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India Eisley
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Eisley in January 2019
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Born | October 29, 1993 |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2003–present |
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Relatives | Anthony Eisley (grandfather) |
India Eisley (born October 29, 1993) is a British-American actress. On television, she is best 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), Social ... (2015) and Look Away (2018).
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Early life
India Joy Eisley was born in Los Angeles on October 29, 1993, the daughter of English actress Olivia Hussey and American musician David Glen Eisley. Her paternal grandfather was American actor Anthony Eisley, while her maternal grandfather was Argentinian opera singer, Andreas Osuna. She has two older maternal half-brothers from her mother's prior marriages: Alexander (born 1973), whose father is American actor Dean Paul Martin, and Max (born 1983), whose father is Japanese singer Akira Fuse.
Career
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 2015, Eisley starred in the horror-thriller film The Curse of Sleeping Beauty as Briar Rose. 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, which aired in 2016. In 2017, she starred in the Netflix original film Clinical. In 2018, Eisley played the lead role of Maria / Airam in the psychological thriller film Look Away.
Author Jessica Brody 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.
In 2019, Eisley starred as Fauna Hodel in the six-part limited series I Am the Night, which is based on Hodel's memoir, One Day She'll Darken. The series premiered on January 27, 2019, on TNT. In 2020, she played Tillie Gardner in the film Dead Reckoning. In 2021, she played Lucy in the film Every Breath You Take.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Headspace | Martha | |
2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Eve | |
2014 | Kite | Sawa | |
2015 | Social ... | Julia Coulson | |
2016 | The Curse of Sleeping Beauty | Briar Rose / The Sleeping Beauty | |
Amerigeddon | Penny | ||
Underworld: Blood Wars | Eve | Archival footage | |
2017 | Clinical | Nora Green | |
2018 | Adolescence | Alice | |
Look Away | Maria / Airam | ||
2020 | Dead Reckoning | Tillie Gardner | |
2021 | Every Breath You Take | Lucy | |
2023 | American Outlaws | Lee-Grace Dougherty | |
2024 | Dead Money | Chloe |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Mother Teresa of Calcutta | English Girl | Television film; uncredited |
2008–2013 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Ashley Juergens | Main role (seasons 1–4); special guest (season 5) |
2014 | Nanny Cam | Heather Lambert | Television film |
2016 | My Sweet Audrina | Audrina Adare | |
2019 | I Am the Night | Fauna Hodel | Main role |
See also
In Spanish: India Eisley para niños