
Eliza Scanlen
Biography
Eliza Jane Scanlen (born 6 January 1999) is an Australian actress. She rose to prominence portraying Tabitha Ford in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (2016), before receiving critical acclaim by playing a troubled teenager in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018). In 2022, she starred in the Showtime series The First Lady as young Eleanor Roosevelt.
She made her film debut in 2019, with starring roles in the drama Babyteeth and Greta Gerwig’s period drama Little Women.
Known For

TV
Home and Away
Tabitha
1988

TV
Sharp Objects
Amma Crellin
2018

Film
Old
Kara Aged 15
2021

Film
Little Women
Beth March
2019

TV
Fires
Natasha 'Tash' Jasic
2021

TV
Fires
Natasha Jasic
2021

TV
The First Lady
Young Eleanor Roosevelt
2022

Film
The Devil All the Time
Lenora Laferty
2020

Film
Caddo Lake
Ellie
2024

TV
Dope Girls
Violet Davies
2025

Film
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Cecily Cardew
2025

Film
Babyteeth
Milla
2020

Film
Lacuna
Zoe
2016

Film
The Starling Girl
Jem Starling
2023
Film
All That I Am

Film
Fear Is the Rider

Film
Grace
Grace
2017

Film
Body of Water
2024
Film
Let It Come Down

Film
Love and Other Places
Claude
2018
Filmography
2025TVDope Girlsas Violet Davies2025FilmNational Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnestas Cecily Cardew2024FilmCaddo Lakeas Ellie2024FilmBody of Water2023FilmThe Starling Girlas Jem Starling2022TVThe First Ladyas Young Eleanor Roosevelt2021TVFiresas Natasha 'Tash' Jasic2021FilmOldas Kara Aged 152020FilmThe Devil All the Timeas Lenora Laferty2020FilmBabyteethas Milla2019FilmLittle Womenas Beth March2018FilmLove and Other Placesas Claude2018TVSharp Objectsas Amma Crellin2017FilmGraceas Grace2016FilmLacunaas Zoe1988TVHome and Awayas Tabitha—FilmAll That I Am—FilmFear Is the Rider—FilmLet It Come Down