Tilda Cobham-Hervey | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (age 30) Adelaide,South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Partner | Dev Patel (2017–present) |
Tilda Cobham-Hervey (born 4 September 1994) is an Australian actress. She made her film debut in52 Tuesdays, a critically-acclaimed independent film directed bySophie Hyde, and has also appeared on stage. She appeared in the 2018 filmHotel Mumbai, and starred as feminist iconHelen Reddy in the 2019 biopicI Am Woman. In 2023 she starred in theAmazon Prime TV seriesThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
Cobham-Hervey was born on 4 September 1994 inAdelaide,South Australia.[1] Her father is set and lighting designer and event directorGeoff Cobham, and her motherRoz Hervey, a former dancer and dance teacher,[2] later creative director ofRestless Dance Theatre. She died in November 2024.[3][4]
The family travelled a lot, sometimes "living backstage in theatres". Starting from the age of nine, Tilda trained and performed in the Adelaide-based youth circus performance troupeCirkidz for seven years, and was involved in five major productions.[5] Her specialities werehula hoop,trapeze, and acrobatic pitching, but the emphasis was theatrical, and the focus was on storytelling.[6][7]
She attendedMarryatville High School.[8]
Cobham-Hervey performed withForce Majeure inThe Age I’m In, a show which was part of the 2008Sydney andAdelaide Festivals, toured to 17 regional cities in Australia, and also toured to Ireland, Canada, and Korea.[9][10]
In 2009, Cobham-Hervey became a founding member of an Adelaide circus group calledGravity and Other Myths, where she co-devised a show calledFreefall. The troupe won theAdelaide Fringe's "Best Circus" award in 2010, the festival's Tour Ready award in 2011 and later that year won "Best Circus" in theMelbourne Fringe Festival, and she won the festival's award for "Best Emerging Circus/Physical Theatre Performer" in 2011.[11][12]
After tagging along to an open audition with friends,[5] Cobham-Hervey won the lead role of Billie inCloser Productions' feature film52 Tuesdays, which was filmed on one day each week between August 2011 and August 2012. After52 Tuesdays was released at theSundance Film Festival, Cobham-Hervey was signed byCreative Artists Agency (CAA), a major talent agency in the United States,[6] and by United Management in Australia.[13]
In 2012, Cobham-Hervey played the supporting role in Projector Films' featureOne Eyed Girl. In 2013 she created and performed the front-of-house entertainment at theAdelaide Festival club, Barrio,[11] and in 2014, starred in the "Find Wonderful"television commercial[14] for the re-launch of theMyer brand, filmed in New Zealand over three days.[15]
In 2016, Cobham-Hervey appeared in her first play as Rosie Price inThings I Know To be True, which was written byAndrew Bovell for a co-production betweenState Theatre Company of South Australia and UK'sFrantic Assembly.[16]
Cobham-Hervey played the role of Kitty in the six-part TV seriesFucking Adelaide, which premiered at theAdelaide Film Festival in October 2017[17] and screened onABC national television as well asiview from 2018[18] (still available as of April 2019[update][19]).
