Lucy Walters

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Lucy Walters
Born
Oxfordshire, England, UK
Citizenship
  • American
  • United Kingdom
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
Known forPortraying Holly Weaver on Power
Website iG.com/lucywalters

Lucy Walters is a British American actress best known for playing the role of Holly Weaver on Power for the first three seasons. [1] [2]

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Career

Walters starred as Ann in the 2016 horror film Here Alone [3] and played Holly on the crime-drama television series Power. [4] [2]

In 2022, Walters starred as Nora Murray in the Neil LaBute film House of Darkness. [5] In 2023, she was cast as a lead in The Snare, an indie dramatic thriller, alongside Cassady McClincy, Dempsey Bryk, and Royce Johnson. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Dumping LisaAllison Dunn
Romeo Vs. JulietJulietShort
2011PricklesBethShort
Better than NothingRachel BensonShort
Shame Woman on Subway Train
2012Beds Made & Swearters OnChristineShort
The Brass Teapot Mary
2013Big WordsShiela
Double CrossedWaitressShort
The ProprietorThe BlondeShort
EpilogueVeronicaShort
B-SideKatie
Bastards of YoungJulie
Big GirlMomShort
2014Lies I Told My Little SisterCory Webber
Growing Up and Other Lies Melanie
The Grey MatterEmily EatonShort
The Longest Week Ivory House Girl #2
2015Up HereMotherShort
Up NextEmmaShort
Cry Baby Cry-Short
2016 Here Alone Ann
MonsterlandEmily
Auld Lang SyneSadie
2017Tiny MammalsCarol (Mom)Short
2018 Boarding School Mrs. Ramsay
This Teacher Rose
Progress BarLexiShort
2019EntangledIsabel
2020 Tesla Katherine Johnson
ThorpRachel
I've Lost HerRoseShort
2021 False Positive Marcy
2022 House of Darkness Nora Murray [7]
The Falling WorldMargot

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Jungle Lipstick WomanEpisode: "Chapter Eighteen: Indecent Exposure"
2011 Blue Bloods VanessaEpisode: "My Funny Valentine"
Gossip Girl Member of CoupleEpisode: "The Wrong Goodbye"
Army Wives Amy SandbergEpisode: "Firefight" & "Farewell to Arms"
2012 White Collar Annie ChaiteEpisode: "Pulling Strings"
Smash SuzanneEpisode: "The Callback"
Futurestates GunnyEpisode: "Gunny"
Splinter Cell: ExtinctionBrinRecurring Cast
666 Park Avenue Mary BarlowEpisode: "Pilot"
The Good Wife SandyEpisode: "Here Comes the Judge"
2013 Do No Harm Bethany MitchellEpisode: "A Stand-In"
Bones Lily ThornEpisode: "The Secrets in the Proposal"
2014 Rizzoli & Isles Natalie BloomfieldEpisode: "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
2014–16 Power Holly WeaverMain Cast: Season 1-3
2015Highly Evolved HumanElizabethEpisode: "The Scooter"
2016 Falling Water IslaRecurring Cast: Season 1
2017 Z: The Beginning of Everything Edna St. Vincent MillayRecurring Cast
2017–19 Get Shorty Katie DalyMain Cast: Season 1-2, Recurring Cast: Season 3
2018#WarGamesAnne SawyerRecurring Cast
NCIS: New Orleans Amy CollinsEpisode: "High Stakes"
2019 Jett RosalieRecurring Cast
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Tammy MillerEpisode: "The Burden of Our Choices"
2020–21GroupPamRecurring Cast: Season 1, Main Cast: Season 2
2021 FBI: Most Wanted Amelia CartwrightEpisode: "Dysfunction"
2022 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty BeverlyEpisode: "Is That All There Is?"
The Blacklist Felicia DawsonEpisode: "The Chairman (No. 171)"
The Rookie Beth VestonEpisode: "Double Down"
2023 Power Book IV: Force Holly WeaverEpisode: "Here There Be Monsters"

Awards and nominations

YearAward ceremonyCategoryRecipient/Nominated workResultsRef.
2016 Tallgrass Film Festival Golden Strands Award – Outstanding Female Actor Here Alone ; herselfWon [8]
2014Lady Filmmakers Film FestivalBest ActressHerself (Lies I Told My Little Sister)Nominated

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