Hermione Eyre (born 1980) is a British journalist, novelist, and former child actor.
Early life
Hermione Eyre was born in 1980. Her parents were Sir Reginald Eyre, a British Conservative party politician, and Anne Clements.[1][2] Her godmother was the actress Hermione Gingold, who was a friend of her mother and her namesake.[3]
Eyre studied at Rugby School, joining at the age of 13 in the first year that the school admitted girls.[4]
After university, Eyre trained as a croupier at the Bermondsey Casino Training Centre,[7] and worked for a year at a London casino, dealing roulette and blackjack.[8]
Career
Acting
At the age of 7, Eyre acted in About Face, a sitcom with Maureen Lipman. She also acted as a young Agatha Christie in a BBC production. In 1990, Eyre obtained a role as Zinnie in the film The Children with Kim Novak and Ben Kingsley.[9]
Aged 12, Eyre acted in her final role – as the Kid Clementina in an episode of the television series Jeeves and Wooster.[10]
Journalism
Eyre worked at The Independent as a staff writer for seven years. She was also a television critic for that newspaper.[11]
Eyre is known for her long-form interviews with celebrities, publishing her works in the London Evening Standard Magazine, where she is a contributing editor.[12] She has also written for the New Statesman,[13] and The Spectator.[14]
Books
Eyre co-wrote The Dictionary of National Celebrity in 2005.[15]
