Ellie Darcey-Alden

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Ellie May Darcey-Alden (born 4 September 1999) is an English former child actress of film, stage and television who is best known for playing young Lily Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, Francesca "Franny" Latimer in the Doctor Who series 7 Christmas special, "The Snowmen" and Felice della Rovere in Tom Fontana's Borgia: Faith and Fear.

Before joining such large franchises as Harry Potter and Doctor Who, she appeared in minimal parts in British theatre and television.

She has also done small-time modelling, commercials, voice over work and competitive dancing.

Early life

Darcey-Alden was born in Yarnton, Oxford, Oxfordshire to a middle-class family, the daughter of Sarah Dawn (née Darcey; b. 1975), a housewife, and Philip Rodney "Phil" Alden (b. 1966), a production senior director on Falcon 9 for SpaceX in Hawthorne, a former general manager at BMW Plant Automotive Group and technology manager at Jaguar Rover Automotive, and an owner of a charity website. Her father has a prominent political background through her paternal great-great-grandfather Leonard Henry Alden, Mayor of Oxford from 1936-37. Her parents legally wed in August 2003.

As a baby, her mother originally intended to name her "Annie" after the character Little Orphan Annie but decided against it, "as I'd probably be a curly red head!" Darcey-Alden explained.

She has a younger brother, Joseph (b. 18 February 2002) who is a former child actor and two older half-siblings, James Philip (b. 1990), a doctor at Colchester Hospital and Rebecca Charlotte "Becki" Alden (b. 1992), who is married, both from her father's first marriage.

She is a former pupil of Dance 10 Theatre School within Edward Feild Primary School in Kidlington which she attended from 2005 to 2011 and of Stagecoach Theatre Arts School under the instruction of Maya Sprigg in Oxford until 2013 where she moved to Elite Dance Studio in Los Angeles until 2015. In late August 2014, she began attending Palos Verdes High School and graduated on 7 June 2018. In Spring 2015 of her Freshman year, she joined her school's Choreo dance team, an advanced dance class that has students perform at pep rallies, community events, sporting events, and at their annual Spring Concert. She additionally divided her time with the drama department. In 2016, she joined the Be the Change leadership class as an admin assistant, dedicating her time to community services and events.

In July 2017, she joined the RADA Youth Company: Acting summer term, training under Trilby James in contemporary text and Shakespeare. In November 2018, she began youth acting classes with John Rosenfeld Studios in West Hollywood.

Personal life

She moved to the United States with her immediate family on 8 February 2013 when she was 13 years old. She now currently resides in Los Angeles in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes.

She is also a big fan of Muggle Quidditch, and was taught to play by members of the five National teams that participated in the 2012 IQA Summer Games (United Kingdom, Australia, France, and the United States). She commented to CNN: "I think [Muggle Quidditch is] brilliant, it's really funny to watch! I didn't realise it was so rough and tough and it's great to just have a go!"

In September 2018, Darcey-Alden was diagnosed for the second time with a breast mass, undergoing immediate surgery. She has since made a full recovery.

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Career

Darcey-Alden made her acting debut in 2007, appearing in small roles on stage and television, as well as her first appearance in Aladdin, directed by Peter Duncan for the Oxford Playhouse. She forged her parents' signature on a sign-up sheet that culminated in an audition at 7 years old, prompting an audition. Duncan highly recommended that she continue acting, directing her to film agents in London, where she had signed on with A&J Management. This was followed by an uncredited appearance in the Tess of the D'Urbervilles, which was followed by an uncredited appearance.

Emma Walker, a film actress, appeared in her first guest-starring role in one episode of Robin Hood and in select episodes in Holby City in 2009, both for the BBC. She auditioned for the latter role earlier this year, accompanied by her mother, and was cast at the age of 9. "It was very entertaining and a very positive experience," Darcey-Alden said about the trip. I loved it a lot. Jade Jackson and Patsy Kensit, co-stars, were really charming, funny, and amusing. I want to be Patsy Kensit when I am older because she is such a good actress. I am a huge Holby City fan and I'm really excited to see it on television. "All my relatives and family are coming to watch it with me."

She appeared in further stage appearances, including Adrian Noble's musical version of Chitty Bang Bang for the New Theatre Oxford in 2002, a redesigned revival of the original London production and the Mardi Gras Competition, a UK dance competition at the Wells Theatre.

