Pixie Davies
Born (2006-12-09) 9 December 2006 (age 16)[1]
England[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Pixie Love Davies[2] (born 9 December 2006) is an English actress. Born and raised in England, she began her career in 2012, starring in the BBC's The Secret of Crickley Hall. After making her film debut in Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (2012), she appeared in several other features, including Out of the Dark (2014) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016). In 2018, she had her breakout role as Annabel Banks in Disney's Mary Poppins Returns. Davies also voiced Adel in Netflix's The Magician's Elephant.

Life and career

Pixie Love Davies was born and raised in England.[1] Davies played her first role in 2012 as Cally Caleigh, the youngest daughter, in the BBC's television drama The Secret of Crickley Hall.[3] Her performance was well received by critics; for example, GamesRadar+ called her great, favourably stating that while she was humorous, she "never seem[ed] precocious".[4] In the same year, Davies made her film debut in comedy film Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger.[1] She then performed in guest roles before playing Hannah Harriman in Out of the Dark at age seven. While the film was generally negatively received, Davies' performance garnered praise.[5] RogerEbert.com said, "Davies is cute enough, she understandably doesn't have much range beyond pouting, and smiling."[6]

In 2016, she played the role of Bronwyn Bruntley, a girl who possesses superhuman strength, in Tim Burton's film adaptation of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.[7] The film was released on 30 September 2016, and received generally favourable reviews from critics.[8] Writing for Common Sense Media, S. Jhoanna Robledo called the cast "pretty strong".[9] In 2018, Davies played her breakout role as Annabel Banks in Mary Poppins sequel, Mary Poppins Returns.[1] The film grossed $349.5 million at the box office[10] and was complimented by critics.[11] The child performances garnered critical acclaim. Rachit Gupta of The Times of India called them "perfectly cute"[12] and The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney wrote that they were exemplary.[13] For their work, she and the cast of Mary Poppins Returns received an Ensemble Cast Award at the 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival.[14] In 2020, Davies was announced to have joined the cast of Netflix animated film The Magician's Elephant. She voices Adel, the long-lost sister of protagonist Peter.[15]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Secret of Crickley Hall Cally Caleigh TV mini-series[16][17]
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger Pixie [1]
2013 The White Queen Princess Elizabeth TV mini-series[16][17]
2014 Utopia Amanda Episode: 2.2[17][18]
Out of the Dark Hannah Harriman [16][19]
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? Pixie [20]
2015 Esio Trot Roberta TV film[21][17]
2015–2018 Humans Sophie Hawkins TV series, 3 series[16][22]
2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Bronwyn Bruntley [21][16][23]
2018 Mary Poppins Returns Annabel Banks Won an Ensemble Cast Award at 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival[21][17][24]
2019–2020 101 Dalmatian Street Big Fee, Razzi the Rat, Puppy Ensemble (voice) Recurring[25]
2023 The Magician's Elephant Adel (voice) [15]
2023–present Castlevania: Nocturne Maria Renard (voice) [26]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Pixie Davies". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ Davies, Pixie. "Pixie Love Davies (@pixie.davies)". Retrieved 12 August 2021 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ "The Secret of Crickley Hall: Meet the Characters". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. ^ Stuart, Alasdair (26 November 2012). "The Secret Of Crickley Hall 1.02 REVIEW". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Out of the Dark". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ^ Abrams, Simon (27 February 2015). "Out of the Dark movie review & film summary (2015)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. ^ Grant, Stacey (4 March 2016). "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children: Meet The Extraordinary Cast, Complete With Invisible Boy". MTV News. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  9. ^ Robledo, S. Jhoanna (10 March 2016). "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children". Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Mary Poppins Returns". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Mary Poppins Returns". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  12. ^ Gupta, Rachit (4 January 2019). "Mary Poppins Returns". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  13. ^ Rooney, David (12 December 2018). "'Mary Poppins Returns': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  14. ^ McNary, Dave (28 December 2018). "'Mary Poppins Returns' Cast Tapped for Palm Springs Film Festival Honor". Variety. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  15. ^ a b McNary, Dave (15 December 2020). "Noah Jupe, Pixie Davies, Sian Clifford Board Animated Film 'Magician's Elephant' for Netflix". Variety. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e Donald, Claudia (9 October 2017). "Humans • Geschaffen, um zu dienen?". Hörzu (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  17. ^ a b c d e "Meet the cast of Humans series 3". Radio Times. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  18. ^ Batchelor, Kim (1 July 2015). "The robot theory of 'Humans'". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  19. ^ Moore, Roger (27 February 2015). "'Out of the Dark' has few chances to shine". Detroit Free Press. Tribune News Service. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Nativity 3 Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  21. ^ a b c "11 up-and-coming kid actors you'll soon be seeing everywhere". This Insider. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Best Bets". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. 3 June 2018. p. M14. Retrieved 14 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Saunders, Tristram Fane (28 October 2016). "Humans: who are the characters, and what's happened in the story so far?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  24. ^ Newell, Shane; Pena, Xochitl; DiPierro, Amy (3 January 2019). "Chants and pantsuits: Celebrities come in waves — and style — at PSIFF red carpet". Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  25. ^ "Pixie Davies Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  26. ^ "'Castlevania: Nocturne' — Your First Look at the New Series". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

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