Tilda Cobham-Hervey

Biography

Tilda Cobham-Hervey is an Australian actress who started in physical theater and circus before moving into film. Born in Adelaide, she trained with Cirkidz from age nine for seven years, performed with Force Majeure, and was a founding member of Gravity and Other Myths. Her first screen role came in 52 Tuesdays (2014), Sophie Hyde's independent drama, where she played Billie; after it screened at Sundance, she signed with CAA. She went on to appear in Hotel Mumbai (2018) and to star as Helen Reddy in I Am Woman (2019), a performance praised by The Hollywood Reporter. She directed the short A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl, which won a Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, and co-wrote and co-directed Roborovski. Her stage work includes Things I Know To be True and The Dictionary of Lost Words, and she has appeared in the TV series Fucking Adelaide and The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.

32years old

Turns 33 on September 1in 322 days

Born September 1, 1994Adelaide
Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22

Movie Career

Films: 7
Career span: 10 years2014 to 2024

Genres

Drama71%, 5 films
Thriller43%, 3 films
Action29%, 2 films
History29%, 2 films
Biography14%, 1 film

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Big break
Cobham-Hervey went along to an open audition with friends and won the lead role of Billie in the feature film 52 Tuesdays, which was filmed one day a week from August 2011 to August 2012.
Own stunts
From age nine Cobham-Hervey trained and performed for seven years with the Adelaide youth circus troupe Cirkidz, specializing in hula hoop, trapeze and acrobatic pitching.
Behind the award
In February 2018, Cobham-Hervey's short A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl won the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film, given by the Youth Jury in the Generation KPlus Section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.
A change of course
Cobham-Hervey was a founding member of Gravity and Other Myths, an Adelaide circus group she joined in 2009, and there she co-devised a show called Freefall.
Behind the camera
Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel shared writing and directing duties on Roborovski, a short film about a hamster. It took three prizes at the Antipodean Film Festival in Saint Tropez, France, in 2021.
Beyond film
In The Age I'm In, a production by Force Majeure, Cobham-Hervey took part. The show appeared at the 2008 Sydney and Adelaide Festivals, visited 17 regional Australian cities, and also went to Ireland, Canada, and Korea.