Eloise Mumford
Eloise Mumford (born September 24, 1986) is an American actress known for her roles on the television series "Lone Star", "The River", "The Right Stuff" and the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film series. Early life and education. Mumford, the middle child of parents Tom Mumford and Nancy Smith, was born and raised in Olympia, Washington, where she was home-schooled through fifth grade. After homeschooling, she attended Nova Middle School. She later attended Annie Wright Schools in Tacoma, Washington and Capital High School in Olympia. She has an older sister, Anna, and a younger brother, Kai. Mumford, inspired  at age seven by a local production of "South Pacific", performed in high-school plays and at Olympia's Capital Playhouse. She graduated in 2009 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She also is an alumnus of the Atlantic Acting School. While in college, Mumford starred with Jesse Eisenberg in director Maggie Kiley's well-received short film "Some Boys Don't Leave". She understudied Elisabeth Moss in the Broadway production of "Speed the Plow". Career. Mumford starred as Lena Landry on the ABC paranormal series "The River" in 2012 and on the Fox series "Lone  Star" in 2010, which she was cast in during her first pilot season after graduating college. She was the female lead in the Blumhouse Productions feature "Not Safe For Work" for Universal Pictures, and was the female lead in the indy "Drones" alongside Matt O'Leary, directed by Rick Rosenthal. In February 2012, Mumford was cast to play the female lead in an ABC drama pilot titled "Reckless". She played Anastasia Steele's roommate, Kate Kavanagh, in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film (2015), and reprised the role in the sequels "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed". She starred alongside  Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz in the indy "Standing Up, Falling Down" (2019). In 2020 Mumford appeared as the female lead in the Disney+ streaming TV series "The Right Stuff", portraying Trudy Cooper.