Eloise Mumford (born ) is an American actress known for her roles on the television series Lone Star, The River, The Right Stuff, and Cross. She appeared as Katherine "Kate" Kavanagh in the Fifty Shades of Grey film series.
Early life and education Mumford, the middle child of parents Tom Mumford and Nancy Smith, was born and raised in Olympia, Washington, where she was home-schooled through fifth grade. After homeschooling, she attended Nova Middle School. She later attended Annie Wright Schools in Tacoma, Washington and Capital High School in Olympia. She has an older sister, Anna, and a younger brother, Kai. Inspired at age seven by a local production of South Pacific, Mumford performed in high school plays and at Olympia's Capital Playhouse.
She graduated in 2009 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She also is an alumna of the Atlantic Acting School. While in college, she starred with Jesse Eisenberg in director Maggie Kiley's well-received short film "Some Boys Don't Leave". She understudied Elisabeth Moss in the Broadway production of Speed the Plow.
Career Mumford starred as Lena Landry on the ABC paranormal series The River in 2012 and on the Fox series Lone Star in 2010, in which she was cast during her first pilot season after college. She was the female lead in the Blumhouse Productions feature Not Safe For Work for Universal Pictures, and the female lead in the indy Drones alongside Matt O'Leary, directed by Rick Rosenthal.
In February 2012, she was cast as the female lead in an ABC drama pilot titled Reckless. She played Anastasia Steele's roommate, Kate Kavanagh, in the Fifty Shades of Grey film (2015), and reprised the role in the sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed.
She starred alongside Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz in the indy Standing Up, Falling Down (2019). In 2020 she played Trudy Cooper, the female lead in the Disney+ streaming TV series The Right Stuff. In 2024 she appeared in eight episodes of Amazon Prime’s Cross as Shannon Whitmer, a woman abducted by a serial killer.
Filmography
Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 Crash Megan Emory 4 episodes2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Vanessa Episode: "Sugar" Mercy Hannah Episode: "Some of Us Have Been to the Desert" 2010 Lone Star Lindsay Holloway Main cast2012 The River Lena Landry Main cast Christmas with Holly MaggieTV movie 2015 Just in Time for Christmas Lindsay TV movie2017, 2019 Chicago Fire Hope Jacquinot Recurring role (seasons 6, 8)2018A Veteran's Christmas Captain Grace GarlandTV movie 2020The Right Stuff Trudy Cooper2021The Baker's Son Annie McBride TV movieOne December Night Quinn Allan TV movie2022The Presence of Love Joss TV movie2023Sweeter Than Chocolate Lucy Sweet TV Movie 2024CrossShannon WhitmerMain cast2025Villa Amore Liara Taylor TV Movie
Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 Some Boys Don't Leave The Girl Short film 2012 So Undercover Sasha Stolezinsky/ Suzy Walters Direct-to-video 2013 Drones Sue Lawson2014 Not Safe for Work Anna Newton In the Blood Sandy Grant 2015 The Night Is Young Sid Fifty Shades of GreyKatherine "Kate" Kavanagh 2017 Fifty Shades Darker 2018 Fifty Shades Freed 2019 Standing Up, Falling Down Becky
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