Hannah van der Westhuysen
Hannah van der Westhuysen | |
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Born | Hannah Jo van der Westhuysen 26 August 1995 |
Alma mater | Drama Centre London |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2004–2005, 2014–present |
Hannah Jo van der Westhuysen (fan-dər-vest-hay-zehn; born 26 August 1995) is an English actor. They began their career as a child actor on the CITV series The Fugitives (2005). More recently, they played Stella in the Netflix series Fate: The Winx Saga (2021–2022).
Early life and education
Van der Westhuysen was born in Hammersmith, West London to a British mother and a South African father and grew up in South West London. They hold dual citizenship. They took a year-long foundation course at the LAMDA before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from Drama Centre London in 2018.
Personal life
Van Der Westhuysen uses they/them pronouns.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | The Bay of Silence | Becca | |
2021 | A Little Italian Vacation | Claire | |
2022 | Lamborghini | Clelia Monti |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Keen Eddie | Edwina Weatherhead | Episode: "Inciting Incident" |
2004 | Frankenstein | Eva | Miniseries |
2005 | The Fugitives | Fleecey Keaton | Main role |
2018 | Get Lost! | Amy | Television film |
2020 | Grantchester | Heather | 1 episode |
2021–2022 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Stella | Main role |
2022 | The Sandman | The Princess | Episode: "Dream a Little Dream of Me" |
Music videos
- "No Man's Land" (2015), Joss Stone
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Chalet Lines | Jolene | Bridewell Theatre, London |
2015 | King Lear | Cordelia | Theatro Technis, London; Bois de Boulogne, Paris |
2016 | Lipstick & Scones | Liz | Leicester Square Theatre, London |
2017 | Lunch Hour | One | Southwark Playhouse |
2019 | An Enemy of the People | Hannah | Playground Theatre, London |
2022 | Autopilot | Nic | Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
2023 | Salty Irina | Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Actors from Hammersmith
- Actresses from London
- Alumni of the Drama Centre London
- British non-binary actors
- English non-binary people
- English LGBT actors
- English people of Afrikaner descent
- English people of South African descent
- LGBT people from London
- English podcasters
- 21st-century English actors