Eleanor Worthington Cox is a British child actress from Merseyside, most known for portraying Matilda Wormwood in Matilda the Musical for which she has won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, and Janet Hodgson in "The Enfield Haunting", for which she received a British Academy Television Award nomination. Worthington Cox is the youngest ever recipient of an Olivier Award award at the age of 10.
Holds the record for the youngest recipient of an Olivier award, aged 10. The award was for Best Actress in a Musical, which she won for playing the eponymous Matilda in Matilda the Musical on the West End stage.
Was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 TV BAFTAs, for her performance as Janet in The Enfield Haunting.
