walker.com|url=http://www.chloe-walker.com/in-a-dark-dark-house-red-stitch-actors-theatre/|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617012126/http://www.chloe-walker.com/in-a-dark-dark-house-red-stitch-actors-theatre/|archive-date=17 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Age|date=27 July 2009 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/07/26/1248546627140.html}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2010 | ''The Grenade'' | Lola McTavish | Melbourne Theatre Company; Sydney Theatre Company | Peter Evans | <ref>{{cite web|title=Melbourne Theatre Company|url=http://www.mtc.com.au/about/the-company/archive/2010-main-season/the-grenade/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=stagenoise.com|url=http://www.stagenoise.com/review/1477}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Public Reviews|url=http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-grenade-the-drama-theatre-sydney-opera-house-australia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603231707/http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-grenade-the-drama-theatre-sydney-opera-house-australia/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 June 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2011 | ''The Wild Duck'' | Hedvig | Belvoir St Theatre | Simon Stone | <ref>{{cite web|title=Belvoir st Theatre|url=http://belvoir.com.au/productions/the-wild-duck/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Age|date=22 February 2012 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/theatre/the-wild-duck-20120222-1to0k.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney Morning Herald|date=22 February 2012 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/the-wild-duck-20120222-1to0k.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Real Time Arts|url=http://www.realtimearts.net/article/101/10195}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=theatrenotes.blogspot.com.au|url=http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/review-wild-duck.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Timeout Sydney|url=http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/theatre/events/21054/the-wild-duck|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415020054/http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/theatre/events/21054/the-wild-duck|archive-date=15 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2011 | ''Return to Earth'' | Alice Waster | Belvoir St Theatre | Aiden Fenessey | <ref>{{cite web|title=Melbourne Theatre Company|url=http://www.mtc.com.au/about/the-company/archive/2011-main-season/return-to-earth/|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411070343/http://www.mtc.com.au/about/the-company/archive/2011-main-season/return-to-earth/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2012 | ''The Wild Duck'' | Hedvig | Malthouse Theatre; International Ibsen Festival, Oslo | Simon Stone | |- ! scope="row"| 2012 | ''Every Breath'' | Olivia | Belvoir St Theatre | Benedict Andrews | <ref>{{cite web|title=Belvoir st Theatre|url=http://belvoir.com.au/productions/every-breath/}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2012 | ''Strange Interlude'' | Madeleine Arnold | Belvoir St Theatre | Simon Stone | <ref>{{cite web|title=Belvoir st Theatre|url=http://belvoir.com.au/productions/strange-interlude/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=KJ Theatre Diary|date=21 May 2012 |url=http://www.kjtheatrediary.com/2012/05/strange-interlude.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=blogs.crikey.com.au|url=http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2012/05/13/review-strange-interlude-belvoir-st-theatre-sydney/}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2012 | ''Private Lives'' | Sybil Chase | Belvoir St Theatre | Ralph Myers | <ref>{{cite web|title=Belvoir st Theatre|url=http://belvoir.com.au/productions/private-lives/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Australian|work=TheAustralian |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/sexy-funny-private-lives/story-fn9d344c-1226482602008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Blogs.crikey.com.au|url=http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2012/10/01/review-private-lives-belvoir-st-sydney/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BMA Magazine|url=http://www.bmamag.com/articles/exhibitionist-review/20121204-private-lives/|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803073649/http://www.bmamag.com/articles/exhibitionist-review/20121204-private-lives/|archive-date=3 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2013 | ''The Wild Duck'' | Hedvig | Holland Festival, Amsterdam; Weiner Festwochen, Vienna | Simon Stone | |- ! scope="row"| 2013 | ''The Cherry Orchard'' | Anya | Melbourne Theatre Company | Simon Stone | <ref>{{cite web|title=Melbourne Theatre Company|url=http://www.mtc.com.au/about/the-company/archive/2013-mainstage/the-cherry-orchard/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=blogs.crikey.com.au|url=http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2013/08/19/review-the-cherry-orchard-southbank-theatre-melbourne/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 August 2013 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/cherry-orchard-bears-full-fruit-20130816-2s18j.html}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2014 | ''Complexity of Belonging'' | Eloïse | Chunky Move, Melbourne International Arts Festival | Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://chunkymove.com.au/our-works/current-repertoire/complexity-of-belonging/ | title=Chunky Move}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/complexity-of-belonging-246150 | title=artshub.com.au| work=ArtsHub Australia| last1=Liversidge| first1=Reuben}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2015 | ''Complexity of Belonging'' | Eloïse | Schaubühne am Leinener Platz; Théâtre National de Chaillot; Spring Festival Utrecht; National Theatre of Taiwan | Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/theater/krachtige-dans-voelt-als-uitvergroting-emoties~a4038416/ | title=de Volkskrant| date=23 May 2015}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2016 | ''Je Suis Fassbinder'' | Eloïse | Théâtre National de Strasbourg; Théâtre National de La colline, Théâtre de Vidy Lausanne; Théâtre National de Bretagne; MC2 (Grenoble) | Falk Richter and Stanislas Nordey | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colline.fr/fr/spectacle/je-suis-fassbinder | title=Théâtre National de La colline}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tns.fr/je-suis-fassbinder | title=Théâtre National de Strasbourg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://next.liberation.fr/theatre/2016/05/14/la-peur-de-l-autre-sur-l-echelle-de-richter_1452588 | title=liberation.fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2016/03/12/etre-ou-ne-pas-etre-fassbinder_4881727_3246.html | title=lemonde.fr| website=Le Monde| date=12 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-pierre-thibaudat/blog/060316/nordey-richter-creent-je-suis-fassbinder-beau-balbutiement-d-un-theatre-d-action-directe | title=blogs.mediapart.fr| date=6 March 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2017 | ''Complexity of Belonging'' | Eloise | Musikhuset Aarhus | Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk | <ref>{{cite web | url=http://chunkymove.com.au/chunky-move-touring-denmark/ | title=Chunky Move is touring to Denmark » Chunky Move | date=23 August 2017 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2017–2018 | ''Les trois Soeurs'' | Irina | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe | Simon Stone | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://next.liberation.fr/theatre/2017/11/12/les-trois-soeurs-la-mort-en-cage_1609588 |title="Les Trois Sœurs", la mort en cage – Libération |publisher=Next.liberation.fr |date= |accessdate=2022-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatre-odeon.eu/fr/2017-2018/spectacles/les-trois-soeurs|title = Les Trois Sœurs - Spectacles}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telerama.fr/scenes/a-lodeon,-une-adaptation-hurlante-et-contemporaine-des-trois-soeurs,-de-tchekhov,n5364977.php|title=A l'Odéon, une adaptation hurlante et contemporaine des "Trois Sœurs", de Tchekhov| date=23 November 2017 }}</ref> |- |}
*Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.showcast.com.au/actor-pdfs/dcef5d3b-a62d-432d-9536-f7fe0e252ce4.pdf|title=Eloise Mignon|publisher=Showcast|access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>
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