Liv Hewson

Liv Hewson (born 29 November 1995) is an Australian non-binary actor and playwright.^[1][2][3] Their written work includes "lots of re-imaginings of fairytales and mythology with a queer and dark slant."^[4] They starred as Abby Hammond in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet from 2017 to 2019. Since 2021 they have been portraying Van Palmer in the Showtime series Yellowjackets.

Liv Hewson
Hewson in 2018
Born	(1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 29) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation(s)	Actor, playwright
Years active	2013–present
Notable work	Abby Hammond on Santa Clarita Diet Van Palmer on Yellowjackets

Career

In 2014, Hewson traveled to Los Angeles^[5] to attend an acting workshop. In 2016, they played the lead role of Claire Duncan in the fantasy web series Dramaworld. In 2017, they starred in the film Before I Fall and had recurring roles in the second series of Top of the Lake and in the miniseries Inhumans.^[6]

Personal life

Hewson was born in Canberra and was assigned female at birth.^[7] They grew up in the suburb of Hughes and attended Alfred Deakin High School and Canberra College. Hewson has three brothers; their mother, Angela, is a public servant and their father, Tony, is a psychologist. Hewson began acting as part of the Canberra Youth Theatre. Growing up, the family watched a lot of American television shows, such as The Simpsons and Futurama, which Hewson said made it easy to act with an American accent.^[6]

In 2011, Hewson came out as non-binary at age 16.^[8] They are gay and use they/them pronouns.^[8][9] In 2020, Hewson received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award for their LGBT+ advocacy.^[10] In 2023, Hewson underwent gender affirming surgery after years of considering it. They spoke out against people's negative reactions, stating, "I am not going to entertain anybody's disgust over my body."^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Alfonso Frisk	Fenny Frisk (older)	Short film
2015	Survey Says	Hillary	Short film
	So Romantic	Gurt	Short film
2016	Lets See How Fast This Baby Will Go	Gloria	Short film[12]
2017	Before I Fall	Anna Cartullo	[13]
2018	Puzzle	Nicki
2019	Let It Snow	Dorrie
	Bombshell	Lily
2020	Under My Skin	Denny
2023	Scarygirl	Bug-Eye (voice)
2025	For Worse	Esther

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	I've Got No Legs	Liv	Unknown episodes
2014–2015	Do You Mind?	Gurt, Matilda, Lana	3 episodes
2016	The Code	Elle	Episode: "Episode 6" (series finale)
2016–2021	Dramaworld	Claire Duncan	Lead role, 19 episodes[3]
2017	Top of the Lake	Michaela	3 episodes, recurring role (series 2)[14]
	Inhumans	Audrey	3 episodes, recurring role
2017–2019	Santa Clarita Diet	Abby Hammond	Series regular[15]
2018	Back In Very Small Business	Ashley Piper	8 episodes
2021–present	Yellowjackets	Teenage Vanessa Palmer	Recurring (season 1); main (season 2–present)[16]
2023	Party Down	Escapade	Episode: "Once Upon a Time Proms Away Prom-otional Event"[17]
2025	He Had it Coming	Detective Shepherd	Main cast[18][19]
TBA	Among Us	Black (voice)	[20][21]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Homecoming Queens	Chloë Reeson