{{Short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Matilda Lawler | image = | alt = | caption = Matilda Lawler as Marge Truman in IT: Welcome to Derry | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = | death_place = | other_names = | height = | alma_mater = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2017–present }} '''Matilda Lawler''' is an American actress best known for starring roles in the film ''Flora & Ulysses'', as Flora, the HBO Max miniseries ''Station Eleven'', the HBO series ''It: Welcome to Derry'' and the Christmas fantasy series ''The Santa Clauses''. She has received nominations for a Gotham Award, Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
==Early life== Lawler's parents, Matthew and Mara Lawler (nee Demey), are actors.<ref name="faces">{{Cite interview |subject-first= |subject-last= |title=Faces: Matilda Lawler - Actress - The Net Will Appear {{!}} Mile Square Theatre |website=hmag.com |date=27 September 2017 |url=http://hmag.com/faces-matilda-lawler-actress-net-will-appear-mile-square-theatre/ |access-date=14 January 2022 |quote=… stars a 9-year-old…|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208160106/http://hmag.com/faces-matilda-lawler-actress-net-will-appear-mile-square-theatre/ |archive-date=February 8, 2025 |url-status=dead|last=hMAG}}</ref>
==Career== Lawler's first acting role was in a stage production of ''Jack and Annie'' at Hoboken Children's Theater when she was in the first grade.<ref name="faces" /> She made her Broadway debut in ''The Ferryman'' (2018).
In 2017, she starred in the play ''The Net Will Appear'', in which she played a nine-year-old who becomes friends with a 70-year-old.<ref>{{cite press release |first=Diane |last=Snyder |title=Can a Septuagenarian and a Tween Get Along? |publisher=Theatre Development Fund |date=2018-12-13 |url=https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/can-a-septuagenarian-and-a-tween-get-along/ |access-date=2025-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806175018/https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/can-a-septuagenarian-and-a-tween-get-along/ |archive-date=2025-08-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> The actor who played the latter character, Richard Masur, became Lawler's mentor and best friend. She tapped into their relationship for the emotions needed to portray her character in ''Station Eleven''.<ref name="Hill">{{cite news |last=Hill |first=Libby |title='Station Eleven': Matilda Lawler Is More Than Just an Old Soul |website=IndieWire |date=January 13, 2022 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/station-eleven-matilda-lawler-interview-finale-old-soul-1234690200/ |access-date=January 14, 2022 |quote=… Matilda Lawler, age 13… |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221135626/https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/station-eleven-matilda-lawler-interview-finale-old-soul-1234690200/ |archive-date=2025-02-21 |url-status=live}}</ref>
For her work in ''Station Eleven'', ''The New Yorker'' called Lawler "a gifted performer".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Rachel |last=Syme |title=Station Eleven |magazine=The New Yorker |date=2022-01-07 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/television/station-eleven-01-17-22 |access-date=2025-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601090807/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/television/station-eleven-01-17-22 |archive-date=2023-06-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, she appeared in the main cast of the Disney+ limited series ''The Santa Clauses''.
==Acting credits== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |-
|2020 |''The Block Island Sound'' |Emily | |- |2020 |''Good Grief'' |Young Nora |Short film |- |2021 |''Flora & Ulysses'' |Flora | |- |2024 |''Ezra'' |Ruby | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2019-2021 | ''Evil'' | Mathilda Mowbray / Brenda | Guest role - 2 episodes |- | 2021-2022 | ''Station Eleven'' | young Kirsten Raymond | Main role |- | 2022-2023 | ''The Santa Clauses'' | Betty, Santa's Chief of Staff | Main role: season 1<br>Recurring role: season 2 |- | 2023–present | ''The Gilded Age'' | Frances Montgomery | Recurring role - 6 episodes |- | 2025 | ''It: Welcome to Derry'' | Margaret "Marge" Truman | 8 Episodes |}
=== Theatre === {| class="wikitable unsortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Venue |- |2017||''The Net Will Appear'' || Rory<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--not stated or generic "Staff"--> |title=The Net Will Appear by Erin Mallon |website=milesquaretheatre.org |date=13 September 2017 |url=https://www.milesquaretheatre.org/shows-events/net-will-appear-erin-mallon/ |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127174326/https://www.milesquaretheatre.org/shows-events/net-will-appear-erin-mallon/ |archive-date=2024-11-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || Mile Square Theatre |- |2018||''The Ferryman'' || Honor Carney<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Matilda-Lawler/|title=Matilda Lawler Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos|website=Broadwayworld.com|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> || Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre |- |2025 |''The Thing About Jellyfish'' |Suzy Swanson |Berkeley Repertory Theatre |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Year ! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | align="center"| 2022 | Gotham Awards | Outstanding Performance in a New Series | ''Station Eleven'' | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/10/2022-gotham-awards-nominations-full-list-1234775765/|website=IndieWire|title=Gotham Awards 2022 Nominations: 'TÁR,' 'Everything Everywhere,' and 'Aftersun' Vie for Best Feature — Full List|date=25 October 2022}}</ref> |- | align="center" rowspan=2| 2023 | Children's and Family Emmy Awards | Outstanding Younger Performer | ''The Santa Clauses'' | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Children's & Family Emmy Awards: Disney Dominates Nominations|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/childrens-family-emmy-awards-nominations-2023-1235635652/|access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Tyler|last=Coates|date=November 2, 2023}}</ref> |- | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | ''The Gilded Age'' | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.sagawards.org/media/news/releases/nominations-announced-30th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awardsr|title=Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®|publisher=Screen Actors Guild |date=January 10, 2024|access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref> |}
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