Liv Hewson
Hewson in 2018
Born (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 28)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright
Years active2013–present

Liv Hewson (born 29 November 1995) is an Australian non-binary actor and playwright.[1][2][3] Their written work includes "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales and mythology with a queer and dark slant."[4] They starred as Abby Hammond in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet from 2017 to 2019. Since 2021 they have been portraying Van Palmer in the Showtime series Yellowjackets.

Career

In 2014, Hewson traveled to Los Angeles[5] to attend an acting workshop. In 2016, they played the lead role of Claire Duncan in the fantasy web series Dramaworld. In 2017, they starred in the film Before I Fall and had recurring roles in the second series of Top of the Lake and in the miniseries Inhumans.[6]

Personal life

Hewson was born in Canberra and was assigned female at birth.[7] They grew up in the suburb of Hughes and attended Alfred Deakin High School and Canberra College. Hewson has three brothers; their mother, Angela, is a public servant and their father, Tony, is a psychologist. Hewson began acting as part of the Canberra Youth Theatre. Growing up, the family watched a lot of American television shows, such as The Simpsons and Futurama, which Hewson said made it easy to act with an American accent.[6]

Hewson came out as non-binary at age 16.[8] They are gay and use they/them pronouns.[8][9] In 2020, Hewson received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award for their LGBT+ advocacy.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Alfonso Frisk Fenny Frisk (older) Short film
2015 Survey Says Hillary Short film
So Romantic Gurt Short film
2016 Lets See How Fast This Baby Will Go Gloria Short film[11]
2017 Before I Fall Anna Cartullo [12]
2018 Puzzle Nicki
2019 Let It Snow Dorrie
Bombshell Lily
2020 Under My Skin Denny

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 I've Got No Legs Liv Unknown episodes
2014–2015 Do You Mind? Gurt, Matilda, Lana 3 episodes
2016 Dramaworld Claire Duncan Season 1 of Dramaworld, 10 episodes
Lead role[3]
The Code Elle Episode: “Episode 6” (series finale)
2017 Top of the Lake Michaela 3 episodes, recurring role (series 2)
2017–2019 Santa Clarita Diet Abby Hammond Series regular[13]
2017 Inhumans Audrey 3 episodes, recurring role
2018 Back In Very Small Business Ashley Piper 8 episodes
2021 Dramaworld 2 Claire Duncan Season 2 of Dramaworld, 10 episodes
Lead role[3]
2021–present Yellowjackets Teenage Vanessa Palmer Recurring Season 1; Main Season 2
2023 Party Down Escapade 1 episode

Web series

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Homecoming Queens Chloë Reeson

References

  1. ^ Cerabona, Ron (20 March 2015). "Question Time: Actress and playwright Liv Hewson". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Showcast-Liv Hewson". Showcast. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Weintraub, Steve (12 April 2016). "Liv Hewson Calls American-Korean Mashup Series 'Dramaworld' a "Korean Narnia"". Collider. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  4. ^ liv hewson [@livhewson] (16 February 2017). "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Samaras, Denholm (16 January 2020). "Liv Hewson: from Hughes to Hollywood". Canberra Weekly. p. 24. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b Doherty, Megan (17 March 2017). "Canberra girl Liv Hewson is living the Hollywood dream". Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Who's Afraid of Liv Hewson?". Teen Vogue. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b Berlatsky, Noah (3 May 2018). "'Santa Clarita Diet's Liv Hewson has never played a non-binary character—so they're writing one". A Beautiful Perspective. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  9. ^ Sarrubba, Stefania (21 May 2019). "Santa Clarita Diet actor Liv Hewson: 'There isn't one way to be non-binary'". Gay Star News. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  10. ^ Campaign, Human Rights. "HRC to Honor Liv Hewson at the 2020 HRC Austin Gala Dinner". Human Rights Campaign. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Lets See How Fast This Baby Will Go". IMDb.com. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  12. ^ Lincoln, Ross A. (20 November 2015). "'Before I Fall' Adds Liv Hewson; Gabriella Wright Joins 'Security'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  13. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (1 June 2016). "'Santa Clarita Diet': Liv Hewson Cast As Regular, Richard T. Jones To Recur". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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