Biography
Who is Josephine Langford?
Early life
Josephine Langford was born on August 18, 1997, in Perth, Australia, and grew up in the riverside suburb of Applecross. Her parents are Elizabeth Green, a pediatrician, and Stephen Langford, a flying doctor who serves as the director of medical services at the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations. She has an older sister named Katherine Langford, who is also an actress known for her role in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. During her childhood in Western Australia, Josephine attended All Saints College in Perth.
As a child, she developed a strong interest in music and played multiple instruments, including the saxophone, the violin, and the piano. She also spent time playing cricket during her youth. Demonstrating early creative talent, she wrote and performed a song titled Shadows for a music competition in 2008 at the age of ten, which earned her the Song of the Year title. She additionally collaborated with fellow young composer Kristina Lang to write two more tracks, Lonely in 2007 and Sea Shanty in 2008.
Career beginnings
Josephine began taking acting classes at the age of 13 before enrolling at the Perth Film School in 2012. By the age of 14, she started securing roles in several short films. Her early short film credits include Sex Ed and When Separating in 2013, followed by Gypsy Blood in 2014. These early projects helped her gain foundational experience in front of the camera as she pursued a professional acting path.
She made her official screen debut in the indie film Pulse in 2017, which was screened at various film festivals. During the same year, she appeared as a supporting actress in the American horror film Wish Upon, acting alongside Joey King. She also expanded her work into television in 2017 with an appearance in the Australian series Wolf Creek.
Rise to fame
In July 2018, Josephine secured the career-defining starring role of Tessa Young in the romantic drama film After. The movie was adapted from the 2014 new adult fiction novel written by Anna Todd. Upon its release in 2019, the film became a commercial success, grossing $69.7 million worldwide. Her performance in the leading role earned her a Teen Choice Award.
Following the success of the first film, she reprised her role as Tessa Young in multiple sequels. After We Collided was released in September 2020. The third and fourth installments, titled After We Fell and After Ever Happy, premiered in 2021 and 2022 respectively. The fifth and final film in the franchise, After Everything, was released in 2023, concluding her run as the character.
Other acting projects
Aside from the After franchise, Josephine has taken on diverse roles across film and television. In 2019, she appeared in the American horror anthology web television series Into the Dark playing the character Clair. Later that year, in November 2019, she was cast as Emma Cunningham in the Netflix film Moxie, which is based on the novel of the same name by Jennifer Mathieu.
Her work continued with starring roles in other streaming platforms and feature films. She portrayed Zoey Miller in the Amazon Prime Video romantic comedy The Other Zoey. Also, she took on the role of Katy Gibson in the feature film Gigi & Nate.
Birthday and age
Josephine Langford was born on August 18, 1997, which makes Josephine 29 years old today. That birthday falls under the Leo sign. Josephine shares the date with 56 other famous people.
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