Dixie Egerickx

Dixie Egerickx
Egerickx in 2023
Born	Dixie Violet Egerickx (2005-10-31) 31 October 2005 (age 19) London
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2015–present

Dixie Violet Egerickx (born 31 October 2005) is an English actress. Her films include The Little Stranger (2018), Summerland and The Secret Garden (both 2020).

Early life

Dixie Violet Egerickx[1] is from West London. She attended Knightsbridge School, Bute House Preparatory School, and Latymer Upper School.[2][3] She was scouted at the age of eight by casting director Kate Bone of Nina Gold Casting.[4]

Career

In 2015, Egerickx appeared on the London stage as Iphigenia in Robert Icke's adaptation of Oresteia. She had further roles as Rosalind in Alexi Kay Campbell's Sunset at the Villa Thalia at the National Theatre and Jenny Caroline Marx in Richard Bean and Clive Coleman's Young Marx at The Bridge Theatre, directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner.[5] She made her television debut in the television film Churchill's Secret.

Egerickx appeared in the 2017 National Geographic series Genius and the 2018 series Patrick Melrose.[6] Also in 2018, she made her feature film debut in The Little Stranger. Egerickx appeared on Screen International's Screen Stars of Tomorrow list in 2019 at the age of 13.[5]

Egerickx starred as Edie in the 2020 drama film Summerland,[6][7] and portrayed Mary Lennox in the 2020 film The Secret Garden.[6][7][8] In 2019, she filmed HBO's Unaired Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot and can currently be seen in the role of Jo Ransome in the Apple TV+ miniseries The Essex Serpent, directed by Clio Barnard. In 2023, Egerickx completed filming the role of Anna in upcoming feature film Rich Flu, directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	The Wyrd	Beda	Short film
2017	Mirette	Mirette	Short film
2018	The Little Stranger	Gillian Baker-Hyde
2020	The Secret Garden	Mary
2020	Summerland	Edie
2024	Rich Flu

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Churchill's Secret	Young Sarah	TV film
2017	A Royal Winter	Katya	TV film
2017	Genius	Alice Edwards	Episode: "Einstein: Chapter Ten"
2017	The Watcher in the Woods	Ellie Carstairs	TV film
2018	Patrick Melrose	Lucy	Episode: "Mother's Milk"
2022	The Essex Serpent	Jo Ransome

Stage

Date	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Oresteia	Iphigenia
2017	Young Marx	Jenny Caroline 'Qui Qui' Marx	The Bridge Theatre

References

1. Ainsley, Helen (24 February 2021). "The Secret Garden blossoms at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart following release on disc". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
2. "Dukes Alumni: Where are they now?". Dukes Education Annual Report 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
3. "Knightsbridge School - About". ISS. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
4. "The Secret Garden - Dixie Egerickx interview". Smart Entertainment Group. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
5. Gant, Charles (8 July 2019). "Stars of Tomorrow 2019: Dixie Egerickx (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
6. Mackenzie, Steven (25 October 2020). "Budding star: The Secret Garden's Dixie Egerickx has a message for the world". The Big Issue. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
7. Smith, Josh (23 October 2020). "Meet Dixie Egerickx: the teenage star of The Secret Garden & new-gen role model who has a lot to say about climate change and mental health". Glamour. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
8. Cerabona, Ron (28 August 2020). "The Secret Garden stars Dixie Egerickx as an unhappy, spoiled girl who changes for the better". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

External links

• Dixie Egerickx at IMDb