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Zoe Boyle
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Zoe Boyle at the UK film premiere of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn in 2011
Born (1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 35)
Alma mater Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActress
Known forTrinity Ashby Sons of Anarchy Lavinia Swire Downton Abbey

Zoe Boyle (born 1 January 1989) is an English actress known for her roles as Lavinia Swire on the series Downton Abbey and Trinity Ashby on Sons of Anarchy . [1] [2] [3]

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Education

Boyle attended the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, at the University of London and graduated in 2006. [4]

Career

Boyle's breakthrough role was in Downton Abbey as Lavinia Swire. [5] Boyle went on to land recurring roles in the television series Breathless , Frontier , and Witless .

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2008King LearLady in Waiting Royal Shakespeare Company [6]
2012Cat on a Hot Tin RoofMaggie West Yorkshire Playhouse [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleRef(s)
2012 Freeloaders Emma Greenwood [8]
2017 Promise at Dawn The Poetess
2018 Rémi sans famille Mrs. Milligan
2021 The Last Letter from Your Lover Anne [9]
2022 Living Mrs. McMasters

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Grey's Anatomy Clara [10] Nicknamed Ceviche due to the loss of her arms in a boating accident
2009 Ghost Whisperer Amber Heaton
2009 Lewis Hope RansomeVanishing Point” S3:E3
2009 Agatha Christie's Poirot Jinny Boynton"Appointment with Death" Series 11, Episode 4
2010 Sons of Anarchy Trinity “Triny” Ashby [11]
2011 Downton Abbey Lavinia Swire [12]
2013 Breathless Jean Truscott
2014 Blandings Pauline Petiteseries 2, episode 4
2015 The Astronaut Wives Club Jo Schirra [13] [14]
2016–2018 Witless Rhona BBC Three comedy drama
2016–present Frontier Grace Emberly [15]
2018 Death in Paradise Cressida Friend [16] Sr7 Ep6 (Meditated In Murder)
2019 Four Weddings and a Funeral GemmaMiniseries [17]
2022 That Dirty Black Bag Michelle

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