Background
Henley was born on 9 July 1995 to Helen and Mike Henley in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, where she attended Moorfield School for Girls before attending Bradford Grammar School.
Henley was born on 9 July 1995 to Helen and Mike Henley in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, where she attended Moorfield School for Girls before attending Bradford Grammar School.
She has two older sisters, Rachael and Laura. Rachael played the older version of Lucy Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Henley made her acting debut as Lucy Pevensie in 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, based on the Christian Science Lewis novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
The film grossed over $745 million worldwide.
Henley reprised her role of Lucy Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, 2008 sequel The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and 2010 sequel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Since the release of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Henley has appeared as Jane in the stage play Babes in the Wood put on by Upstagers" Theater Group, which ran from 27 January to 4 February 2006.
She starred as Scaramouche in Bradford Grammar School"s production of We Will Rock You, which ran from 13 to 16 March 2013. She also appeared as the young Jane Eyre in the 2006 British Broadcasting Corporation adaptation of Jane Eyre.
The film was released in April 2014.
Henley plays Mary Warren in The Sisterhood of Night. The film was released in April 2015. During her time at University of Cambridge Henley has performed on stage in "Play it Again Sam", by Woody Allen.
The Penelopiad, by Margaret Atwood.
The Trojan Women; A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. And in the CUADC/Footlights annual pantomime.
Henley has also directed projects including "Lovesong", and "After Seymour" (the latter of which she co-wrote). In the summer of 2014, Henley went to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival along with Cambridge Shortlegs, performing once again in The Penelopiad in the role of Eurycleia.
As of 2015, Henley is writing and directing her first short film, TIDE.
She is best known for her portrayal of Lucy Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series, for which she won the Phoenix Film Critics" Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth Female in a Lead or Supporting Role in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe in 2005, at only ten years old. Henley has won the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth Female in a Lead or Supporting Role and the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature.
