Matilda Lawler is an American actress best known for starring roles in the film Flora & Ulysses, as Flora, the HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven, the HBO series It: Welcome to Derry and the Christmas fantasy series The Santa Clauses. She has received nominations for a Gotham Award, Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Early life Lawler's parents, Matthew and Mara Lawler (nee Demey), are actors.
Career Lawler's first acting role was in a stage production of Jack and Annie at Hoboken Children's Theater when she was in the first grade. She made her Broadway debut in The Ferryman (2018).
In 2017, she starred in the play The Net Will Appear, in which she played a nine-year-old who becomes friends with a 70-year-old. The actor who played the latter character, Richard Masur, became Lawler's mentor and best friend. She tapped into their relationship for the emotions needed to portray her character in Station Eleven.
For her work in Station Eleven, The New Yorker called Lawler "a gifted performer". In 2022, she appeared in the main cast of the Disney+ limited series The Santa Clauses.
Acting credits Film Year Title Role Notes2020The Block Island SoundEmily2020Good GriefYoung NoraShort film2021Flora & UlyssesFlora2024EzraRuby
Television Year Title Role Notes 2019-2021 Evil Mathilda Mowbray / Brenda Guest role - 2 episodes 2021-2022 Station Eleven young Kirsten Raymond Main role 2022-2023 The Santa Clauses Betty, Santa's Chief of Staff Main role: season 1Recurring role: season 2 2023–present The Gilded Age Frances Montgomery Recurring role - 6 episodes 2025 It: Welcome to Derry Margaret "Marge" Truman 8 Episodes
Theatre Year Title Role Venue2017The Net Will Appear Rory Mile Square Theatre2018The Ferryman Honor Carney Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre2025The Thing About JellyfishSuzy SwansonBerkeley Repertory Theatre
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Work Result 2022 Gotham Awards Outstanding Performance in a New Series Station Eleven 2023 Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Younger Performer The Santa Clauses Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The Gilded Age
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