Langford started taking acting classes at the age of 13. In 2012, she began taking acting classes at Perth Film School. At the age of 14, she began appearing in several short films such as
Sex Ed (2013),
When Separating (2013), and
Gypsy Blood (2014). She made her screen debut in the indie film
Pulse (2017), which screened at film festivals. She also starred as a supporting actress the same year on the American horror film
Wish Upon, acting alongside
Joey King. She also made her television debut in 2017 on the Australian series
Wolf Creek. In July 2018, Langford was cast as Tessa Young in the film
After, based on the 2014
new adult fiction novel of the same name written by
Anna Todd. The film premiered in 2019, and grossed $69.7 million worldwide. She won a
Teen Choice Award for her role as Tessa. Josephine Langford reprised role in the sequel,
After We Collided, which was released in September 2020. In 2019, Langford also appeared in the American
horror anthology web television series
Into the Dark as Clair. In November 2019, Langford was cast as Emma Cunningham in the Netflix film
Moxie, which is based on the novel of the same name written by Jennifer Mathieu. The third and fourth installments in the
After series,
After We Fell and
After Ever Happy were released in 2021 and 2022 respectively. The fifth and final film,
After Everything, was released in 2023. ==Filmography==