She later spoke at a LeakyCon panel in London on which media she preferred more, whether it was television, TV, or film: "I love both." I actually started doing theatre first and then delved into television and film. [...] I don't care about that either.

It's great!"

Darcey-Alden's most notable role came in summer 2008, when she appeared at an open audition for the newest Harry Potter series. The designers hadn't even decided that the final book in the series would be divided into two parts, and once this decision was made, Darcey-Alden was supposed to "re-audition" in December 2009, "fortunately still met the heights and role requirements." "I remember walking into the audition room, and I'd never seen so many other ginger kids in all my life," she said. "I never imagined much, but I kept getting to the audition rounds." She was called back for second audition at Pinewood Studios, where she met director David Yates and worked with a variety of other possibilities for the parts of young James Potter, Sirius Black, Severus Snape, and Lily Evans. The children were encouraged to facilitate short discussions during the course. She then attended a screen test with then 13-year-old Benedict Clarke (who will be cast as young Severus Snape) "as well as a formal costume, hair, and makeup consultation" at Leavesden Studios, where she first saw then 21-year-old actor Daniel Radcliffe on her first day.

Darcey-Alden talked more about her meeting with Radcliffe at a 2013 LeakyCon panel in Portland, Oregon.

She said:

Radcliffe is said to have arranged the meeting, knowing Darcey-Alden had arranged the role even though she was unaware at the time.

Darcey-Alden was told that she was contacted by the producers and after school, and that she appeared in the commercially lucrative Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 on February 10. "I screamed, like I straight up screamed, then I screamed, then I cried." It's not something you want; it's something you create [in your mind]. It's one of those things you can't do is go.'Oh goodness, I wish I could do this.'

Like, how can I be able to do this?'

And it's, like, one of my hopes [to be in Harry Potter], something that sits in the back of your head. Then, when it does happen, it's actually surreal." Darcey-Alden appears in a flashback sequence as Harry's mother in her school days and reveals how she befriended Snape as a child, which is crucial in explaining Harry's tumultuous relationship with his deceased father James.

Although Darcey-Alden's agents at Enfield, London-based casting and production company A&J Management, had been promising her work until she was older, her parents decided not to pursue her acting passion until she was older. Despite this, she resisted her family's interest in the company, particularly for a part in Harry Potter, a role in which her mother initially didn't believe she'd win. When production started, she was not allowed to inform her close friends of her casting in Potter when she left school for Leavesden Studios and Hatfield House to film her scenes. "I am still trying to get over that I am in Harry Potter," she said. I was so excited to be on stage when I first heard it. It was the best time of my life. It was amusing. Everyone was so kind to me and it was so much fun. It was difficult to keep the mystery at first. But when my friends did find out, they were so excited for me and supported me through the whole process."

In April 2010, she and Benedict Clarke (young Snape), Ariella Paradise (young Petunia Dursley), Alfie McIlwain (young James), and Rohan Gotobed (young Sirius Black) were filming her scenes together. Shooting only lasted four days, where one scene was shot per day, though re-shoots and pick-ups were completed in early 2011.

Darcey-Alden and Clarke at a 2013 LeakyCon junket in London, production alternated between sets at Leavesden Studios and on location shooting by the River Lea in Hatfield Park near Hatfield Park. Clarke debating the river scene in particular, Clarke continued: Clarke wrote: "I'm not sure about it."

"We only did half-and-half at Leavesden," Darcey-Alden said. [...] We had the genuine Hatfield House on view, and it was lovely."

Originally, Darcey-Alden and Clarke were supposed to film a sequence on the newly restored green screen set of King's Cross at Leavesden Studios, with young Severus and Lily visiting the Hogwarts Express for the first time. Clarke was supposed to name Darcey-Alden a "Mudblood" (much earlier than this occurs in Rowling's books), resulting in a rift between their characters and their relationship. In the final shooting draft of the filmplay, a Hogwarts Express scene appears; however, no dialogue is present; instead, the most popular kid characters, including Petunia, appear alongside Severus and Lily. Both versions were never intended.

