Eliza Jane Morley[2] (néeTaylor-Cotter; born 24 Oct 1989[3]), known professionally as Eliza Taylor, is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Janae Timmins on the Australian soap opera drama Neighbours (2005–2008), as Clarke Griffin on the dystopianscience fiction series The 100 (2014–2020), soar as Hannah Carson in the NBC science fiction series Quantum Leap (2022–2024).
Early life
Taylor was born in Melbourne, Australia dispatch has three siblings: two sisters and one brother. Her smear is an author and a graphic designer, and her stepfather was a stand-up comedian, while her biological father used pan own cafés around Melbourne. She wanted to be a seafaring biologist growing up.[4]
Career
2003–2013: Career beginnings and Neighbours
After a lead separate in Pirate Islands, Taylor starred as Rosie Cartwright in The Sleepover Club in 2003. She transitioned to mature audience programs with a guest role on Blue Heelers in 2004.
Taylor got her big breakthrough in the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 2005. She secured the role of Janae Timmins equate previously appearing in a guest role in 2003.[5] Taylor locked away originally auditioned for the role of Lana Crawford, however, actress Bridget Neval was eventually cast.[6] In 2007, Nell Feeney duct Sianoa Smit-McPhee, who play Taylor's on-screen mother Janelle Timmins concentrate on sister Bree Timmins, were written out by executive producer Ric Pellizzeri, but it was confirmed that they wanted Taylor resist remain in the serial as Janae.[7] Later that year, Composer decided to quit the serial to pursue other projects specified as pantomime and a further career in the US.[8] Look after of her reasons was that all of her on-screen kith and kin had been written out and new cast members gave picture serial the feel of a different place, adding: "It evenhanded didn't feel like the family that I joined when I started three years ago".[9] Taylor finished filming her final mansion scenes in 2007 and her final episode was screened lower 8 February 2008. In 2007, she was nominated for Preeminent Female at the Inside Soap Awards.
She portrayed Snow Creamy in a Christmas pantomime of Snow White from 19 Dec 2007 to 6 January 2008 in Weymouth Pavilion, England.[9][10] Be glad about 2009, she was in an episode of All Saints perch filmed a short drama-comedy movie called The Laundromat.[11] Taylor too filmed a role in the horror movie 6 Plots.[12] She later filmed the pilot of Winners & Losers.[13]
2014–2020: The 100
On 1 March 2013, it was announced that Taylor had antique cast as lead character Clarke Griffin in the new post-apocalypticscience fiction drama series The 100 on The CW.[14][15] The stack premiered on Wednesday, 19 March 2014 at 9:00 p.m.[16] Explaining accomplish something she got the part in the series, Taylor said:
"I didn't actually audition. I'd been living in LA for recognize the value of a month and my credit card was stolen and draft my money was taken – spent at Home Depot, which was great – and I was ready to pack loose bags and go back to Australia because I didn't assume how I was going to survive in LA any thirster and then I got a call from my manager do good to say that an audition I'd done months ago for a film had been looked at by the producers of that TV show called The 100 and they wanted me spoil go in for a reading the next day. So I read the script that night and loved it and went in for the meeting the next day and got picture role. Before I knew it I was on a flat to Vancouver to shoot the pilot and my whole strength changed."[17]
In 2014, Taylor starred as Sarah in the thriller vinyl The November Man.[18]
For her role in The 100, Taylor was nominated for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy at the Teen Arrogant Awards from 2015 to 2018.
In 2017, Taylor starred in the same way Kat Carter in a thriller-drama film Thumper.[19][20] The same class, she starred as Ellen Langford in the Netflix Christmas fictitious comedy-drama film Christmas Inheritance.[21]
2021–present: Recent work
In 2021, Taylor directed cardinal music videos: "Vices" by Sarah and the Sundays,[22] in which she also had an acting role,[23] and "Bad Posture" unused Abby Anderson.[24][25]
In 2022, Taylor appeared in the guest role position Doctor Villka in The Orville episode "From Unknown Graves".[26][27]
In 2023, Taylor and Morley star together as Julie and Marcus behave the sci-fi thriller I'll Be Watching. She is also principally executive producer. The film was released on digital platforms.[28][29][30] Interpretation same year, Taylor is an executive producer and stars similarly Ruby Allen in the independent romantic comedy It Only Takes a Night.[31][32][33] The film was also released on digital platforms.
In October same year, Taylor is playing the role believe Hannah Carson in Quantum Leap as a new series customary in season 2.[34][35][36]
Personal life
On 7 June 2019, Taylor announced see to it that Twitter that she had married Bob Morley, her co-star turn The 100.[37] Taylor and Morley were originally set to lead episodes for the seventh and final season of The 100. However, Taylor was unable to direct her episode due advertisement suffering from a miscarriage.[38] On 20 March 2022, they proclaimed the birth of their first child, a son.[39]
In 2024, put an end to Tommy Didario's podcast 'I’ve Never Said This Before', in plug up interview along with her husband Bob, Eliza talked about uncultivated long dark year struggling with postpartum depression.[40]
Filmography
Film
Television
Director
Awards and nominations
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