Lilly Englert

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Lilly Englert
Born (1989-08-23) 23 August 1989 (age 36)
London, England
Alma mater Stella Adler Studio of Acting
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Lilly Englert (born 23 August 1989) is an English actress best known for The Wilde Wedding, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Ask for Jane . [1]

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Early life and education

Englert was born in Londonand raised in Parma along with four younger siblings. In 2010, she relocated to New York City to train at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. [2]

Career

In 2013, Englert made her Off-Broadway debut in Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Theatre for a New Audience. [3] [ failed verification ] She starred as Hermia opposite Kathryn Hunter's Puck to good reviews The production was later made into a feature film with limited theatrical release. [4]

Shortly after the run of A Midsummer Night's Dream , Englert was cast in Theatre for a New Audience's Off-Broadway production of King Lear in the role of Cordelia opposite [[Michael Pennington].

In 2016, Englert played the role of Marina in Theatre for a New Audience's Off-Broadway production of Pericles . [5] [6]

Englert made her professional film debut in the 2017 romantic comedy film The Wilde Wedding opposite Patrick Stewart, Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Minnie Driver and Orange Is the New Black 's Yael Stone. [7] In 2017, she also performed in the Off-Broadway world premiere of Fuck Marry Kill. The play was developed at the Lincoln Center Lab and Playwrights Horizons in New York City. [8] [9] [10]

She appeared in the 2018 historical drama film Ask for Jane . The film is based on the true story of the Jane Collective. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia
2017 The Wilde Wedding Rose
2018 Ask for Jane Patty

|2019 Piccole donne | |} |2023 Sciacca - Un sogno fatto in Sicilia | |}

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Quantico Maisie Doyle3 episodes

References

  1. "IMDb". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. "Lilly Englert ('13) in PUNK ROCK at MCC Theater. | Stella Adler Studio of Acting" . Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. Pennington, Michael (29 April 2016). King Lear in Brooklyn. Oberon Books. ISBN   9781783197385.
  4. Viagras, Robert (15 June 2015). "Julie Taymor's "Midsummer Night's Dream" Film Premieres in NY Today". Playbill. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. Isherwood, Charles (25 February 2016). "Review: In 'Pericles,' Much Ado About a Lot of Things". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. "Women on Shakespeare: Lilly Englert as Marina". The Fifth Wall. The Fifth Wall. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  7. "IMdb". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  8. BWW News Desk. "Revenge Comedy F*CK M*RRY K*LL to Make World Premiere Off-Broadway This Fall". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  9. "Fuck Marry Kill". Less Than Rent Theatre. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  10. "Go Behind the Scenes of the F*ck Marry Kill Photoshoot With Less Than Rent Theatre | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  11. BWW News Desk. "Lilly Englert and More to Star in Tonight's Sold-Out PlayLab Reading of DEAR at MCC Theater". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 9 November 2017.