Josephine Langford
Josephine Langford is an Australian actress. She known for her starring role as Tessa Young in the After film series, and for portraying Darcie Chapman in the 2017 film Wish Upon.
Early life
Langford was born in Perth, Western Australia and raised in Applecross, a riverside suburb of Perth. She is the youngest daughter of Stephen Langford, a flying doctor and the director of medical services at the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations and Elizabeth Green, a pediatrician. Her older sister, Katherine Langford, is also an actress.As a child, Langford became interested in music and played the saxophone, the violin, and the piano In 2008, at the age of 10, Langford wrote and performed a song called 'Shadows' for a music competition which won her the 'Song of the Year' title. She also wrote two more songs, "Lonely " and "Sea Shanty " Her secondary school, All Saints College, in Perth, classified her as a talented composer. She competed in several school music competitions. She also took part in Interschool Debating and Tournament of Minds in Years 7 & 8. From Years 3-12 Langford attended All Saints College, Perth in Bull Creek, Perth, Western Australia She graduated from All Saints' College, Perth High School in 2014 at the age of 17.
Career
Langford started taking acting classes at the age of 13. In 2012, she began taking acting classes at Perth Film School.At the age of 14, she began appearing in several short films such as Sex Ed, When Separating, and Gypsy Blood. She made her screen debut in the indie film Pulse, which screened at film festivals. She also starred as a supporting actress the same year on the American horror film Wish Upon, acting alongside Joey King. She also made her television debut in 2017 on the Australian series Wolf Creek.In July 2018, Langford was cast as Tessa Young in the film After, which is based on the 2014 new adult fiction novel of the same name written by Anna Todd. The film premiered in 2019, and grossed $69.5 million. She won a Teen Choice Award for her role as Tessa Young. Langford and co-star Hero Fiennes Tiffin reprised their roles in the sequel, After We Collided. In 2019, Langford also appeared in the American horror anthology web television series Into the Dark as Clair.
In November 2019, Langford was cast as Emma Johnson in the Netflix film Moxie, which is based on the novel of the same name written by Jennifer Mathieu.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Wish Upon | Darcie Chapman | |
| 2019 | After | Tessa Young | |
| 2020 | After We Collided | Tessa Young | Post-production |
| Moxie | Emma Johnson | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Wolf Creek | Emma Webber | Episodes: "Journey", "Outback" |
| 2019 | Into the Dark | Clair Singer | Episode: "They Come Knocking" |
| 2020 | Day by Day | Lucy | Voice role; episode: "At the Peak of It All" |
| 2020 | Day by Day | Belle Williams | Voice role; episodes: "Class of 2020: Prom", "Class of 2020: Graduation" |