Darcey-Alden and Clarke joined McIlwain and Gotobed at Leavesden on the set of the Great Hall, where the set was divided into two sections for the Battle of Hogwarts sequences; two days of shooting were complete, with one section of the Entrance Hall in ruins; three hours of school tutoring was provided. Darcey-Alden shared with me in a LeakyCon 2013 panel session that she worked with Dame Maggie Smith for the first half of the day, and was quoted jokingly: "She spoke to me." It's not my fault."

She later said in detail:

A week later, a final day of fire in the Hogwarts corridor began, where several actors had the four children characters walk and run up the corridor numerous times. A first-year Slytherin undergraduate was entangled in McIlwain and Gotobed, but this information was eventually deleted. "I went without dialogue first," Gotobed revealed in a blog post, "I told [David Yates] that I say 'Snivellus' as we advanced through Snape and Lily." David agreed that it was a good idea, and even extended it to me later in the day, when I was supposed to say 'come on James' at the end of the brief scene.' Both lines were cut for publication in favour of [Radcliffe]'s voiceover [sic], which makes more sense in terms of the whole montage.

Darcey-Alden is naturally red-haired, though she was required to wear blue contact lenses to match Daniel Radcliffe's eye colour, as her co-star Benedict Clarke's described it. Darcey-Alden revealed later that she had contacted contacts in January 2015 when she was a special visitor at a Harry Potter celebration at the Riverview Middle School in New Brunswick, Canada. She said, "winning classrooms can debate a live Skype Q&A."

She published a snapshot of herself and Daniel Radcliffe posing on Twitter later today to mark Radcliffe's 26th birthday, which also confirmed that she had worn blue colour contacts. Darcey-Alden said in a interview on December 1st that she wore contacts for the full extent of shooting her scenes, saying, "I don't know what happened."

People ask me this all the time!"

Harry is portrayed as having his mother's brilliant green, almond-shaped eyes in the books, but Radcliffe never had any colour-correcting contacts in the films due to a negative reaction to them; J.K. Rowling later stated that it was not a definite need that Harry have green eyes in the films, as long as there was a similarity between him and his mother's. However, the procedure of using blue contacts eventually backfired, and Darcey-Alden's natural eye color came through in the final video. This mistake was not digitally corrected in post-production for some unknown reason, but it could have been due to producer David Heyman's dissatisfaction with previous attempts.

Darcey-Alden said when asked later whether it was like to be a part of a well-known movie franchise, "I'm not famous, people don't recognize me." I'm just a normal, crazy 12 year old [sic] who was very fortunate to be in such a big film.

Darcey-Alden has since been cast in a number of independent and larger budget films. On the official A&J Management Twitter, she was revealed on July 20, 2011, the British thriller co-starring James McAvoy, Mark Strong and Harry Potter alum Peter Mullan. She appeared in the opposite aisle from Elyes Gabel for a brief period of time. Two short films, Pranks, and a children's ghost story are among two young children bundled together in a woodland's spirit of her foster mother's death. Sam & Isobel, a coming of age story of two young children brought together in a woodland of children, includes a childlike innocence and nay, but Sam soon discovers that Isobel is not as innocent as she appears. Pranks co-starred Joseph Darcey-Alden, a true life photographer, for four days on location at Cuckman's Farm, St Albans. In April 2016, the film was released to the public for the first time. Sam & Isobel began filming on April 9th and ended the filming the following week. Brendan Lyle's official teaser trailer was released online on April 2nd, 2013. The film made its way to film festivals this year, and the production crew announced it officially online on Vimeo and YouTube in early 2014. Darcey-Alden's performance was described as "ripened and complicated" by one reviewer. [...] [F]rom the time she begins to narrate her tale, she appears so young and yet so mature for a girl of 12 to 13 years old, a maturity that is both engaging and a touch a bit tense. [...] This type of maturity, in the end, foreshadows who her character is really is, although it may appear adorably innocent, but there's a hint of bitterness beneath her as she isn't affected by any of her careless behavior."

As Francesca Latimer reunited with real life brother Joseph Darcey-Alden as her on-screen sibling and co-starring Jenna Coleman and Matt Smith, she returned to the BBC in 2012 for the Doctor Who series "The Snowmen" as her on-screen sibling and co-starring Jenniferna and Matt Smith. Francesca "Franny" Latimer and her brother Digby are wards cared for by their governes Clara Oswald under the alias "Miss Montague" in the episode, which occurred in London 1892. The children have a much closer relationship with Clara than they do with their own father, and Franny decides to relate a frightening memory of her late kingss who has been tormenting her in her hopes of returning to her for Christmas Eve. It is revealed that years ago, the governors drowned in the Latimers' pond, which has now frozen. Franny's nightmare emerges as a result of a string of events, and Clara succumbs to internal injuries that have long been mourned by the Latimers.

