Poppy Drayton


Poppy Gabriella Drayton is a British actress. She is known for playing Elizabeth Thatcher in the feature-length Hallmark Channel television pilot of When Calls the Heart, for playing Amberle Elessedil in the MTV fantasy drama series The Shannara Chronicles, and for playing Abigael in the second season of The CW fantasy drama television series Charmed.

Life and career

Drayton graduated from the Arts Educational School in Chiswick.
In 2013 Drayton was cast in her first major role in the Hallmark Channel television movie pilot for When Calls the Heart, in which she played Elizabeth Thatcher. This was followed by a role in the 2013 Downton Abbey Christmas special. Drayton has also done stage work, appearing in The Green Bay Tree at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London in 2014.
In 2014 Drayton was cast as Amberle Elessedil, one of the lead roles in the MTV fantasy drama series The Shannara Chronicles; the series premiered on 5 January 2016. In February 2016 Drayton was cast in the titular role in newly launched MVP Studios' film The Little Mermaid, an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story.
In 2019, she joined the cast of Charmed as a series regular in the role of Abigael, a mysterious witch, starting with the season’s third episode.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013When Calls the HeartElizabeth ThatcherTelevision movie
2013Downton AbbeyMadeleine AllsoppEpisode: "The London Season"
2014Father BrownSelina McKinleyEpisode: "The Ghost in the Machine"
2014Midsomer MurdersSummer HalestonEpisode: "The Killings of Copenhagen"
2014PlebsCordeliaEpisode: "The Phallus"
2016–2017The Shannara ChroniclesAmberle ElessedilMain role ; guest role
2018Home by SpringLoretta JohnsonTelevision movie
2019–presentCharmedAbigaelMain role

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Dark Souls IIIShira, Knight of Filianore