Australian actress Katherine Langford, star of the new Netflix original fantasy series ‘Cursed’, is set to meet the Giffoni children on a live stream on August 22. The Australian actress Katherine Langford, is best known for her role as Hannah Baker in the highly successful Netflix original series ‘13 Reasons Why’.
The Golden Globe Award nominee and winner of the Screen Australia Breakthrough Award can currently be seen leading the Netflix Original fantasy series, “Cursed,” starring as ‘Nimue.’ Co-created and written by Tom Wheeler and Frank Miller and based on their New York Times bestselling book of the same name, “Cursed” is a fresh re-imagination of the familiar Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of ‘Nimue,’ a young woman with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. Other cast members include Gustaf Skarsgård, Devon Terrell, Daniel Sharman, and Shalom Brune-Franklin, among others. The series released globally on Netflix on July 17th.
On the feature side, Langford’s credits include ‘Knives Out’, in which she starred alongside Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis and Toni Collette. Directed by Rian Johnson, the critically-acclaimed feature was nominated for three Golden Globe awards and received an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Original Screenplay. Langford also starred as ‘Leah Burke’ in Director Greg Berlanti’s “Love, Simon” alongside Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, and Alexandra Shipp. Based on the coming-of-age novel, Simons vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, written by Becky Albertalli.
Furthermore, Langford will star in the upcoming independent, sci-fi, thriller feature, “Spontaneous”. Written and directed by Brian Duffield, the film centers on ‘Mara Carlyle’ (Langford) during her senior year whose life is forever changed when students in her Senior class literally explode for no discernible reason. The film is based on the young adult novel written by Aaron Starmer.
This June, Langford was announced as the newest international spokesperson for L'Oréal Paris. She joins the brand's ambassadors Viola Davis, Jane Fonda, Julianne Moore, Céline Dion, and Eva Longoria, among others.
