Emma Thompson has just announced the delightful news that the Nanny Mcphee movie will be made into a musical.
The original 2005 big screen version was a smash hit and launched the career of Eliza.
She played the oldest daughter of Colin Firth’s bumbling single dad and a string of big and small screen roles followed.
Now 26, the young British star has found fame fearlessly tackling controversial and pop culture themes.
Eliza made her debut in the 2004 Julia Stiles romcom The Prince and Me, followed a year later by Nanny McPhee.
She played another precocious child in the 2008 big screen adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s novel, Inkheart, opposite Helen Mirren and Brendan Fraser.
Just four years later she was totally transformed when she tackled a gritty and terrifying role in the thriller Confine, attacking and abusing Daisy Lowe’s central character. Eliza terrorises the housebound Daisy, tying her up and physically attacking her.
She is killed in a shocking showdown with police at the end of the movie and didn’t fare much better in Broadchurch.
In an episode of Season 2, Eliza plays a woman having an affair with James D’Arcy’s character. After she is discovered by her uncle, he angrily throws her to the floor where she is impaled ona huge nail and dies.
Not even Nanny McPhee could fix that, however Eliza has found herself on the other side of the situation in her new show.
The actress’ most recent role was the 2017 MTV series Sweet?Vicious. She played a college student vigilante taking revenge on the attackers of young women.
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Unfotunately teh show was cancelled after one season.
Eliza has also starred in the West End in musicals Loserville and played Jemima Potts in 2002’s revival of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Perhaps she should drop Emma Thompson a line about the new Nanny McPhee show…
