# Hannah New
**Hannah New** (born 1984) is a British actress and model known for playing Eleanor Guthrie in the Starz pirate drama *Black Sails*, Rosalinda Fox in the Spanish period series *The Time in Between*, Princess Leila in Disney's *Maleficent*, and Lady Tilley Arnold in the third season of Netflix's *Bridgerton*.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984, Balham, London, England[1](https://www.fandango.com/people/hannah-new-486722/film-credits) |
| Breakthrough role | Eleanor Guthrie, a series regular across all four seasons of *Black Sails* (Starz, 2014-2017)[2](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/) |
| Training | English and Spanish at the University of Leeds (First Class Honours); Master's in Acting with Distinction, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2011[3](https://www.dmjconsultancy.co.uk/clients-a-z/hannah-new) |
| Film work | Princess Leila in *Maleficent* (2014); Elizabeth Crookshank in *Edge of the World* (2021); Daphne Rye in *Mr Burton* (2025)[2](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/) |
| Recent role | Lady Tilley Arnold, a new character created for the show, in *Bridgerton* season 3 (2024)[4](https://www.tatler.com/article/bridgerton-lady-tilley-arnold-hannah-new-interview) |
| Languages | English, Spanish, and Catalan[2](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/) |
## Early life and training
New was born in Balham, London, the youngest of three sisters, and insisted on attending ballet school at the age of four[3](https://www.dmjconsultancy.co.uk/clients-a-z/hannah-new) • [5](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/mix/bold-beauty). She joined the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain as a teenager, playing Blanche in a production of *A Streetcar Named Desire* and performing in [Harold Pinter](https://www.edgepedia.org/harold-pinter) plays[5](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/mix/bold-beauty).
She majored in English and Spanish at the [University of Leeds](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-leeds), where she performed in stage productions in both languages and graduated with First Class Honours[3](https://www.dmjconsultancy.co.uk/clients-a-z/hannah-new) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4026222/bio/). She then moved to Spain, studied the [Sanford Meisner](https://www.edgepedia.org/sanford-meisner) technique in Spanish with Frank Feys in Madrid, and worked in print and commercial modeling after being scouted by the Spanish agency View Management[3](https://www.dmjconsultancy.co.uk/clients-a-z/hannah-new) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4026222/bio/).
## Spanish television and first screen roles
New's screen career began in Spanish television, with appearances in *La Riera*, *El club del chiste*, and *El barco*[3](https://www.dmjconsultancy.co.uk/clients-a-z/hannah-new). Her first film role came in the Spanish comedy *Fuga de cerebros 2*, released in 2011, in which she appeared alongside [David Hasselhoff](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-hasselhoff)[3](https://www.dmjconsultancy.co.uk/clients-a-z/hannah-new).
**Rosalinda Fox.** In 2010 she was offered a role in *The Time in Between* (El tiempo entre costuras), the adaptation of María Dueñas's bestselling novel, broadcast on Antena 3 in 2013. She played Rosalinda Fox, an English woman living in Spain around the time of the [Spanish Civil War](https://www.edgepedia.org/spanish-civil-war), the lover of Juan Luis Beigbeder and a friend of the protagonist Sira Quiroga[3](https://www.dmjconsultancy.co.uk/clients-a-z/hannah-new). She had been studying the [Meisner technique](https://www.edgepedia.org/meisner-technique) in Spanish in Madrid when she was cast as a Briton in the drama about the Franco era[5](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/mix/bold-beauty).
In 2011 she also landed a lead role in *Shelter*, an unaired television pilot produced by J.J. Abrams for Warner Bros. and the CW, in which she played Kathryn Gilchrist[2](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/). The role came during a stay in Los Angeles; the pilot was not picked up, but it helped her secure the part of Queen Leila in *Maleficent*[5](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/mix/bold-beauty).
