Eliot Salt
Eliot Salt | |
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| Born | Eliot Mary Salt Stockport, Greater Manchester, England |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Eliot Mary Salt is an English actress, theatre maker, and writer.
Early life and education[edit]
Salt is from Stockport, Greater Manchester. She studied English at the University of Bristol and later trained in Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).[1][2][3]
Career[edit]
Salt made her television debut in 2019 in 4 episodes of the Channel 4 sitcom GameFace. In 2020, Salt began playing Evelyn in the Sky One spy comedy series Intelligence. She also appeared as Joanna, Marianne's friend at Trinity College Dublin, in the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries Normal People.[4] She starred as Terra in the 2021 Netflix series Fate: The Winx Saga.[5][6]
She was cast in Manor at the National Theatre.[7]
Deadpan Theatre and Mack and Salt[edit]
Salt founded Deadpan Theatre with Artemis Fitzalan Howard in 2013.[8] The pair co-wrote Low Tide in Glass Bay, Changing Partners, and Get Your Shit Together.[9]
It was here Salt formed a comedy duo with Jude Mack, whom she met at university, later known as Mack and Salt.[10][11] Mack and Salt's productions through Deadpan include Predrinks / After Party and Third Wheel.[12] It was announced in January 2021 that BBC Three had picked up Mack and Salt's pilot Amicable, a screen adaptation of the former, which they would write and star in.[13]
Personal life[edit]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | GameFace | Frances | 4 episodes |
| 2020–2021 | Intelligence | Evelyn | Main role |
| 2020 | Normal People | Joanna | 6 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Terra Harvey | Main role |
| 2021 | Dalgliesh | Madeleine Goodale | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | Slow Horses | Sarah | 6 episodes |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Low Tide in Glass Bay | Bronnie | Writer; Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol Landor Theatre, London Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival White Theatre, Bristol |
| 2014 | Changing Partners | — | Writer; Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol Rialto Theatre, Brighton Fringe |
| 2015 | Get Your Shit Together | Marguerite | Writer; Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Landor Theatre, London |
| 2015 | In Other Words | Various | Barbican Theatre, Plymouth |
| 2016 | PreDrinks / AfterParty | Ally | Writer; Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
| 2016 | Pulling Out | Caitlin | UK tour[14] |
| 2017 | Third Wheel | Polly | Writer; Guilded Balloon, Edinburgh |
| 2023–2024 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Amelia | National Theatre, London |
Audio[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Confessions of Caminada | Woman | BBC Radio 4 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Mack & Salt Bring THIRD WHEEL To Bloomsbury Theatre". Broadway World. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "2018 graduates". LAMDA. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Henley, Rowena (23 April 2020). "Why Normal People's Eliot Salt Is Thankful For Her Parents' Brutal Honesty". Bustle. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Prahl, Amanda (28 April 2020). "Eliot Salt as Joanna". PopSugar. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "TV preview: Rising stars Abigail Cowen, Danny Griffin, Eliot Salt, and Precious Mustapha on Netflix's new fairy series". The Herald. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Pearce, Tilly (7 February 2021). "Fate: The Winx Saga season 2: Eliot Salt teases Flora's arrival – and how Terra will react". Metro. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Eliot Salt". National Theatre. March 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "About Us". Deadpan Theatre. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Critically acclaimed Deadpan Theatre return to the Edinburgh Festival with new romantic comedy narrated by on-stage band, Third Wheel". Avalon. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Innis, Tom (1 August 2017). "Interview with Eliot Salt and Jude Mack". Voice. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Laws, Chloe (20 August 2017). "GRL Talk With Mack & Salt". FGirls Club. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Mack and Salt take Third Wheel to London following triumphant Edinburgh Fringe Festival". Avalon. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Richardson, Jay (27 January 2021). "Mack and Salt land BBC Three comedy pilot Amicable". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Pulling Out". Documental Theatre. May 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
External links[edit]
- Eliot Salt at IMDb
- Living people
- 1994 births
- 21st-century English actresses
- 21st-century English women writers
- 21st-century English comedians
- 21st-century English dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century English LGBT people
- Actresses from Stockport
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- Comedians from Greater Manchester
- Lesbian comedians
- Lesbian dramatists and playwrights
- English women comedians
- English women dramatists and playwrights
- English LGBT comedians
- English LGBT dramatists and playwrights
- English stage actresses
- English lesbian actresses
- English lesbian writers