Eloise Mignon

Eloise Mignon
Born	(1986-09-18) 18 September 1986 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Eloise Mignon (born 18 September 1986) is an Australian actress. She also has French and American citizenship. Mignon began her career starring in children's television shows: The Legacy of the Silver Shadow and Silversun well as the well known Australian soap opera Neighbours.

Early life

Eloise Mignon was born in Melbourne to French director Jean-Pierre Mignon, and an American mother. Mignon was educated at Melbourne Girls College, Wesley College and St Michael's Grammar School.

Career

Eloise worked from a young age in independent theatre, notably with The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm in their multi award-winning production Rubeville where she played Trixi.

Her screen credits include a role in Legacy of the Silver Shadow and a main character Mara Lomax in children's sci-fi series Silversun. She also appears as a prostitute in the Australian film Three Blind Mice (2008), directed by Matthew Newton

From 23 July 2007, Mignon began appearing as Bridget Parker in the soap opera, Neighbours. In March 2009, it was announced that Mignon had quit the show. The character of Bridget died from injuries sustained in a car accident. Mignon announced that her reason for leaving the show was so that she could return to studying an Arts degree at the University of Melbourne.

Mignon performed as Jennifer in the play In A Dark Dark House at the Red Stitch Actors Theatre in Melbourne until 22 August 2009. She performed for the Melbourne Theatre Company in The Grenade, and Return to Earth. In 2010 Mignon appeared in City Homicide as Layla.

Since 2010 Mignon has primarily worked in professional theatre in Australia and France. In 2011 Mignon played the role of Hedvig in Belvoir's production of the Henrik Ibsen play The Wild Duck opposite Toby Schmitz and Anita Hegh, directed by Simon Stone. Her performance was praised with one critic commenting "Mignon articulates the young girl’s confusion in heartbreaking fashion". The production was invited to perform at the International Ibsen Festival in Oslo as well as the Weiner Festowchen and Holland Festival. Mignon’s performance was critically very well regarded.

In 2012 Mignon returned to the Belvoir stage appearing first in Every Breath by writer and director Benedict Andrews, followed by Strange Interlude where she interpreted Madeleine with director Simon Stone, and a new production of the Noël Coward play Private Lives. In 2013 she returned to work with Simon Stone on The Cherry Orchard for Melbourne Theatre Company where she interpreted Anya. Mignon appeared in the third series of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in 2015.

From 2014 to 2016 she collaborated on and performed in two projects with the German auteur Falk Richter- Complexity of Belonging in conjunction with choreographer Anouk van Dijk for Chunky Move and Je Suis Fassbinder with French theatre director Stanislas Nordey at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg and Théâtre National de la Colline, Paris. Both projects were written with her in mind; she performs the role ‘Eloise’.

Eloise has a Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours) from the University of Melbourne. She graduated with first class honours and several merit prizes. Dean’s Honours List; R.G. Wilson Scholarship; Dwight Final Examination Prize (2015). 2013: Richard Gunter Prizes for English.

Filmography

Theatre

Production	Year	Theatre	Role	Writer	Director	Ref(s)
Je Suis Fassbinder	2016	Théâtre National de Strasbourg; Théâtre National de La colline, Théâtre de Vidy; Théâtre National de Bretagne; MC2 (Grenoble)	Eloïse	Falk Richter	Falk Richter and Stanislas Nordey
Complexity of Belonging	2015	Schaubühne am Leinener Platz; Théâtre National de Chaillot; Spring Festival Utrecht; National Theatre of Taiwan	Eloïse	Falk Richter	Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk
Complexity of Belonging	2014	Chunky Move, Melbourne International Arts Festival	Eloïse	Falk Richter	Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk
The Cherry Orchard	2013	Melbourne Theatre Company	Anya	Simon Stone after Anton Chekov	Simon Stone
The Wild Duck	2013	Holland Festival; Weiner Festwochen	Hedvig	Simon Stone after Henrik Ibsen	Simon Stone
Private Lives	2012	Belvoir St Theatre	Sybil Chase	Noël Coward	Ralph Myers
Strange Interlude	2012	Belvoir St Theatre	Madeleine Arnold	Simon Stone after Eugene O’Neill	Simon Stone
Every Breath	2012	Belvoir St Theatre	Olivia	Benedict Andrews	Benedict Andrews
The Wild Duck	2012	Malthouse Theatre	Hedvig	Simon Stone after Henrik Ibsen	Simon Stone
Return to Earth	2011	Belvoir St Theatre	Alice Waster	Lally Katz	Aiden Fenessey
The Wild Duck	2011	Belvoir St Theatre	Hedvig	Simon Stone after Henrik Ibsen	Simon Stone
The Grenade	2010	Melbourne Theatre Company; Sydney Theatre Company	Lola McTavish	Tony McNamara	Peter Evans
In a Dark, Dark, House	2009	Red Stitch Actors Theatre	Jennifer	Neil LaBute	Wayne Pearn
Rubeville	2007	The Black Lung Theatre Company and Whaling Firm	Trixi	Thomas Henning; collaborative	Thomas Henning
The Desert	2004	Oubykh Theatre Corp	Girl	Nicholas Casey	Glyn Roberts
The Jaundice Table	2004	Oubykh Theatre Corp	Various	Glyn Roberts	Glyn Roberts
As I Like You	2004	Oubykh Theatre Corp	Narrator	Nicholas Casey	Glyn Roberts
Entrails		Oubykh Theatre Corp	Doll	Glyn Roberts	Glyn Roberts
Le Malade Imaginaire	1997	Melbourne French Theatre Company	Louison	Molière	Michel Bulla

Television

Production	Year	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries	2014	Sarah Nordern	Season 3 première
City Homicide	2009	Layla Pullman	Episode: “Good Cop Bad Cop”
Neighbours	2007-2009	Bridget Parker	Series regular
Silversun	2004	Mara Lomax	Co-lead (40 episodes)
The Legacy of the Silver Shadow	2002	Fiona	Co-lead (13 episodes)

Film

Title	Year	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
Three Blind Mice	2008	Grace	Matthew Newton		Three Blind Mice (2008 film)
Wholesalers	2006	Girl (lead)	Eva Birch	Short Film
Redskin	2003	Aislin	Melanie Horkan	Victorian College of the Arts Short Film