India Eisley
India Joy Eisley is an American actress. She is known for her role as Ashley Juergens in the ABC Family television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and her roles as Eve in 2012 film , Sawa in the 2014 film Kite, and Audrina in the 2016 television film My Sweet Audrina. In 2019 she starred as Fauna Hodel on the TNT television series I Am the Night.
Early life
Eisley was born on October 29, 1993, in Los Angeles, to musician David Glen Eisley and actress Olivia Hussey. Her grandfather was actor Anthony Eisley.Career
Eisley and her mother appeared together in the 2005 movie Headspace. After small roles in various independent films, Eisley gained a major role in 2008 in The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She played Ashley Juergens, younger sister of teen mother Amy Juergens.Eisley starred as Sawa in the 2014 action film Kite, opposite Samuel L. Jackson. At the end of 2014 she filmed Social Suicide 2015, a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, appearing with her real-life mother Olivia Hussey, who played Mrs. Coulson, with Eisley playing her daughter, Julia.
In the beginning of 2015 she also filmed the dark fantasy film The Curse of Sleeping Beauty as Briar Rose. In 2016 Eisley starred in the titular role in the television film adaptation of the V. C. Andrews' book My Sweet Audrina. In 2017 she starred in the Netflix original film Clinical. In 2018, Eisley played the lead role of Maria in the psychological thriller film Look Away opposite Jason Isaacs.
Author Jessica Brody has expressed a desire for Eisley to portray her character Seraphina in the film adaptation of her novel Unremembered. Hollywood casting director Michelle Levy was first to recommend Eisley for the role.
In 2019, Eisley stars alongside Chris Pine as Fauna Hodel in the six-part limited series I Am the Night, which is based on Hodel's memoir ; the series premiered on January 27, 2019 on TNT.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2008–2013 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Ashley Juergens | Main role ; special guest |
2014 | Nanny Cam | Heather Lambert | Television film |
2016 | My Sweet Audrina | Audrina Adare | Television film |
2019 | I Am the Night | Fauna Hodel | Main role |