--- name: "Thomasin McKenzie" canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomasin-mckenzie" fi1m_id: "thomasin-mckenzie" imdb_id: "nm5057169" tmdb_id: 1356758 wikidata_id: "Q28935124" roles: ["Actor"] born: "26 July 2000" reviewed_on_fi1m: 9 average_fi1m_score: 68 average_as: "actor" average_over: 9 updated: "2026-09-28T04:29:30.886799+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Thomasin McKenzie ## Identity Thomasin McKenzie - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomasin-mckenzie - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** thomasin-mckenzie - **IMDb ID:** nm5057169 - **TMDB ID:** 1356758 - **Wikidata ID:** Q28935124 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28935124, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5057169/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1356758 Actor. Born 26 July 2000 in Wellington, New Zealand. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 26 July 2000, Wellington, New Zealand - **Active:** 2014–present - **Also known as:** Tom McKenzie , Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie - **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 9 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 64 (4), 2020s 70 (5) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 68 across 9 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 3 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 4 of 8 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 6, History 3, Action 2, Thriller 2, War 2, Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,078m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28935124, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5057169/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1356758 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*The Power of the Dog*](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md) (84), [*The King*](https://film.one/film/the-king.md) (58) - **Apple TV:** [*Leave No Trace*](https://film.one/film/leave-no-trace.md) (88) - **Disney+:** [*The Testament of Ann Lee*](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md) (73) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Thomasin McKenzie > Thomasin McKenzie is especially good at showing the effort of going unnoticed. We rate her precise physical acting: in a hunched posture or a suddenly unguarded look, she can make a quiet character’s desires plain. In *Eileen* (2023), Thomasin McKenzie hunches, watches the people around her and eats sweets from a desk drawer. Her Eileen Dunlop has become good at going unnoticed, and is beginning to resent it. McKenzie lets a look suggest that this apparently meek woman might have plans of her own. William Oldroyd gets fine work from her by allowing her to be watchful, awkward and occasionally funny without explaining every change. The breakthrough was *Leave No Trace* (2018), a lead role opposite Ben Foster that established her gift for understated performance. Supporting work in *Jojo Rabbit* (2019) brought wider notice, followed by the lead in Edgar Wright’s psychological horror *Last Night in Soho* (2021). Her casting has often returned to sheltered or isolated young women facing unfamiliar experiences. In *Eileen*, we felt her excitement when Rebecca entered the office, because McKenzie’s face changed after so much guarded watching. Anne Hathaway gives her someone worth staring at, with the good coat, the cigarettes and the easy disregard for the prison’s men. Editor Nick Emerson lets Eileen’s daydreams interrupt ordinary shots and then cuts them short, so her private thoughts become difficult to separate from what is happening. McKenzie keeps the woman credible while the cutting makes us doubt the scene. The film’s later change of genre is less convincing, but the problem is not a shortage of feeling in its lead. *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025) gives her the opposite task, and it suits her less well. As the follower Mary Partington, she also narrates, repeatedly explaining what the pictures have already made clear. We blamed the writing rather than McKenzie: an actor who can make us study a face is being asked to tell us what to think. The film is worth seeing for its singing and stamping congregation and Amanda Seyfried, but the narration keeps interrupting precisely what makes it interesting. She need not be confined to quiet, wounded young women. The slyness of *Eileen* suggests how much more there is to do with resentment and comedy. Start there for her performance, provided a film that mishandles its final stretch will not spoil the evening. ## Biography Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (born 26 July 2000) is a New Zealand actress. She is the daughter of actress and acting coach Miranda Harcourt and director Stuart McKenzie, and the granddaughter of actress Dame Kate Harcourt. She began acting as a child and had a minor role in *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014). McKenzie rose to prominence with the lead role in Debra Granik's *Leave No Trace* (2018), for which she received the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance. She has since appeared in supporting roles in *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), *The King* (2019), *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019), *Old* (2021), *Last Night in Soho* (2021) and *The Power of the Dog* (2021). She played the title role in *Eileen* (2023) and Mary Partington in *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, vogue.com, nytimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (9) - *The Uprising* (2026), Fi1m 62, as Alyce — [page](https://film.one/film/the-uprising.md) - *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025), Fi1m 73, as Mary Partington / Narrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md) - *Eileen* (2023), Fi1m 68, as Eileen Dunlop — [page](https://film.one/film/eileen.md) - *Last Night in Soho* (2021), Fi1m 64, as Eloise Turner — [page](https://film.one/film/last-night-in-soho.md) - *The Power of the Dog* (2021), Fi1m 84, as Lola — [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md) - *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), Fi1m 58, as Elsa — [page](https://film.one/film/jojo-rabbit.md) - *The King* (2019), Fi1m 58, as Philippa, Queen of Denmark — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king.md) - *Leave No Trace* (2018), Fi1m 88, as Tom — [page](https://film.one/film/leave-no-trace.md) - *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), Fi1m 54, as Astrid — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md) ## Complete filmography (33) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Victorian Psycho* (2026), as Miss Lamb — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/victorian-psycho.md) - *The Uprising* (2026), as Alyce — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-uprising.md) - *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025), as Mary Partington / Narrator — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md) - *Fackham Hall* (2025), as Rose - *Our Party* (2025), Actor - *JOY* (2024), as Jean Purdy - *Eileen* (2023), as Eileen Dunlop — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/eileen.md) - *How Can I Help You* (2023), Actor - *Totally Completely Fine* (2023), series, as Vivian Cunningham - *Pantheon* (2022), series, as MIST (voice) - *Life After Life* (2022), series, as Ursula - *The Power of the Dog* (2021), as Lola — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md) - *Last Night in Soho* (2021), as Eloise Turner — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/last-night-in-soho.md) - *The Justice of Bunny King* (2021), as Tonyah - *Old* (2021), as Maddox Aged 16 - *Lost Girls* (2020), as Sherre Gilbert - *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019), as Mary Hearn - *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), as Elsa — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/jojo-rabbit.md) - *The King* (2019), as Philippa, Queen of Denmark — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king.md) - *Leave No Trace* (2018), as Tom — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/leave-no-trace.md) - *The Changeover* (2017), as Rose Keaton - *Jean* (2016), as Young Jean - *Lucy Lewis Can't Lose* (2016), series, as Lucy Lewis - *The Boyfriend Game* (2015), as Edith - *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), as Astrid — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md) - *Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story* (2014), as Young Louise - *Existence* (2012), as Scraps - *Rule of Three*, as Lizzy - *Sister Maria Goes to Rome*, as Sister Maria - *Dinner with Audrey*, as Audrey Hepburn - *Grendel*, as Queen Wealhtheow - *The Tale of Robin Hood*, Actor - *Self-Portrait*, as Lu Rile --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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