Eliza Bennett

**Eliza Bennett** is a main actress on The CW's *Dynasty*, portraying the role of Amanda Carrington.

## Biography

### Early Life

Bennett was born and raised in Reading, Berkshire with her older brother and sister, and attended Leighton Park School.

### Career

At the age of nine, Bennett landed her first role as Jemima in *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* at the London Palladium in 2002. She landed her first film role playing Princess Arabella in 2004's *The Prince & Me*. In 2005, Bennett landed the role of Tora in *Nanny McPhee*.

Bennett played Hayley in the TV movie *Supernova* (2005), Young Anne in *Victims* (2006), Emily in *The Contractor*, and television work as Nora in the Agatha Christie's *Marple* episode "By the Pricking of My Thumbs".

In 2006, Bennett played the role of Meggie Folchart in the film *Inkheart*, based on the novel by Cornelia Funke. In 2009, she went on to land the role of Susan in Julian Fellowes' film *From Time to Time*.

In 2010, Bennett played the role of Kate Anderson in Johannes Roberts' thriller film *F*, and appeared in *Roadkill* in 2011. In 2012, she portrayed the psychopathic character of Kayleigh in the thriller film *Confine*; a role for which she received a best supporting actress nomination at the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, eventually receiving a distinctive achievement award, and also winning Best Actress Award for Confine at CYIFF 2013.

In 2015, Bennett played the role of Alex/Brittany in the film *H8RZ* and Agathe Von Trapp in *The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music*.

From 2016 to 2017, Bennett starred as Jules Thomas in *Sweet/Vicious*. In 2021, she began playing Amanda Carrington in The CW's *Dynasty*. Bennett recurred throughout the latter half of the show's fourth season before being upgraded to series regular for the show's fifth and final season.

## Trivia

* Bennett met co-star Elizabeth Gillies (Fallon Carrington) for the first time in a coffee shop where Gillies approached Bennett after she landing the role.
* In a December 2021 interview with *Observer*, Bennett revealed the following:
	+ She wore fake eyelashes for her audition, which she normally doesn't do.
	+ She got the role of Amanda Carrington four days after she auditioned for it.
	+ She had to learn to comfortably walk in stilettos.
* Bennett is friends with *Dynasty* co-star Ashley Day (Colin McNaughton) and has advocated for his return to the series, if only to work with another onscreen.
* In December 2021, Bennett and Elizabeth Gillies (Fallon Carrington) recorded a duet of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", first posted on Instagram and later released on streaming.
	+ Following *Dynasty'*s conclusion, Bennett released an original song and music video in October 2022, "Visit Me In Georgia", which Gillies directed and edited.

## Gallery

### Videos

Actress Eliza Bennett joins Carrington family in 'Dynasty'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (feat. Liz Gillies)Eliza Bennett - Visit Me In Georgia (Official Video)
### Images

* Season 4
* Season 5
* General

## External Links

* Eliza Bennett on Internet Movie Database
* Elizabeth Gillies on Wikipedia
* Eliza Bennett on Instagram
* Eliza Bennett on TikTok
* Eliza Bennett on Twitter
* Eliza Bennett on YouTube

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgTZV5zNLL0
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://observer.com/2021/12/keeping-up-with-the-carringtons-eliza-bennett-on-joining-the-dynasty-clan/
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKQDZ2oW5kQ
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qz98vT7lww