{{BLP sources|date=August 2023}} {{short description|Australian actress (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Freya Tingley | image = Freya-Tingley-Wondercon-2013.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = At the 2013 [[WonderCon]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|03|26}} | birth_place = [[Perth, Western Australia]], Australia | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2008–present }}
'''Freya Tingley''' (born 26 March 1994) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as [[Wendy Darling]] in the series ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon A Time]]'', Christina Wendall in the Netflix series ''[[Hemlock Grove]]'', and Francine Valli in Clint Eastwood's ''[[Jersey Boys]]''.
==Career== Tingley's first role was Young Joan in [[Caryl Churchill]]'s play ''[[Far Away (play)|Far Away]]'' for The Black Swan Theatre Company in 2008. Since then she has appeared in a number of films including the short ''Bootleg'', a singing role in the short ''Light as a Feather'', directed by Damien Spiccia, ''[[X: Night of Vengeance|X]]'', directed by Jon Hewitt, and 3 voice-overs for the production ''Bully for You''. She appeared in the television miniseries ''[[Cloudstreet]]'' based on [[Tim Winton]]'s novel in a support role as Young Hat Lamb.
In 2011, she played the lead as a deaf girl in the short film ''Beneath the Waves'' by director Renee Marie.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}. In the same year, she was also shortlisted for the lead role as ‘’[[Katniss Everdeen]]’’ in [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]’s ‘’[[The Hunger Games]]’’.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
In 2012, Tingley was cast in ''[[Hemlock Grove (TV series)|Hemlock Grove]]'', the [[Netflix]] series produced by [[Eli Roth]] in which she plays Christina Wendall.<ref>{{cite web|title="Hemlock Grove": Werewolf Transformation|url=http://article.wn.com/view/2013/03/31/Hemlock_Grove_Werewolf_Transformation/|last=Stevens|first=Michael|website=SneakPeek|date=April 1, 2013|accessdate=April 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Perth Reviews Far Away - Black Swan Theatre Company|url=http://www.australianstage.com.au/reviews/perth/far-away--black-swan-theatre-company-1814.html|last=Michelle-Wells|first=Simonne|website=Australian Stage|date=29 August 2008|accessdate=20 April 2019|archive-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418003952/http://australianstage.com.au/reviews/perth/far-away--black-swan-theatre-company-1814.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2013, Tingley was cast in ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' as Wendy, a 13-year-old girl based on the heroine [[Wendy Darling]] from the novel ''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]''.<ref name="pr">{{cite web|title=Once Upon a Time - Listings|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20130430abc01}}</ref> Tingley won the part of Wendy after one audition upon impressing producers with her ability to project a British accent. Wendy was only seen in a number of episodes and helped [[Peter Pan (character)|Peter Pan]] ([[Robbie Kay]]) gain Henry's heart. However, she is then reunited with her family. In 2014, Tingley had the lead role in ''[[The Choking Game (2014 film)|The Choking Game]]'', a movie made for [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]].
Tingley also played Francine Valli in ''[[Jersey Boys (film)|Jersey Boys]]'', directed by [[Clint Eastwood]].
Tingley then starred in the 2016 TV series ''The Wilding'' and the film ''No Way to Live'', which centers on an interracial teenage couple in the 1950s robbing and stealing to escape their oppressive town. ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2009 | ''Bootleg'' | Sarah | Short |- | 2010 | ''Light as a Feather'' | Sophie | Short |- |rowspan=2|2011 | ''[[X: Night of Vengeance]]'' | Cindy | |- | ''Beneath the Waves''
the wrong nanny | Eleanor | Short |- | 2012 | ''Sticks and Stones'' | Zoe | Short |- | 2014 | ''[[Swelter (film)|Swelter]]'' | London | |- | 2014 | ''[[Jersey Boys (film)|Jersey Boys]]'' | Francine Valli | |- | 2014 | ''[[The Choking Game (2014 film)|The Choking Game]]'' | Taryn | |- | 2016 | ''No Way To Live'' | Nora Thompson | |- | 2016 | ''The Disembodied'' | Jennifer | Short |- | 2017 | ''The Young'' | Diana | |- | 2018 | ''[[Spinning Man]]'' |Mary | |- | 2018 | ''[[The Sonata (film)|The Sonata]]'' | Rose | |- | 2021 | ''[[Bad Detectives]]'' | Nic O'Connell | |- |2023 |''Time Addicts'' |Denise | |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2011 | ''[[Cloudstreet (TV series)|Cloudstreet]]'' | Hat Lamb | Part 1 and Part 2 |- |rowspan=3|2013 | ''[[Hemlock Grove (TV series)|Hemlock Grove]]'' | Christina Wendall | Season 1 (series regular) |- | ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' | [[Wendy Darling]] | Recurring role, 5 episodes:<br />"[[Second Star to the Right]]" (season 2: episode 21)<br />"[[Dark Hollow (Once Upon a Time)|Dark Hollow]]" (season 3: episode 7)<br />"[[Think Lovely Thoughts]]" (season 3: episode 8)<br />"[[Save Henry]]" (season 3: episode 9)<br />"[[The New Neverland]]" (season 3: episode 10) |- |''[[Fashion Police]]'' | Herself | 1 episode |- | 2014 | ''[[R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour]]'' | Karen | "Return of the Pumpkinheads" (Season 4, Episode 5) |- | 2017 | ''The Wrong Nanny'' | Blake | TV film |- | 2021 | ''[[Dota: Dragon's Blood]]'' | Fymryn & Light Moon Goddess Mene reborn | Web series; voice |- |}
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==External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130509064718/http://www.freyatingley.com/ Freya Tingley's official website] *{{IMDb name|3728402|Freya Tingley}} *[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/video/2013/04/19/video-a-few-minutes-with-hemlock-grove-co-star-freya-tingley-408211/20130419_hemlockgrove4/ Video: A Few Minutes With... "Hemlock Grove" Co-Star Freya Tingley - The FUton Critic] *[https://toronto.citynews.ca/2013/04/17/video-hemlock-grove-freya-tingley-and-landon-liboiron/ Video: Hemlock Grove: Freya Tingley and Landon Liboiron - 680 News]
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