Tilda Cobham-Hervey Biography

Tilda Cobham-Hervey is an Australian actress and director who started her career as a circus performer. Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, she was interested in circus and physical enactment since young age. She trained and performed in ‘Cirkidz’, a youth circus troupe from Adelaide, wherein she specialized in trapeze, hula-hoop and acrobatic pitching. She was one of the founding members of ‘Gravity and other Myths,’ an Adelaide based circus group. A show called ‘Freefall,’ which she had co-devised, won awards at the ‘Adelaide Fringe Festival’ and ‘Melbourne Fringe Festival.’ She toured around the Australian cities and such countries as Ireland and Canada with the show ‘The Age I’m In.’ When Cobham-Hervey was 16, she made her acting debut in a ‘Closer Productions’ film ’52 Tuesdays,’ which won her award nominations. Her work received appreciation in other films including ‘One Eyed Girl,’ ‘Marcia & the Shark,’ ‘Girl Asleep,’ and ‘Hotel Mumbai.’ She has worked in such TV series as ‘Barracuda,’ ‘Fucking Adelaide’ and also in theater plays ‘Things I Know to be True’ and ‘Vale.’ Cobham-Hervey made her directorial debut with a short film ‘A Field Guide to Being A Twelve-Year-Old Girl,’ which won her the ‘Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film’ at the ‘68th Berlin International Film Festival.’