Poppy Drayton

Poppy Gabriella Drayton (born 7 June^[1] 1991^[2]) is a British actress. She is known for playing Elizabeth Thatcher in the feature-length Hallmark Channel television pilot of When Calls the Heart, for playing Amberle Elessedil in the MTV fantasy drama series The Shannara Chronicles, and for playing Abigael Jameson-Caine in the second and third seasons of The CW fantasy drama television series Charmed. She portrayed Myroslava in the 2019 movie The Rising Hawk: Battle For The Carpathians with Robert Patrick and Tommy Flanagan.

Poppy Drayton
Born	Poppy Gabriella Drayton (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 33) Surrey, England
Alma mater	Art Educational School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2012–present

Life and career

Drayton graduated from the Arts Educational School in Chiswick.^[2][3]

In 2013 Drayton was cast in her first major role in the Hallmark Channel television movie pilot for When Calls the Heart, in which she played Elizabeth Thatcher (a role that was taken over by Erin Krakow in the subsequent television series).^[4][5] This was followed by a role in the 2013 Downton Abbey Christmas special.^[2][3] Drayton has also done stage work, appearing in The Green Bay Tree at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London in 2014.^[6]

In 2014 Drayton was cast as Amberle Elessedil, one of the lead roles in the MTV fantasy drama series The Shannara Chronicles;^[7][8] the series premiered on 5 January 2016. In February 2016 Drayton was cast in the titular role in newly launched MVP Studios' film The Little Mermaid (originally titled A Little Mermaid), an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story.^[9][10][11]

In 2019, she joined the cast of Charmed as a series regular in the role of Abigael, a mysterious witch, starting with the second season’s third episode.^[12]

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Down Dog	Amy
2015	Unhallowed Ground	Verity Wickes
2015	Writers Retreat	Jo
2018	The Little Mermaid	Elizabeth	[11]
2019	See You Soon	Elise
2019	The Rising Hawk	Myroslava

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	When Calls the Heart	Elizabeth Thatcher	Television movie (Hallmark)
2013	Downton Abbey	Madeleine Allsopp	Episode: "The London Season"
2014	Father Brown	Selina McKinley	Episode: "The Ghost in the Machine"
2014	Midsomer Murders	Summer Haleston	Episode: "The Killings of Copenhagen"
2014	Plebs	Cordelia	Episode: "The Phallus"
2016–2017	The Shannara Chronicles	Amberle Elessedil	Main role (season 1); guest role (season 2)
2018	Home by Spring	Loretta Johnson	Television movie (Hallmark)
2019–2022	Charmed	Abigael	Main role (seasons 2–3)

Video game roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Dark Souls III	Shira, Knight of Filianore