## Black Sails and Maleficent
New played Eleanor Guthrie in *Black Sails*, the Starz series set among pirates in Nassau. Eleanor is the daughter of Richard Guthrie, a saloon owner whose illegal businesses she runs in Nassau; New described her as a woman who does not let anything get in her way[5](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/mix/bold-beauty). She described the part as an opportunity to play a young woman free of social restrictions, free to use her sexuality[7](https://www.thewrap.com/black-sails-panel-talks-pirates-sex-pirate-sex-video/).
During the *Black Sails* years she also took recurring television roles as Louisa in the fourth series of FX's *The Strain* and as Victoria in the first series of FX Networks' *Trust*[2](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/).
## Film work after Black Sails
After *Black Sails* ended in 2017, New moved into feature films. She led the fact-based thriller *Under the Bed*, directed by Daniel Myrick and released in 2017, playing Callie Monroe, a woman recovering from a breakup while a stalker she met on social media takes up residence beneath her bed[2](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/). Further credits followed as Natascha in the mountain drama *Summit Fever* (2022) and Elizabeth in the thriller *Trauma Therapy: Psychosis* (2023)[2](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/). Of her theatrical releases tracked by box-office listings, *Edge of the World* leads with $12.7 million worldwide[8](https://www.whatsafterthemovie.com/person/hannah-new).
## Bridgerton and recent work
In 2024 New returned to period drama as Lady Tilley Arnold in the third season of Netflix's *Bridgerton*. Tilley is a wealthy widow and a completely new character, not present in [Julia Quinn](https://www.edgepedia.org/julia-quinn)'s original novels, created by showrunner Jess Brownell as a love interest for Benedict Bridgerton; the character became Benedict's introduction to a polyamorous relationship with Tilley and her friend Paul Suarez in the season's second half[4](https://www.tatler.com/article/bridgerton-lady-tilley-arnold-hannah-new-interview) • [9](https://time.com/6987836/bridgerton-polyamory-throuple-season-three/). New has said her casting description read only "bad-ass widow" and that she did not know at audition stage that the project was *Bridgerton*[10](https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2024/06/14/hannah-new-bridgerton/). She based the character in part on Harriet Mellon, a real Regency-era woman who married a duke, describing her as financially independent and able to move in and out of society[4](https://www.tatler.com/article/bridgerton-lady-tilley-arnold-hannah-new-interview).
She then appeared as Daphne Rye in the 2025 film *[Mr Burton](https://www.edgepedia.org/mr-burton)*, directed by Marc Evans for Severn Screen[3](https://www.dmjconsultancy.co.uk/clients-a-z/hannah-new) • [2](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/). She is listed for the role of Harriet De Luce in the film *Flavia*, dated 2026[2](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/).
## References
1. [Hannah New Filmography, Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/people/hannah-new-486722/film-credits)
2. [Hannah New, Creative Artists Management](https://cam.co.uk/talent/hannah-new/)
3. [Hannah New, DMJ Consultancy](https://www.dmjconsultancy.co.uk/clients-a-z/hannah-new)
4. [Who is Bridgerton's Lady Tilley Arnold? Meet Hannah New, Tatler](https://www.tatler.com/article/bridgerton-lady-tilley-arnold-hannah-new-interview)
5. [Bold Beauty, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/mix/bold-beauty)
6. [Hannah New Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4026222/bio/)
7. ['Black Sails' Panel Talks Pirates, Sex... and Pirate Sex, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/black-sails-panel-talks-pirates-sex-pirate-sex-video/)
8. [Hannah New: Movies & Box Office, What's After the Movie](https://www.whatsafterthemovie.com/person/hannah-new)
9. [Even Bridgerton Is Flirting With Polyamory, Time](https://time.com/6987836/bridgerton-polyamory-throuple-season-three/)
10. [Hannah New Talks Bridgerton & Life Beyond The Ton, Wonderland](https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2024/06/14/hannah-new-bridgerton/)
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