Eliot Salt
Quick Facts
Biography
Eliot Mary Salt (born 18 January 1994) is an English actress, comedian, theatre maker, and writer.
Early life and education
Salt is from Stockport, Greater Manchester. She studied English at the University of Bristol and later trained in Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Career
Salt made her television debut in 2019 in 4 episodes of the Channel 4 sitcom GameFace. In 2020, Salt began playing Evelyn in the Sky One spy comedy series Intelligence. She also appeared as Joanna, Marianne's friend at Trinity College Dublin, in the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries Normal People. She starred as Terra in the 2021 Netflix series Fate: The Winx Saga.
She was cast in Manor at the National Theatre.
Deadpan Theatre and Mack and Salt
Salt founded Deadpan Theatre with Artemis Fitzalan Howard in 2013. The pair co-wrote Low Tide in Glass Bay, Changing Partners, and Get Your Shit Together.
It was here Salt formed a comedy duo with Jude Mack, whom she met at university, later known as Mack and Salt. Mack and Salt's productions through Deadpan include Predrinks / After Party and Third Wheel. It was announced in January 2021 that BBC Three had picked up Mack and Salt's pilot Amicable, a screen adaptation of the former, which they would write and star in.
Personal life
Salt lives in London with her girlfriend.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | The Weather in the House | Ella | Short film |
2019 | GameFace | Frances | 4 episodes |
2020–2021 | Intelligence | Evelyn | Main role |
2020 | Normal People | Joanna | 6 episodes |
2021–2022 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Terra Harvey | Main role |
2021 | Dalgliesh | Madeleine Goodale | 2 episodes |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Low Tide in Glass Bay | Bronnie | Writer; Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol Landor Theatre, London Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival White Theatre, Bristol |
2014 | Changing Partners | — | Writer; Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol Rialto Theatre, Brighton Fringe |
2015 | Get Your Shit Together | Marguerite | Writer; Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Landor Theatre, London |
2015 | In Other Words | Various | Barbican Theatre, Plymouth |
2016 | PreDrinks / AfterParty | Ally | Writer; Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
2016 | Pulling Out | Caitlin | UK tour |
2017 | Third Wheel | Polly | Writer; Guilded Balloon, Edinburgh |
Audio
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | The Confessions of Caminada | Woman | BBC Radio 4 |