Darcey-Alden revealed that it was her brother who secured her the job at a Chicago TARDIS 2014 panel.

Joseph elaborated by saying:

"Ellie continued to act as they were auditioning for the sister role." So they were just doing the brothers and then they did the sisters after that. But we [...] went in and we read together, and we got a callback. We got a callback and then it sort of went off with that," the following days.

The read-through took place on August 2, 2012, and was shot later in BBC Wales' Roath Lock studios and Newport. Darcey-Alden is the newest in a line of Harry Potter cast members to appear in both Potter and Doctor Who, including David Tennant, Michael Gambon, Helen McCrory, John Cleese, Tom Hughes, Roger Lloyd Pack, Bill Nighy, Adrian Rawlins, and John Hurt.

Felice della Rovere, on-screen and illegitimate daughter to Dejan uki's Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, was confirmed in the second season of Tom Fontana's French-Czech historical television drama Borgia: Faith and Fear (not to be confused with Showtime's The Borgias) in the same year. From March to November 2012, two series two were shot on location in Prague and Italy. Darcey-Alden filmed her scenes in Italy over the course of three days in October, filming the scene alongside Matt Di'angelo and Mark Ryder. On March 18, 2013 and Netflix on May 1, 2013, the show premiered.

Felice is regarded as a significant and influential figure of the Italian Renaissance, Darcey-Alden's presence in the shadow of her father's death is limited to a modest presence in the shadow of her regal father; years before she remarried Gian Giordano Orsini, she became a central figure of the Italian Renaissance, and later became a celebrated figure of the Italian Renaissance, according to records, she appeared in the shadow of her late father.

Although Darcey-Alden only filmed small scenes for episodes 11 and 12, they were eventually deleted from the final version, but her name appears in the credits of the Season 2 DVD (Region 2). The show had been renewed for a third season, but it had been announced that this was the last of the series. At the time, it was still unknown if Darcey-Alden's character would return to the show, but her appearance had been stifled since the last episode on Canal+ was broadcast in France on October 27, 2014.

Ellen Kent's Aida Verdi for the New Theatre Oxford and The Nutcracker Twisted Nutcracker, an adaptation of the original that falls away from classical ballet and includes tap, hip-hop, jazz, singing, and a bit of "Gangnam Style." On November 30, 2013, Elite Dance Studio presented the performance at the Norris Theatre and appeared at the Norris Theatre.

This would be her last foray into professional acting when she announced in January 2016 that her professional acting career was on hold, adding that "Hollywood does not like a 16-year-old braces." I'll be out to audition again next year if I get my braces off.

On May 23, she appeared in the Showstopper! At the Disneyland Hotel in California, there was a competition. She competed in ballet solo, ballet group, jazz ensemble, and contemporary group. Elite Dance Studio awarded two Platinum 1st Place awards for their performances "Stranded" and "Hold It Against Me" respectively.

She took part in the KAR: Kids Artistic Revue Long Beach, CA Competition, which took place at Millikan High School, on February 6, 2015, on 6-8.

She appeared in the Palos Verdes High School Choreo Show 2015 and 2016, which was held at the James R. Armstrong Theatre in Torrance, from 23 to 24, March.

Noises Off, a British English dialect coach for Palos Verdes High School, appeared on stage for the first time behind the scenes.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Nicole Thompson as the Female Ensemble, was performed from 15-17, 21 to 24, 2016. The musical was later nominated for 15 John Raitt Awards for Youth, including Best Ensemble and Musical Comedy of the Year, and took home one for Musical Comedy of the Year.

Alice was the recurring character in the British drama action television series Remnants, directed and written by Luke Heaver and Kieran Thomas Peace in August 2018. In 2019, it is projected to be a success.

In March 2019, Harriett's supporting character was announced that she would be starring the cast of How to Identify a Serial Killer as the supporting character. It's likely that actor Karlisha Hurley and directed by Kristine May will direct later this year.

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