Acting
Elif Knight
Place of birth
Konya, Central Anatolia, Turkey
Known for
Acting
Credits
7 titles
Elif Knight is an award-winning actress and director. She received the prestigious Patricia Rothermere Evening Standard Theatre Award, in and joint award and presented by Sir Richard Attenborough, who later mentored her during the early stages of her career. A graduate of a leading drama school, Elif has continued to refine her craft through extensive training with renowned coach Jack Waltzer from The Actors Studio. Over the course of 10 years, she trained with Jack in both Paris and London and became his assistant in 2014. Elif’s approach to method acting draws from the teachings of legends such as Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and Sanford Meisner—mentors to actors like Robert De Niro and S…
Known for
7.8Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
Penny Dreadful
2014
7.8When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, volatile and impulsive Sean Wallace to restore control and find those responsible for killing his father.
Gangs of London
2020
7.6In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.
Into the Badlands
2015
7.1A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.
Aladdin
2019
5.9The Powells' idyllic family holiday to Turkey turns into a nightmare when 16-year-old Noah is accused of a horrific crime.
No Return
2022
7.0Two soldiers on opposite sides of World War I try to survive and return to their families.
Their War
2018
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
7.1A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.
Aladdin
2019
7.0Two soldiers on opposite sides of World War I try to survive and return to their families.
Their War
2018
Series credits
7.8Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
Penny Dreadful
2014
7.8When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace between the intricate web of gangs operating on the streets of the city. Now it’s up to the grieving, volatile and impulsive Sean Wallace to restore control and find those responsible for killing his father.
Gangs of London
2020
7.6In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.
Into the Badlands
2015
5.9The Powells' idyllic family holiday to Turkey turns into a nightmare when 16-year-old Noah is accused of a horrific crime.
No Return
2022