Cobham-Hervey's directorial debut, a short film commissioned by the ABC andScreen Australia as part of theABC ME Girls Initiative, premiered simultaneously at the 2017 Adelaide Film Festival and on ABC ME on 11 October 2017, theUN's International Day of the Girl. Made bySophie Hyde's Closer Productions in Adelaide,A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl was awarded theCrystal Bear for Best Short Film by the Youth Jury of the68th Berlin International Film Festival's Generation KPlus Section in February 2018.[20][21] It is available on ABC iview until June 2019.[22]
She played the role of Nanny Sally in the major filmHotel Mumbai, released in 2019.[23]
In December 2017, she was cast as Australian singer Helen Reddy in Australian film-makerUnjoo Moon's bio-pic about the singerHelen Reddy,I Am Woman.[24] Filmed in Australia, Los Angeles and New York City in late 2018,[25] the film premiered at theToronto Film Festival in 2019. Her performance was lauded byThe Hollywood Reporter, describing it as a "breakout performance".[26]
Cobham-Hervey andDev Patel co-wrote and -directed a short film,Roborovski, about ahamster, which premiered atFlickerfest inSydney in January 2020.[27] The film won three prizes at theRencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes (Antipodean Film Festival) atSaint Tropez, France, in 2021: Australian Short Film Today; theNicholas Baudin Prize; and the Audience Award.[28]
In 2021, Cobham-Hervey devised an interactive theatre piece entitledTwo Strangers Walk into a Bar which was premiered in theAdelaide Fringe and had a later season atMOD., a South Australian "futuristic museum of discovery".[29][30][31]
As of December 2021[update] Cobham-Hervey had relocated back to Australia, after around four years inLos Angeles, to filmThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.[32] Cobham-Hervey was announced as part of the cast for Netflix seriesApple Cider Vinegar.[33]
In September 2023, she took the main role as Esme Nicoll in the stage adaptation ofPip Williams' novelThe Dictionary of Lost Words, co-produced by the State Theatre Company South Australia andSydney Theatre Company. The play, written by playwrightVerity Laughton, premiered at theDunstan Playhouse in Adelaide, before moving to theSydney Opera House.[34][35]
In March 2017, Cobham-Hervey's relationship with British actorDev Patel became public. They had met nine months earlier on the set ofHotel Mumbai.[36][32] In April 2022 they moved to Adelaide.[37] The couple posed for photographs together for the first time on thered carpet at theSydney premiere of Patel's debut feature as a director,Monkey Man, on 2 April 2024.[38]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 52 Tuesdays | Billie |
| One Eyed Girl | Grace | |
| 2014 | Marcia & The Shark | Marcia |
| 2015 | Girl Asleep | Huldra |
| 2016 | The Suitor | Charlotte |
| 2018 | Hotel Mumbai | Sally |
| 2019 | Burn | Melinda |
| I Am Woman | Helen Reddy | |
| 2021 | Flinch | Mia Rose |
| Lone Wolf | Winnie | |
| 2024 | Young Woman and the Sea | Margaret Ederle |
| 2025 | Jimpa |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sundance Dispatch:52 Tuesdays | Herself | |
| How We Make Movies | Herself | ||
| 2015 | The Kettering Incident | Eliza Grayson | 8 episodes |
| 2016 | Barracuda | Emma Taylor | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Fucking Adelaide | Kitty | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart | Agnes Hart | 7 episodes |
| 2025 | Apple Cider Vinegar | Lucy Guthrie | TV series: 6 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl | Writer & director | Short film, shown onABC ME |
| 2020 | Roborovski | Co-writer & director, withDev Patel | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Things I Know to Be True | Rosie Price | State Theatre Company of South Australia |
| 2017 | Vale | Isla Vale | State Theatre Company of South Australia |
| 2021 | Two Strangers Walk Into a Bar | Voice-over | Devised by Cobham-Hervey |
| 2023 | The Dictionary of Lost Words | Esme Nicoll | State Theatre Company of South Australia |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2010 | Adelaide Fringe Award | AFF Award for Best Circus | Freefall | Won | [11][12] |
| 2011 | Adelaide Fringe Award | AFF Tour Ready Award | Won | [11][12] | |
| Melbourne Fringe Festival Award | MFF Award for Best Circus | Won | [11][12] | ||
| Melbourne Fringe Festival Award | MFF Award for Best Emerging Circus/Physical Theatre Performer | Won | [11][12] |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Australian Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | 52 Tuesdays | Nominated | [39][40] |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Performance by a Young Actor | Nominated | [39][41] | ||
| 2017 | Silver Logie award | Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer | The Kettering Incident | Nominated | [42][43] |
| 2018 | 68th Berlin International Film Festival | Crystal Bear for Best Short Film, Generation KPlus Section | A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl | Won | As writer and director.[20] |
| 2019 | 9th AACTA Awards | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Hotel Mumbai | Nominated | [44] |
| 2020 | 10th AACTA Awards | AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | I Am Woman | Nominated | [45] |
Roborovski won three prizes at theRencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes in 2021: Australian Short Film Today; theNicholas Baudin Prize; and the Audience Award.[28]
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2017 | Helpmann Awards | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play | Rosie Price inThings I Know to Be True | Nominated | [46][47] |
| 2019 | South Australian Ruby Awards | Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award | N/A | Won | [48] |
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