Occupation Actress, Singer Name Skye Bennett | Years active 2005–present Role Actress | |
Full Name Skye Deva Bennett Born 2 May 1995 (age 29) ( 1995-05-02 ) London, England, UK Movies Dark Floors, Skellig, Against the Dark, Shadow Man, Boy A Similar People Pete Riski, Bill Milner, Dominique McElligott, Noah Huntley, Richard Crudo | ||
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Playing Pyra or Mythra with the voice of Pyra & Mythra, Skye Bennett!
Skye Deva Bennett (born 2 May 1995) is an English American actress, best known for her role as Sarah in the 2008 film Dark Floors, as well as for her role as Martha in The Pillars of the Earth.
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- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Playing Pyra or Mythra with the voice of Pyra Mythra Skye Bennett
- Personal life
- Film
- Television
- Theatre
- Filmography
- References
Personal life
Bennett was born in London, England to American parents and moved to Berkshire before her first birthday. She began learning to figure skate at age four and skated competitively until her acting career made it impossible to continue training. Skye attended the prestigious Jackie Palmer Stage School from 2004-2014. She is a lifelong vegetarian and has a rescue dog and two rescue cats.
Film
Skye Bennett began acting at the age 10 in Shadow Man, a 2006 Steven Seagal film. She has since then appeared in The Good Night, Boy A, It's Alive, Dark Floors and Against the Dark.
Television
Bennett appeared as Mina in the film adaptation of David Almond's Carnegie Medal- and Whitbread Children's Award-winning book Skellig, which was released in the UK in 2009. She has numerous other television and radio performances, including Holby City, the 2007 television movie Ballet Shoes, Doctors and as the mysterious, tarot card reading little girl in series two of Torchwood. She appeared as young Martha in the TV adaptation of Ken Follett's historical novel, The Pillars of the Earth.
Theatre
Bennett's theatrical debut at age 13 was as Nadia in the Peter Flannery's translation of Burnt by the Sun at the National Theatre, London, in March 2009.
Bennett was also cast in Mark Haddon's new play "Polar Bears" at London's Donmar Warehouse in Spring 2010.