American actress (born 1993)
India Eisley
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Eisley in January 2019
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Born
| India Joy Eisley
(
1993-10-29
)
October 29, 1993
(age 30)
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 2003?present
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Relatives
| Anthony Eisley
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India Joy Eisley
(born October 29, 1993) is an American actress.
[1]
On television, she is known for her roles as Ashley Juergens in the
ABC Family
series
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
(2008?2013), Audrina in the
Lifetime
film
My Sweet Audrina
(2016), and
Fauna Hodel
in the
TNT
series
I Am the Night
(2019). Her films include
Underworld: Awakening
(2012),
Kite
(2014), and
Social Suicide
(2015).
Early life
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India Joy Eisley was born in
Los Angeles
on October 29, 1993,
[1]
the daughter of English actress
Olivia Hussey
and American musician
David Glen Eisley
.
[2]
[3]
Her paternal grandfather was American actor
Anthony Eisley
, while her maternal grandfather was Argentinian opera singer, Andreas Osuna.
[4]
She has two older maternal half-brothers from her mother's prior marriages: Alexander (born 1973), whose father was American actor
Dean Paul Martin
,
[5]
and Max (born 1983), whose father is Japanese singer
Akira Fuse
.
Career
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Eisley and her mother appeared together in the 2005 movie
Headspace
. After small roles in various independent films, Eisley gained a major role in 2008 in
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
. She played
Ashley Juergens
, younger sister of teen mother
Amy Juergens
.
In the 2012 film
Underworld: Awakening
, Eisley was cast as Eve, the hybrid daughter of Selene and Michael Corvin; Eisley was cast due to her strong resemblance to Selene's actress,
Kate Beckinsale
.
Eisley starred as Sawa in the 2014 action film
Kite
, opposite
Samuel L. Jackson
. In late 2014, she filmed
Social Suicide
(2015), a modern retelling of
Romeo and Juliet
, appearing with her real-life mother Olivia Hussey, who played Mrs. Coulson, with Eisley playing her daughter, Julia.
[6]
In 2015, Eisley starred in the horror-thriller film
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
as
Briar Rose
.
[7]
The same year, she was cast in the title role in the television film adaptation of the
V. C. Andrews
' book
My Sweet Audrina
for
Lifetime
,
[8]
which aired in 2016. In 2017, she starred in the Netflix original film
Clinical
.
[9]
In 2018, Eisley played the lead role of Maria in the psychological thriller film
Look Away
.
[10]
[11]
Author
Jessica Brody
has expressed a desire for Eisley to portray her character Seraphina in the film adaptation of her novel
Unremembered
. Hollywood casting director Michelle Levy was first to recommend Eisley for the role.
[12]
[13]
In 2019, Eisley starred as
Fauna Hodel
in the six-part limited series
I Am the Night
,
[14]
which is based on Hodel's memoir
One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel
. The series premiered on January 27, 2019, on
TNT
. In 2020, she played Tillie Gardner in the film
Dead Reckoning
.
[15]
[16]
In 2021, she played Lucy in the film
Every Breath You Take
.
[17]
[18]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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References
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"UPI Almanac for Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017"
.
United Press International
. October 29, 2017
. Retrieved
October 19,
2018
.
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Meriah Doty (May 9, 2012).
"Girl cast as young Angelina Jolie has more in common than looks"
.
Yahoo
. Retrieved
May 23,
2017
.
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"India Eisley"
. Turner Classic Movies, Inc
. Retrieved
March 8,
2021
.
India Eisley, the daughter of actress Olivia Hussey and vocalist/drummer David Glen Eisley, first got her acting career rolling when she appeared uncredited in the 2003 Italian production "Madre Teresa." The movie, which was made for television...
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J. D. Podolsky (March 16, 1992).
"Forever Juliet ? For Olivia Hussey, Life After Romeo and Juliet Brought Sweetness and Sorrow"
.
People
.
Archived
from the original on May 9, 2012
. Retrieved
July 31,
2012
.
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"Dean Martin's Son is dead in Jet"
.
The New York Times
. March 27, 1987.
Archived
from the original on December 22, 2015
. Retrieved
December 13,
2015
.
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Rebecca Ford (September 23, 2014).
"
'Romeo and Juliet' Stars Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey Reuniting for 'Social Suicide'
"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
June 21,
2020
.
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Gary Goldstein (May 12, 2016).
"Review: 'Sleeping Beauty' gets a drab makeover"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
March 8,
2021
.
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Kate Stanhope (May 11, 2015).
"Lifetime Greenlights New Movie From 'Flowers in the Attic' Author (Exclusive)"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
March 8,
2021
.
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ScreamQueen (January 16, 2017).
"Clinical (4/5)"
.
Heaven of Horror
. Retrieved
January 24,
2017
.
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Dave McNary (August 24, 2016).
"India Eisley, Jason Isaacs Starring in Thriller 'Behind the Glass'
"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
January 24,
2017
.
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Brad Miska (September 28, 2018).
"
'Look Away' Trailer Brings Out a Teen's Dark Side"
.
Bloody Disgusting
. Retrieved
October 9,
2018
.
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"
Unremembered
Casting"
.
JessicaBrody.com
. May 28, 2013
. Retrieved
May 24,
2015
.
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Rebecca Ford (March 24, 2014).
"YA Sci-Fi Book 'Unremembered' Acquired by 'Vampire Academy' Producers (Exclusive)"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
May 23,
2017
.
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Karina H. Adelgaard (November 14, 2018).
"I Am the Night ? Review | TNT Series by Patty Jenkins"
.
Womentainment
. Retrieved
January 30,
2019
.
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Erik Pedersen (July 13, 2016).
"India Eisley Joins KJ Apa In 'Altar Rock'; Sydney Park & Scott Adkins Also Cast"
.
Deadline Hollywood
. Retrieved
December 16,
2019
.
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Grant Hermanns (October 15, 2020).
"Dead Reckoning Trailer: K.J. Apa Leads Indie Action-Thriller"
.
ComingSoon.net
. Retrieved
October 16,
2020
.
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Jason Wiese (May 11, 2020).
"What The Underworld Cast Is Doing Now"
.
Cinema Blend
. Retrieved
June 13,
2020
.
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Patrick Hipes (March 8, 2021).
"Casey Affleck Thriller 'Every Breath You Take' Lands At Vertical For April U.S. Bow"
.
Deadline Hollywood
. Retrieved
March 8,
2021
.
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Dave McNary (July 9, 2019).
"India Eisley's Drama 'Adolescence' Finds Distribution"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
March 8,
2021
.
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