{{short description|British actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Pixie Davies | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2006|12|09}}<ref name="RT">{{cite web |title=Pixie Davies |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/pixie_davies |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | birth_place = England<ref name="RT" /> | education = Sylvia Young Theatre School | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2012–present }}
'''Pixie Love Davies'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davies |first1=Pixie |title=Pixie Love Davies (@pixie.davies) |url=https://www.instagram.com/pixie.davies/?hl=en |access-date=12 August 2021 |via=Instagram}}</ref> (born 9 December 2006) is a British actress. Born and raised in England, she began her career in 2012, starring in the BBC's ''The Secret of Crickley Hall''. After making her film debut in ''Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger'' (2012), she appeared in several other features, including ''Out of the Dark'' (2014) and ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' (2016). In 2018, she had her breakout role as Annabel Banks in Disney's ''Mary Poppins Returns''. Davies also voiced Adel in Netflix's ''The Magician's Elephant''.
==Life and career== Pixie Love Davies was born and raised in England and trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.<ref name="RT" /> Davies played her first role in 2012 as Cally Caleigh, the youngest daughter, in the BBC's television drama ''The Secret of Crickley Hall''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Secret of Crickley Hall: Meet the Characters |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1gGGgmmXb38bVjZZ95LZNDt/cally-caleigh |website=BBC |accessdate=14 January 2019}}</ref> Her performance was well received by critics; for example, ''GamesRadar+'' called her great, favourably stating that while she was humorous, she "never seem[ed] precocious".<ref name="Stuart">{{cite web |last1=Stuart |first1=Alasdair |title=The Secret Of Crickley Hall 1.02 REVIEW |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-secret-of-crickley-hall-1-02-review |website=GamesRadar+ |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=en |date=26 November 2012}}</ref> In the same year, Davies made her film debut in comedy film ''Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger''.<ref name="RT" /> She then performed in guest roles before playing Hannah Harriman in ''Out of the Dark'' at age seven. While the film was generally negatively received, Davies' performance garnered praise.<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |title=Out of the Dark |id=out_of_the_dark_2015 |type=m |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ''RogerEbert.com'' said, "Davies is cute enough, she understandably doesn't have much range beyond pouting, and smiling."<ref name="Abrams">{{cite web |last1=Abrams |first1=Simon |title=Out of the Dark movie review & film summary (2015) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/out-of-the-dark-2015 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=en |date=27 February 2015}}</ref>
In 2016, she played the role of Bronwyn Bruntley, a girl who possesses superhuman strength, in Tim Burton's film adaptation of ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children''.<ref name="Grant">{{cite web |last1=Grant |first1=Stacey |title=Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children: Meet The Extraordinary Cast, Complete With Invisible Boy |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/2749706/miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-first-look-ew-photo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307011012/http://www.mtv.com/news/2749706/miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-first-look-ew-photo/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2016 |website=MTV News |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=en |date=4 March 2016}}</ref> The film was released on 30 September 2016, and received generally favourable reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |title=Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) |id=miss_peregrines_home_for_peculiar_children |type=m |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Writing for Common Sense Media, S. Jhoanna Robledo called the cast "pretty strong".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robledo |first1=S. Jhoanna |title=Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=en |date=10 March 2016 |url-access=limited}}</ref> In 2018, Davies played her breakout role as Annabel Banks in ''Mary Poppins'' sequel, ''Mary Poppins Returns''.<ref name="RT" /> The film grossed $349.5 million at the box office<ref>{{cite Box Office Mojo|id=disneyliveaction22018|title=Mary Poppins Returns|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> and was complimented by critics.<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=mary_poppins_returns|type=m|title=Mary Poppins Returns|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> The child performances garnered critical acclaim. Rachit Gupta of ''The Times of India'' called them "perfectly cute"<ref name="Gupta">{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Rachit |title=Mary Poppins Returns |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/movie-reviews/mary-poppins-returns/movie-review/67374081.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=12 August 2021 |date=4 January 2019}}</ref> and ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'s}} David Rooney wrote that they were exemplary.<ref name="Rooney">{{cite web |last1=Rooney |first1=David |title='Mary Poppins Returns': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/mary-poppins-returns-review-1167792/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=12 August 2021 |date=12 December 2018}}</ref> For their work, she and the cast of ''Mary Poppins Returns'' received an Ensemble Cast Award at the 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival.