Courtney Eaton Biography

Date of Birth

6 December 1996, Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Courtney Eaton is an Australian Actress and Model. She is known for her supporting roles as Cheedo the Fragile in the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road, and as Zaya in the 2016 film Gods of Egypt. Eaton was born in Bunbury, Western Australia. She studied at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School. Her father, Stephen Eaton, an IT manager, is Australian, of English descent, and her mother is a New Zealander, of Chinese, Maori, and Cook Islander ancestry.

Eaton was scouted by Christine Fox, head of Vivien's Models, in a fashion graduation at age eleven. She took part in an acting workshop with Myles Pollard as part of her model-ling development, and auditioned in Sydney for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 2015. Eaton landed a part and co-starred in the series as Cheedo the Fragile, one of the five wives of Immortan Joe in the film. Of her part, Eaton said that Fragile is "the youngest of the [five] wives."

Eaton co-starred in the fantasy action film Gods of Egypt (2016) (2016), as Zaya, a slave girl and love interest of one of the main characters (Brenton Thwaites), appearing alongside Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, under Alex Proyas' direction.

Trivia

Her first film was Mad Max: Fury Road as one of the 5 wives. Before being cast she knew nothing of the series, her father told her about it since he was a big fan of the previous movies.

Courtney was discovered by Christine Fox at her school fashion show at the age of 11. At 16, Courtney was signed to Vivien's Models. She later briefly joined Next Models, before leaving to pursue her film career.

She participated in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia in April of 2013. She has done swimsuit modeling for Tigerlily.

She was born in Bunbury, Western Australia and is of Maori, Chinese and English descent.

She was cast in the 2016 film Gods of Egypt alongside Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.