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Freya Tingley

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Freya Tingley
At the 2013 WonderCon
Born (1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 30)
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Freya Tingley (born 26 March 1994) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Wendy Darling in the series Once Upon A Time, Christina Wendall in the Netflix series Hemlock Grove, and Francine Valli in Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys.

Career

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Tingley's first role was Young Joan in Caryl Churchill's play Far Away for The Black Swan Theatre Company in 2008. Since then she has appeared in a number of films including the short Bootleg, a singing role in the short Light as a Feather, directed by Damien Spiccia, X, directed by Jon Hewitt, and 3 voice-overs for the production Bully for You. She appeared in the television miniseries Cloudstreet based on Tim Winton's novel in a support role as Young Hat Lamb.

In 2011, she played the lead as a deaf girl in the short film Beneath the Waves by director Renee Marie.[citation needed]. In the same year, she was also shortlisted for the lead role as ‘’Katniss Everdeen’’ in Lionsgate’s ‘’The Hunger Games’’.[citation needed]

In 2012, Tingley was cast in Hemlock Grove, the Netflix series produced by Eli Roth in which she plays Christina Wendall.[1][2]

In 2013, Tingley was cast in Once Upon a Time as Wendy, a 13-year-old girl based on the heroine Wendy Darling from the novel Peter Pan.[3] Tingley won the part of Wendy after one audition upon impressing producers with her ability to project a British accent. Wendy was only seen in a number of episodes and helped Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) gain Henry's heart. However, she is then reunited with her family. In 2014, Tingley had the lead role in The Choking Game, a movie made for Lifetime.

Tingley also played Francine Valli in Jersey Boys, directed by Clint Eastwood.

Tingley then starred in the 2016 TV series The Wilding and the film No Way to Live, which centers on an interracial teenage couple in the 1950s robbing and stealing to escape their oppressive town.

Personal life

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Tingley is a member of the Church of Scientology. She is the daughter of a prominent Scientologist, and she said "first read Dianetics when [she] was 21."[4]

In July 2023, Tingley was selected as an Australian representative and Youth Delegate for 17th Annual Youth for Human Rights Summit held at the United Nations building.[5]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Bootleg Sarah Short
2010 Light as a Feather Sophie Short
2011 X: Night of Vengeance Cindy
Beneath the Waves

the wrong nanny

Eleanor Short
2012 Sticks and Stones Zoe Short
2014 Swelter London
2014 Jersey Boys Francine Valli
2014 The Choking Game Taryn
2016 No Way To Live Nora Thompson
2016 The Disembodied Jennifer Short
2017 The Young Diana
2018 Spinning Man Mary
2018 The Sonata Rose
2021 Bad Detectives Nic O'Connell
2023 Time Addicts Denise
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Cloudstreet Hat Lamb Part 1 and Part 2
2013 Hemlock Grove Christina Wendall Season 1 (series regular)
Once Upon a Time Wendy Darling Recurring role, 5 episodes:
"Second Star to the Right" (season 2: episode 21)
"Dark Hollow" (season 3: episode 7)
"Think Lovely Thoughts" (season 3: episode 8)
"Save Henry" (season 3: episode 9)
"The New Neverland" (season 3: episode 10)
Fashion Police Herself 1 episode
2014 R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Karen "Return of the Pumpkinheads" (Season 4, Episode 5)
2017 The Wrong Nanny Blake TV film
2021 Dota: Dragon's Blood Fymryn & Light Moon Goddess Mene reborn Web series; voice

References

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  1. ^ Stevens, Michael (1 April 2013). ""Hemlock Grove": Werewolf Transformation". SneakPeek. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ Michelle-Wells, Simonne (29 August 2008). "Perth Reviews Far Away - Black Swan Theatre Company". Australian Stage. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Once Upon a Time - Listings".
  4. ^ "Archived copy". dianetics-book.myshopify.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Tingley, Freya. ""Post from July 7th, 2023"". Instagram.
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