Overview (3)

Born July 7, 1991 in Ireland Birth Name Memphis Eve Hewson Height 5' 1" (1.55 m)

Mini Bio (1)

Memphis Eve Sunny Day Hewson, known professionally as Eve Hewson, is an Irish actress. Her first major role was in the drama film This Must Be the Place (2011). She played Nurse Lucy Elkins in Steven Soderbergh's TV series The Knick (2014-2015).



Hewson was born in Dublin, the second daughter of activist Ali Hewson (née Alison Stewart) and U2 lead singer Bono (Paul David Hewson). She was named after being born at 7 am on 7 July, as "eve" is the middle of the word "seven". She has an older sister, Jordan, and two younger brothers, Elijah and John. She was educated at the Dalkey School Project and St. Andrew's College in Dublin and New York University. The U2 song "Kite" was inspired by a moment when Bono took a kite up on Killiney Hill with Hewson and her sister, but the kite blew off and smashed.



Although Hewson's parents were against her performing, she made her acting debut in 2005 alongside her sister Jordan in the short film Lost and Found. She made her feature-length debut in 2008 in The 27 Club. The same year, Hewson took part in an acting programme at the New York Film Academy. In 2010, she appeared in the music video and accompanying short film for Irish band The Script's song "For the First Time".



She portrayed Yvonne in the 2013 thriller film Blood Ties. In July 2013, Jack Quaid of The Hunger Games and Hewson asked fans to help them fund a new film called Roadies using crowdsourcing. In September that year, she appeared in the romantic comedy film Enough Said as the daughter of James Gandolfini's character Albert. In November 2013, she was nominated for the Tatler Irish Woman of the Year Award for her work in films.



From 2014 to 2015, she co-starred in Steven Soderbergh's Cinemax TV series The Knick.



In October, 2015 she appeared as Carol Donovan in Steven Spielberg's Cold War movie Bridge of Spies. Her character is daughter of the main character in the movie, played by Tom Hanks.



She appeared as Maid Marian in the Otto Bathurst version of Robin Hood, released in November 2018. Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, and Jamie Dornan co-star.



Hewson lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She received her degree from New York University on 22 May 2013; her father, Bono, declined an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from NYU on the same day.

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Trivia (10)



Younger sister of Jordan Hewson ; older sister of Elijah Bob Hewson and John Abraham Hewson.

She's the girl in the music video of The Script "For the First Time".



Lives in Brooklyn, New York City.



Received a degree from New York University the same day her father turned down an honorary one from that school.



She appeared in the 2013 film Enough Said, which was one of James Gandolfini's final films before his passing.



She co-starred in the Steven Soderbergh TV drama called The Knick alongside Clive Owen.



Irish actress known for her role as Mary in This Must Be the Place and Yvonne in the 2013 film Blood Ties. In 2018, she was cast as Maid Marian in the film Robin Hood.



Her father is Paul Hewson, also known as Bono of the legendary rock group, U2.



Her first acting role came in a short film alongside her sister, Jordan, called Lost and Found in 2005.



Personal Quotes (7)

No one knows who I am and no-one cares. I could jump in front of a camera man and he'd just tell me to get out of the way.



I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!



I get called 'Memphis Eve,' but my first name is Eve. I know Memphis is in there somewhere, but on my passport I'm 'Eve Sunny Day Hewson.'



That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.



I always wanted to go to Sundance.



There were times when I wondered if I was doing the right thing, studying when I could have been going to auditions.



In my family, I would never dare to think of being Paris Hilton! And to me, that doesn't look like a happy existence - it's just not who I am.

