Who plays Eleanor in Black Doves? Actress’s career and notable projects explored

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Gabrielle Creevy plays Eleanor on Black Doves (Image via Starz)
Gabrielle Creevy plays Eleanor on Black Doves (Image via YouTube)

Netflix's Black Doves is one of the most popular spy-thriller series right now, which entered the Top 10 charts in many countries on the platform.

With an ensemble cast of Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire, Andrew Buchan, Kathryn Hunter, and Ella Lily.

Actress Gabrielle Creevy plays the role of Eleanor, a cynical assassin working for the Black Doves organization.

The story follows Helen Webb, a spy working for the organization who gets entangled with the Clark family, the most powerful crime syndicate family in London when their son murders her lover Jason.

She is helped by Mrs. Reeds, who asks Sam, the hired triggerman, to help Helen in her task, who eventually takes out Alex Clark and her son Trent for murdering Helen's lover Jason.

Known for his work on Netflix's Giri/Haji, the show is created by Joe Barton and sits at a whopping 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

More on Creevy's career and her character in Black Doves in our story.


What other roles has Black Doves actress Gabrielle Creevy played so far?

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Gabrielle Creevy is a Welsh actress who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Arts Educational School (ArtsEd) in London. She debuted her acting career in 2011 with the S4C drama series Gwaith/Cartref.

However, the 2018 series In My Skin for BBC Three gained her recognition. She played the character of Bethan Gwyndaf in the show, earning her a BAFTA Cymru award for Actress in 2019.

Her other television credits include Channel 5's 15 Days, BBC's Father Brown, Casualty and The Pact.

Her most recent role includes Showtime's series Three Women, based on Lisa Taddeo's book of the same name, which she wrote while traveling across the country and documenting the real stories of different women.

Creevy was the only actress to play the story of a woman who decided not to change her name for the show and was actively involved in telling her story with the actress.

Creevy worked closely with Maggie Wilkins (her character in the show) and author Taddeo to bring the story of a woman alive who faced sexual exploitation and abuse from her high school professor.

The series and Creevy's performance were highly praised by critics and audiences.


Exploring Creevy's role as Eleanor in Black Doves

Lenny is the woman in charge of managing and hiring triggermen for the Black Doves organization. She was the one who hired Sam for his first job, before he eventually disappeared.

Eleanor and Williams are two assassins hired by Lenny, who work closely together as a team and form an unusual friendship along the way. Ella Lily Hyland, who plays the role of Williams on Black Doves, discussed their friendship in an interview with Netflix's Tudum,

“Eleanor is very similar to Williams, they’re almost mirrors of each other and become best friends. They meet when they’re alone in the world and form this attachment.”

As Netflix's Tudum describes her, Eleanor is a ''cynical assassin who hides her need for companionship behind a dark sense of humor''.

She manages to escape with Williams and Ambassador Chen's daughter Kai-Ming before they can get entangled in the Clarks vs Helen showdown.


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Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal