Rise to Fame
She spent her early teens playing the 'young version' of bigger names, young Keira Knightley in Never Let Me Go and young Angelina Jolie in Maleficent. At 18, she was serious enough about quitting that she reportedly spent a year traveling and planned a career as a children's writer. Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children pulled her back. Voicing Jinx in Arcane built a global fanbase, and then Fallout's Lucy MacLean (described in casting as 'Leslie Knope meets Ned Flanders') hit 100 million viewers and two season renewals.
In the Spotlight
Fallout hit 100 million viewers by October 2024, making it Amazon Prime's second most-watched title ever. The series scored 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and picked up renewals for both Season 2 and Season 3. She entered 2024 already carrying Yellowjackets and Arcane. With Sweetpea added and the Fallout renewals locked in, this isn't a breakout moment. It's a complete repositioning. Whether the industry can build roles as specific as Lucy MacLean for her is the only open question left.
Side Notes
East London upbringing, Sylvia Young Theatre School, West End debut at 12 in Oliver!. The British child actress resume is almost too textbook. What it skips: she co-founded Educate2Eradicate in 2016, an organization targeting honour-based violence and forced child marriage in the UK. She hosted TEDxTeen London that same year and has been public about her own anxiety and depression. The activism predates the fame by years, which reframes the whole trajectory.