Career
Worthington Cox is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 10. Prior to starring in Matilda, she was in the chorus for a Bill Kenwright production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Liverpool Empire. In September 2011, she was announced to be one four girls playing the lead role of Matilda in Matilda the Musical along with: Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely.
She made her debut in October 2011 and performed in the show 2 nights a week.
lieutenant was a critical success and Matilda was nominated for 10 Olivier awards among the nominations was Best Actress in a Musical for which Demetriou, Ingram, Kiely and Worthington Cox were all nominated. She continued to appear in Matilda until 19 August 2012 this time sharing the role with Demetriou, Hayley Canham, Jade Marner and Isobelle Molloy.
After finishing Matilda, she filmed the role of Young Princess Aurora in the 2014 film Maleficent. In May 2013, she played Scout in a stage production of To Kill a Mockingbird sharing her role with Lucy Hutchinson and Izzy Lee.
In October 2015, she played Jess in Tomcat, a new play by James Rushbrooke, at Southwark Playhouse, London.