| Matilda Lawler | |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 2008 |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 2017–present |
Matilda Lawler is an American actress best known for starring roles in the film Flora & Ulysses and the HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven. She has received nominations for a Gotham Award, Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Lawler was born on September 8, 2008[1] to parents Matthew and Mara Lawler (nee Demey), who themselves are actors.[2]
Lawler's first acting role was in a stage production of Jack and Annie at Hoboken Children's Theater when she was in the first grade. She made her Broadway debut in The Ferryman (2018).
When Lawler was nine years old, she starred in the play The Net Will Appear, in which she played a nine-year-old who becomes friends with a 70-year-old. The actor who played the latter character, Richard Masur, became Lawler's mentor and best friend. She tapped into their relationship for the emotions needed to portray her character in Station Eleven.[3]
For her work in Station Eleven, The New Yorker called Lawler "a gifted performer."Recently she has played Betty in the Disney+ limited series The Santa Clauses.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Block Island Sound | Emily | |
| 2020 | Good Grief | Young Nora | Short film |
| 2021 | Flora & Ulysses | Flora | |
| 2024 | Ezra | Ruby | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-21 | Evil | Mathilda Mowbray / Brenda | Guest role - 2 episodes | |
| 2021-22 | Station Eleven | Young Kirsten | Main role | |
| 2022- | The Santa Clauses | Betty, Santa's Chief of Staff | Main role: season 1 Recurring role: season 2 | |
| 2023- | The Gilded Age | Frances Montgomery | Recurring role - 2 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Net Will Appear | Rory[5] | Mile Square Theatre |
| 2018 | The Ferryman | Honor Carney[6] | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre |