If you have watched Fate: The Winx Saga, you have met Elisha Applebaum through a character, Musa. Her portrayal in the Netflix series has exposed her to a wider audience. But this is not all there is to her life or career.
She is an English actress, producer, and director known for Queenie (2024), Undercover Hooligan (2016), and Black Swan Theory (2018).
A Look into the Her Childhood, Parents, and Ancestry
Elisha Applebaum was born in Watford, England, on September 9, 1995. She has Jewish ancestry.
The actress has kept details of her family private, but famousbirthdays.com reports that her father is Stephen, a freelancer. However, she made a post in April 2024, showing that her father is late. She shared pictures of them and her brother with the caption “DAD 🖤”. Elisha further added a Nick Cave’s poem about grief.
Regardless, she grew up nurturing the thoughts of becoming a performer. As a child, she wasn’t exactly sure of what she would perform but she was later motivated by Barbara Streisand’s performance in Funny Girl. She then attended The Unseen, a part-time acting school in London.
She had Her Career Breakthrough About 7 Years After She Started Her Professional Career
Applebaum began her professional acting career in 2014 when she was featured in an episode of Glue. She played minor roles in short movies and films until 2021 when she appeared in Fate: The Winx Saga.
She portrayed Musa in the Netflix series and it became her first major acting role.
Apart from her acting roles, the Watford-born actress has a career in movie production. She produced short films Bad Habits (2023) and Finger Food (2024).
List of Elisha Applebaum’s Films and Series
- Queenie (2024)
- Team-Building (2023)
- Fate: The Winx Saga (2021)
- Better Get Better (2021)
- Leopard (2020)
- Black Swan Theory (2018)
- Undercover Hooligan (2016)
- No Reasons (2016)
- Mob Handed (2016)
Applebaum has Received Numerous Award Nominations
Elisha’s acting career has gained her award nominations. She was nominated for Best Actress at The British Short Film Awards in 2020.
The same year, she received a Birmingham Film Festival nomination for Best Young Female Actress. She also received the Best Actor nomination at the Lift-Off Global Network, London.
She received all these nominations for her role of Rocky in the short film, Leopard.
She is Passionate About Mental Health
The Fate: The Winx Saga actress does not believe in staying silent on important things in society. This has transformed her into a vocal celebrity about mental health, supporting movements such as Black Lives Matter, and also speaking about women empowerment.
To create more awareness, she started a podcast, Womxn Waves Podcast. The podcast focuses on women’s empowerment in the movie industry and how to get their voices heard.
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Elisha Applebaum’s Relationship with Jake Dudman
There is no formal statement from Elisha about dating Jake at the time of this report. However, there is a buzz on the internet that the actors have dated and even broken up (in real life).
While there is a possibility of a romantic affair between them, there are also chances that the rumors could be false. The actors played lovers in Fate: The Winx Saga and their chemistry in the Netflix series turned heads. Of course, great chemistry in movies mostly brings up curiosity and tell-tales of love affairs in reality.
Whatever the case, Jacob “Jake” and Elisha met on the set of Fate: The Winx Saga. She explained in an interview, “Jacob is an easy and great person with whom to work so it made all those scenes so much more comfortable and easy to do”.
She went further to say that she met Danny Griffin before the show and he knew a couple of her friends.