<ref name="McNary">{{cite journal |last1=McNary |first1=Dave |title='Mary Poppins Returns' Cast Tapped for Palm Springs Film Festival Honor |journal=Variety |date=28 December 2018 |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/mary-poppins-returns-cast-palm-springs-festival-1203096134/ |accessdate=14 January 2019}}</ref> In 2020, Davies was announced to have joined the cast of Netflix animated film ''The Magician's Elephant''. She voices Adel, the long-lost sister of protagonist Peter.<ref name="McNary2">{{cite web |last1=McNary |first1=Dave |title=Noah Jupe, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford Board Animated Film 'Magician's Elephant' for Netflix |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/noah-jupe-pixie-davis-sian-clifford-magicians-elephant-netflix-1234853632 |website=Variety |access-date=12 August 2021 |date=15 December 2020}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |rowspan=2|2012 |''The Secret of Crickley Hall'' |Cally Caleigh |TV mini-series<ref name="Donald"/><ref name="Radio">{{cite journal |title=Meet the cast of Humans series 3 |journal=Radio Times |date=13 July 2018 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-07-13/meet-the-cast-of-humans-series-2/ |accessdate=14 January 2019}}</ref> |- |''Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger'' |Pixie |<ref name="RT" /> |- |2013 |''The White Queen'' |Princess Elizabeth |TV mini-series<ref name="Donald"/><ref name="Radio"/> |- | rowspan="3" |2014 |''Utopia'' |Amanda |Episode: 2.2<ref name="Radio"/><ref name="Batchelor">{{cite news |last1=Batchelor |first1=Kim |title=The robot theory of 'Humans' |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/07humans-premiere02 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=The Michigan Daily |date=1 July 2015}}</ref> |- |''Out of the Dark'' |Hannah Harriman | <ref name="Donald"/><ref name="Moore">{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Roger |title='Out of the Dark' has few chances to shine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/105074571/?terms=%22Pixie%2BDavies%22 |work=Detroit Free Press |agency=Tribune News Service |date=27 February 2015 |page=C2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |''Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?'' |Pixie |<ref>{{cite web |title=Nativity 3 Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/54497de39f89a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816192846/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/54497de39f89a |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 August 2017 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |- |2015 |''Esio Trot'' |Roberta |TV film<ref name="Insider">{{cite web |title=11 up-and-coming kid actors you'll soon be seeing everywhere |url=https://www.thisisinsider.com/up-and-coming-child-actors-2018-3#pixie-davies-8 |website=This Insider |accessdate=14 January 2019 |date=5 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="Radio"/> |- |2015–2018 |''Humans'' |Sophie Hawkins |TV series, 3 series<ref name="Donald">{{cite journal |last1=Donald |first1=Claudia |title=Humans • Geschaffen, um zu dienen? |journal=Hörzu |date=9 October 2017 |url=https://www.hoerzu.de/unterhaltung/aktuelles/humans |accessdate=14 January 2019 |language=German}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Best Bets |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/437412688/?terms=%22Pixie%2BDavies%22 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |date=3 June 2018 |location=Rochester, New York |page=M14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- |2016 |''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' |Bronwyn Bruntley | <ref name="Insider"/><ref name="Donald"/><ref name="Saunders">{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=Tristram Fane |title=Humans: who are the characters, and what's happened in the story so far? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/10/28/humans-who-are-the-characters-and-whats-happened-in-the-story-so/ |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=The Telegraph |date=28 October 2016 |url-access=registration}}</ref> |- |2018 |''Mary Poppins Returns'' |Annabel Banks |Won an Ensemble Cast Award at 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival<ref name="Insider"/><ref name="Radio"/><ref name="Palm">{{cite news |last1=Newell |first1=Shane |last2=Pena |first2=Xochitl |last3=DiPierro |first3=Amy |title=Chants and pantsuits: Celebrities come in waves — and style — at PSIFF red carpet |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/2019/01/03/palm-springs-film-fest-celebrities-come-waves-red-carpet/2468080002/ |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Desert Sun |date=3 January 2019 |location=Palm Springs, California}}</ref> |- |2019–2020 |''101 Dalmatian Street'' |Big Fee, Razzi the Rat, Puppy Ensemble (voice) |Recurring<ref name="Guide">{{cite web |title=Pixie Davies Credits |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pixie-davies/credits/3000540671 |website=TV Guide |access-date=12 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |- |2023 |''The Magician's Elephant'' |Adel (voice) |<ref name="McNary2" /> |- |2023–present |''Castlevania: Nocturne'' |Maria Renard (voice) |<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ — Your First Look at the New Series |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/castlevania-nocturne-news-release-date |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Netflix Tudum |language=en}}</ref> |- |2025 |''Unforgotten'' |Taylor Cooper | |- |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|5177929}} * {{instagram|pixie.davies}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Pixie}} Category:Living people Category:2006 births Category:21st-century English actresses Category:British child actresses Category:English film actresses Category:English television actresses Category:English voice actresses