Cressida Bonas

Cressida Curzon Bonas (born 18 February 1989)[1] is an English actress and model.

Cressida Bonas
Born
Cressida Curzon Bonas

(1989-02-18) 18 February 1989
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2009–present
Spouse(s)
Harry Wentworth-Stanley
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(m. 2020)​
Relatives

Early life and education

Bonas was born in Winchester, Hampshire, the only child of 1960s "It girl" Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon[2] (daughter of the 6th Earl Howe's second marriage) and her third husband, Old Harrovian entrepreneur Jeffrey Bonas.[3] The Bonas family, once grocers and butchers, also owned textile mills in Castle Gresley and Burton-on-Trent.[4]

She has seven half-siblings: three paternal half-brothers from her father's first marriage; one maternal half-sister from her mother's first marriage; and two maternal half-sisters and a maternal half-brother from her mother's second marriage, including actress Isabella Calthorpe.[5]

Bonas won a sports scholarship to Prior Park College in Bath, Somerset, then completed her formal education at Stowe School. She went on to study dance at Leeds University, graduating with a 2:1, before undertaking post-graduate dance studies at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Greenwich.

Career

Whilst at school, Bonas played cockney housekeeper Mrs. Swabb in Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus, Miss Julie in the eponymous play, and Laura in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie.[6]

She made her first screen appearance in 2009 with a small role in the TV series Trinity. Her theatrical debut came in 2014 at Hay Festival in the play There's a Monster in the Lake. The play was also staged at the Vault Festival in January 2015.[7] In May and June 2015 Bonas appeared as Laura in the one-woman play, An Evening with Lucian Freud, by Laura-Jane Foley, at the Leicester Square Theatre. Jane Shilling in The Daily Telegraph praised the "charm and energy of Bonas's performance".[8] In June 2014 Bonas was rumoured to be going to appear in the film Tulip Fever (2015) as Mrs. Steen.[9] In December 2016 and January 2017 Bonas played the female lead role of Daisy Buchanan in the musical play Gatsby, at the Leicester Square Theatre, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In 2020 she played Sheila Caffell in White House Farm, a British television series about the 1985 White House Farm murders.[10]

Bonas was photographed by Mario Testino for Vanity Fair after being included in the magazine's annual "International Best-Dressed List" in 2014.[11] In January 2015, after modelling for British brand Burberry, Bonas was announced to front the 2015 campaign of fashion company Mulberry. Her work for the brand includes a two-minute-long advertisement released in March that co-stars actor Freddie Fox and is directed by Ivana Bobic.[12]

Personal life

Bonas has been called an "It girl".[13][14] She was introduced to Prince Harry by Princess Eugenie in May 2012.[15] On 30 April 2014, it was reported that the couple had separated amicably.[16] In May 2018, she was a guest at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.[17]

In July 2020, Bonas married Harry Wentworth-Stanley, a property investor, and a stepson of George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, in a small, private ceremony in West Sussex.[18]

Selected credits

Theatre
Year Play Role Venue Notes
2014 There's a Monster in the Lake Wolf Hay Festival [19]
2015 There's a Monster in the Lake Wolf Vault Festival [20]
2015 The Importance of Being Earnest [21]
2015 An Evening with Lucian Freud Laura Leicester Square Theatre
2016/2017 The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan Leicester Square Theatre

Film and television
Year Film Role Notes
2009 Trinity Cheerleader [22]
2016 Doctor Thorne Patience Oriel [23]
2017 The Bye Bye Man Sasha [24]
2017 Tulip Fever Mrs. Steen [25]
2020 White House Farm Sheila Caffell [26]

References
  1. Taus, Tina (24 March 2014). "Princess bootcamp? Cressida Bonas, and why the odds are ever in her favour". Global News.
  2. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 115
  3. "12 things you need to know about Cressida Bonas, Prince Harry's new girlfriend". News Australia.
  4. "Tributes paid to Winifred, the musical maestro". Burton Mail. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  5. Rainey, Sarah (11 October 2013). "Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon: Beautiful debutante". The Telegraph.
  6. "Everything you ever needed to know about Cressida Bonas". Tatler.
  7. Cavendish, Dominic (28 January 2015). "Cressida Bonas: There's a Monster in the Lake Review". The Telegraph.
  8. Shilling, Jane (19 May 2015). "An Evening with Lucian Freud, Leicester Square Theatre, review: 'the charm and energy of Bonas's performance are persuasive'". Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  9. "Cressida Bonas to make theatrical film debut". The Telegraph. 5 June 2014.
  10. Bonas, Cressida (18 January 2020). "Cressida Bonas: Everyone seems to have very strong opinions about my wedding". The Spectator.
  11. Singh, Anita (7 August 2014). "Cressida Bonas poses for Vanity Fair photoshoot". The Telegraph.
  12. Tom Sykes (18 March 2015). "Post-Prince Harry, Cressida Bonas' Career Takes Off". The Daily Beast.
  13. "Cressida Bonas Is A 'Strong Independent Woman' And Mulberry's Spring IT Girl". Marie Claire. 7 April 2015.
  14. "It girls like Cara Delevingne and Cressida Bonas have got what it takes". The Daily Telegraph. 1 March 2013.
  15. Eden, Richard; Pearlman, Jonathan (5 October 2013). "Prince Harry set to marry Cressida Bonas, say friends". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  16. "Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas in 'amicable split'". BBC News. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  17. "Royal Wedding 2018: Pictures of the guests, from Oprah to Elton John". BBC News. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  18. "Cressida Bonas quietly married Harry Wentworth-Stanley over the weekend". Harper's BAZAAR. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  19. "Cressida Bonas: There's a Monster in the Lake". Tatler.
  20. "'I grew up in a household filled with music – not pop but old-school stuff, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong': Cressida Bonas on why performing is her passion". London Evening Standard. 23 January 2015.
  21. "Cressida Bonas: Fashion Muse, Partygoer & Hollywood 'It Girl'". People.
  22. Nessif, Bruna (16 October 2013). "Cressida Bonas' Cheerleading Past: Prince Harry's Girlfriend's Racy Part in U.K. TV Drama Trinity". E!.
  23. "Doctor Thorne: Prince Harry's ex Cressida Bonas' TV debut and everything to know about ITV's new Downton". International Business Times. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  24. "'Bye Bye Man' Release Date Shifted Again By STX Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. 21 April 2016.
  25. Ford, Rebecca. "Judi Dench, Matthew Morrison Join 'Tulip Fever'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  26. Stephen Graham & Freddie Fox To Star In ITV Drama ‘White House Farm’ From ‘Catherine The Great’ Producer New Pictures
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