Skye Lourie

Skye Lourie is a New Zealand-born actress and playwright who made her television debut at 18, playing Elizabeth of Weymouth in the 2010 miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, adapted from Ken Follett's novel. She grew up in Tuscany and near the coast in Perthshire and trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and Hurtwood House. Her early film credits include The Holding (2011) and Guinea Pigs, and she guest starred in Hustle in 2012. In 2011 she also appeared in the Chase & Status music video for Time. On television she played Bethany Tull in the Syfy film Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015), and her later films include Farming (2018), Star Dogs (2020), and God's Petting You (2022), the latter two directed by Jamie Patterson. Lourie wrote and starred in the play Elsie Thatchwick, staged at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Latchmere in London.