Freya Wilson

{{short description|British actor}} {{for|the fictional character|Freya Wilson (Doctors)}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Freya Wilson | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2010–2013 | website = }}

'''Freya Wilson''' is a British former child actor.

==Background== Wilson attended St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School and St Paul's Girls' School in Brook Green, Hammersmith from 2010 to 2017.<ref name="poet">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/fulham-and-hammersmith-news/local-fulham-and-hammersmith-news/2010/12/16/young-poet-wins-cash-prize-in-national-competition-82029-27838474/|title=Young poet wins cash prize in national competition|author=Greg Burns|publisher=Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle|date=16 December 2010|accessdate=21 February 2011}}</ref> She also won the Old Possum's Poetry Prize in their category in 2011.<ref name="poet" />

==Career== Wilson portrayed a young Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in the 2010 period drama ''The King's Speech'' and also a young Eliza Reed in the 2011 film ''Jane Eyre''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/freya-wilson/|title=Freya Wilson|accessdate=22 January 2010}}</ref> They also played Violette Selfridge in the first series of the ITV drama Mr Selfridge.

They played various voices in the Three Little Pigs app. In August 2011, Wilson joined Youth Music Theatre UK as a member of the ''Korczak'' company, as they performed a musical based on the life of Janusz Korczak at the Rose Theatre, Kingston.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youthmusictheatreuk.org/show/detail/korczak_2011/|title=Korczak|accessdate=25 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816081730/http://www.youthmusictheatreuk.org/show/detail/korczak_2011/|archive-date=16 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Wilson has also written some plays. One of these, ''No Houses Out The Window'', was entered into the New Views playwriting programme in 2015. It was shortlisted and awarded a rehearsed reading in the National Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spgs.org/about/news/playwright-paulinas/|title=St Paul's Girls' School » 'New Views' Playwriting Competition Success|website=spgs.org|language=en|access-date=28 November 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |+ Film roles |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | rowspan="1"| 2010 | ''The King's Speech'' | Princess Elizabeth | |- | rowspan="1"| 2011 | ''Jane Eyre'' | Eliza Reed | |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Television roles |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2013 || ''Mr Selfridge'' || Violette Selfridge || Recurring role (series 1) |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|3805735}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Freya}} Category:English film actors Category:Living people Category:English child actors Category:English television actors