Eliza Butterworth

In 2020, Butterworth appeared as Heston in the television miniseries The North Water (miniseries) alongside Colin Farrell and Stephen Graham. The same year, Butterworth finished filming series 4 of The Last Kingdom in October 2019, which is anticipated to be aired by Netflix on April 26, 2020.

In 2017 Butterworth appeared in two short films, "(A Very) Ham Fisted Steak Out" by Maximilian G. L. Ward, also "Sometimes I Miss Them" by Yukie Mochizuki. Butterworth is best known for playing a lead role as Aelswith the wife of King Alfred the Great, played by David Dawson, in three series of the BBC/Netflix production The Last Kingdom from 2014 to 2020, and mother of King Edward in series 4. Butterworth has also in single episodes in 2015 as Holly in DCI Banks and Lucy Hamilton in WPC 56 (TV series), both in 2015.

Eliza Butterworth is an English actress best known for playing Aelswith the wife of King Alfred the Great and mother of King Edward in The Last Kingdom, as Holly in DCI Banks, and as Lucy Hamilton in WPC 56 (TV series) both in 2015.

Butterworth came from Lincolnshire, in England, but is half American with American citizenship. She attended the Lincoln Minster School from the age of 4 all the way to the age of 18. Butterworth then undertook a three-year acting course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and graduated with BA Hons in Acting in 2014. Whilst training at RADA, Butterworth performed lead roles in "The Daughter in Law" and "The Witch of Edmonton". Butterworth sings Alto, Mezzo-Soprano, dances Ballroom, Flamenco and plays Percussion.