Imogen Poots | |
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Born | Imogen Gay Poots 3 June 1989 Hammersmith, London, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2004–present |
Imogen Gay Poots (born 3 June 1989) is an English actress. She played Tammy in the post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Weeks Later (2007), Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013), Debbie Raymond in the Paul Raymond biopic The Look of Love (2013), and Julia Maddon in the American action film Need for Speed (2014). Also in 2014, she portrayed Jess Crichton in A Long Way Down , alongside Pierce Brosnan and Aaron Paul. She appeared as Isabella "Izzy" Patterson in Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way . In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime series Roadies . In 2019, she co-starred with Jesse Eisenberg in the films Vivarium and The Art of Self-Defense . In 2020, she played Laura in The Father (2020). In 2022, she began playing the role of the mysterious Autumn in the Prime Video science fiction neo-Western series Outer Range .
Imogen Gay Poots was born in June 1989 [1] at the Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, London, the daughter of Trevor Poots, a current affairs television producer from Belfast, and Fiona Goodall, a journalist and voluntary worker from Bolton. [2] [3] She has an older brother. [4] [5]
Raised in Chiswick, West London, Poots was privately educated, attending Bute House Preparatory School for Girls in Brook Green, Queen's Gate School in South Kensington, and Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith. While intending to become a veterinary surgeon, she began spending Saturdays at an improvisation workshop hosted by the Young Blood Theatre Company at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. She abandoned her original career aspiration after fainting at the sight of veterinary surgery during work experience. [2]
Attaining three A grades at A-level, she won a place at the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2008, but had it deferred for two years in order to pursue her acting career. [3] [6]
Poots first appeared on-screen in a 2004 episode of Casualty and had a non-speaking role in 2006's V for Vendetta , but she was largely unknown when, at the age of 17, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo cast her in the horror film 28 Weeks Later , released in 2007. Since then, she has appeared in films such as Cracks (2009), Centurion (2010), and as the female lead in the 2011 remake of Fright Night alongside Anton Yelchin. [7] [8] [9] [10] Although Poots has never formally trained as an actress, according to Giles Hattersley, she developed her acting skills through a practical apprenticeship that may have served her well, as she is "compellingly natural" in front of the camera. [6]
In 2011, she was chosen by fashion house Chloé to appear in a campaign for its eponymous fragrance shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. [11] In 2012, she was selected to star in a Sofia Coppola-directed advertising campaign for a collaboration between fashion label Marni and high street retailer H&M. [12] [13]
In 2012, Poots played the acrimonious young violinist Alexandra Gelbart opposite Catherine Keener and Philip Seymour Hoffman in A Late Quartet . In 2013, she appeared in Greetings from Tim Buckley , Filth , The Look of Love , and portrayed Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is by My Side , alongside André Benjamin as Hendrix. [14] In 2014, Poots starred in the romantic comedy That Awkward Moment and the action film Need for Speed , an adaptation of the video game series, and played Jess in the black comedy A Long Way Down . In 2015, she appeared opposite Owen Wilson in She's Funny That Way with Jennifer Aniston and Knight of Cups with Cate Blanchett, [15] has been cast in the adaptation of Jess Walter's novel Beautiful Ruins , [16] and reunited with Yelchin for Green Room . In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime series Roadies .
In 2017, she played Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , which was broadcast via National Theatre Live on 18 May 2017 from the Harold Pinter Theatre in the London West End. Also that year, Poots starred in the Amy Herzog play Belleville at the Donmar Warehouse opposite James Norton. [17]
She played Lady Rose Dugdale, a wealthy and cultured member of the British upper class-turned-Provisional IRA member, in the 2023 film Baltimore . [18]
Poots was engaged to actor James Norton, but they later ended their relationship after six years. [19]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Casualty | Alice Thornton | Episode: "Love Bites" |
2008 | Miss Austen Regrets | Fanny Austen-Knight | TV movie |
2010 | Bouquet of Barbed Wire | Prue Sorenson | Main cast, miniseries |
Christopher and His Kind | Jean Ross | TV movie | |
2016 | Roadies | Kelly Ann Mason | Main cast |
2020 | I Know This Much Is True | Joy Hanks | Main cast, miniseries |
2022–2024 | Outer Range | Autumn | Main cast |
Year | Play | Role | Theatre | Ref. |
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2017 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | Harold Pinter Theatre | [21] |
Belleville | Abby | Donmar Warehouse | [22] |
Year | Accolade | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | British Independent Film Award | BIFA Most Promising Newcomer | 28 Weeks Later | Nominated | [23] |
2011 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award | Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest (shared with Michael Douglas ) | Solitary Man | Won | [24] |
2012 | Hamptons International Film Festival Award | Breakthrough Performer | Knight of Cups | Won | [24] |
2013 | British Independent Film Award | BIFA Best Supporting Actress | The Look of Love | Won | [24] [25] |
2016 | Fright Meter Award | Best Supporting Actress | Green Room | Nominated | [24] |
2017 | The Stage Awards | The Joe Allen Best West End Debut | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated | [26] |
WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a play | Nominated | [27] | ||
2018 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated | [28] | |
2019 | Sitges Film Festival | Best Actress | Vivarium | Won | [29] |
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