Viola Prettejohn

Born: 2003-07-15

Viola Margaret Jane Prettejohn (born July 2003) is a British actress. She is known for her role as Myrtle Haplisch in the HBO series The Nevers (2021–2023). She played young Princess Elizabeth in the sixth season of The Crown (2023) on Netflix. Prettejohn made her television debut in the second season of the Starz series Counterpart as a young version of Olivia Williams' character Emily. In August 2019, Prettejohn joined the cast of the Joss Whedon series The Nevers on HBO as Myrtle Hapslich.That year, she was also played Fake Ciri in the Netflix television series The Witcher. In 2023, Prettejohn played a teenage Princess Elizabeth on series six of The Crown in flashback scenes set on Victory in Europe Day alongside Beau Gadsdon as young Princess Margaret. In so doing, she became the fifth actress after Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, and Verity Russell to play Elizabeth on the series. That year, she filmed the role of Finn in Ben Wheatley zombie-satire Generation Z for Channel 4. She has an upcoming role in the BBC One adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light as Mary FitzRoy, Duchess of Richmond and Somerset.


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The Witcher

as Fake Ciri
First aired: 2019-12-20

Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent...

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The Crown

as Young Princess Elizabeth
First aired: 2016-11-04

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime...

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The Nevers

as Myrtle Haplisch
First aired: 2021-04-11

In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women —...

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Wolf Hall

as Mary Fitzroy
First aired: 2015-01-21

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the...

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Counterpart

as Young Emily
First aired: 2017-12-10

Howard Silk is a lowly cog in a bureaucratic UN agency who is turning the last corner of a life...

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Generation Z

as Finn
First aired: 2024-10-13

Flesh-eating baby-boomers get a taste for teenagers in Ben Wheatley's darkly comic, outlandishly...

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