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Imogen Poots
Poots at San Diego Comic Con 2011
Born
Imogen Gay Poots

(1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 (age 35)
Hammersmith, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Imogen Gay Poots[1] (born 3 June 1989[2]) is an English actress and model. 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). In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime series Roadies.

Early life

Poots was born at the Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, London, the daughter of Trevor Poots, a current affairs television producer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Fiona Goodall, a journalist and voluntary worker from Bolton, England.[3][4] She has an older brother, Alex, who is a model.[5][6]

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.[3] 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.[4][7]

Career

Poots first appeared on-screen in an episode of Casualty and had a non-speaking role in 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. Since then, she has appeared in films such as Cracks, Centurion, and as the female lead in the 2011 remake of Fright Night alongside Anton Yelchin.[8][9][10][11] 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.[7]

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.[12] 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.[13][14]

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, and The Look of Love. In 2014, Poots starred in the romantic comedy That Awkward Moment and action film Need for Speed, an adaptation of the video game series and played Jess in the film A Long Way Down. In 2015, she appeared in She's Funny That Way with Jennifer Aniston and Knight of Cups with Cate Blanchett,[15] and has been cast in the adaptation of Jess Walter's novel Beautiful Ruins.[16] She portrayed Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is by My Side, alongside André Benjamin as Hendrix.[17] She reunited with Yelchin for Green Room in 2015.

In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime series Roadies. In 2017, she played Honey in Albee's 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.[18]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 V for Vendetta Young Valerie Page
2007 28 Weeks Later Tammy Harris
2007 Wish Jane Short film
2008 Me and Orson Welles Lorelei Lathrop
2009 Cracks Poppy
2009 Waking Madison Alexis
2009 Solitary Man Allyson Karsch
2010 Centurion Arianne
2010 Chatroom Eva
2011 Jane Eyre Blanche Ingram
2011 Fright Night Amy Peterson
2011 Comes a Bright Day Mary Bright
2012 A Late Quartet Alexandra Gelbart
2013 Greetings from Tim Buckley Allie
2013 Jimi: All Is by My Side Linda Keith
2013 Filth Amanda Drummond
2013 The Look of Love Debbie Raymond
2014 That Awkward Moment Ellie Andrews
2014 A Long Way Down Jess Crichton
2014 Need for Speed Julia Maddon
2014 She's Funny That Way Isabella Patterson
2015 Knight of Cups Della
2015 Green Room Amber
2015 A Country Called Home Ellie
2016 Frank & Lola Lola
2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Ashley Wednesday
2016 Killing for Love Elizabeth Haysom Voice role
2017 Have Had Grace Short film
2017 Sweet Virginia Lila
2017 Mobile Homes Ali
2017 I Kill Giants Karen
2018 Age Out Joan
2019 The Art of Self-Defense Anna
2019 Vivarium Gemma
2019 Castle in the Ground Ana
2019 Black Christmas Riley Stone
2020 The Father Laura
2020 French Exit Susan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Casualty Alice Thornton Episode: "Love Bites"
2008 Miss Austen Regrets Fanny Austen-Knight Television film
2010 Bouquet of Barbed Wire Prue Sorenson Television miniseries
2010 Christopher and His Kind Jean Ross Television film
2016 Roadies Kelly Ann Mason Main role (10 episodes)[19]
2020 I Know This Much Is True Joy Hanks Recurring role (3 episodes)

Awards and nominations

Year Accolade Category Nominated work Results Ref.
2007 British Independent Film Award Most Promising Newcomer 28 Weeks Later Nominated
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
2012 Hamptons International Film Festival Award Breakthrough Performer Knight of Cups Won
2013 British Independent Film Award Best Supporting Actress The Look of Love Won
2016 Fright Meter Award Best Supporting Actress Green Room Nominated
2018 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nominated [20]

References

  1. ^ "POOTS, Imogen". British Film Institute. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  2. ^ Hooper, Ellie (28 January 2014). "Our new girl crush: British actress Imogen Poots". Closer. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b Mottram, James (10 December 2010). "Imogen Poots – A blooming English Rose". The Independent. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b Shields, Rachel (2 May 2010). "Imogen Poots: A bright young thing who won't suffer for her art". The Independent. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Union Pack". Interview. March 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  6. ^ Barker, Lynn (16 August 2011). ""Fright Night's" Leading Lady". Teen Hollywood. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  7. ^ a b Hattersley, Giles (11 September 2001). "She's got the look". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  8. ^ Clements, Pip (16 April 2010). "Imogen Poots: a starlet is born". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  9. ^ Power, Chris (29 April 2007). "Rising star". The Observer. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  10. ^ Newman, Sara (21 May 2007). "The 5-Minute Interview: Imogen Poots, Actress". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 January 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  11. ^ Aftab, Kaleem (26 December 2009). "Talent 2010: The actress, Imogen Poots". The Independent. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  12. ^ Forrester, Sarah (27 May 2011). "Chloe's New Signings". Vogue. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  13. ^ Bergin, Olivia (30 January 2012). "Imogen Poots lands Marni for H&M campaign". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  14. ^ Behind the scenes of the Marni at H&M commercial on YouTube
  15. ^ Dang, Simon (12 June 2012). "Imogen Poots Spotted Shooting 'Knight Of Cups' With Christian Bale; Terrence Malick Meeting With Benicio Del Toro?". The Playlist. Indiewire. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  16. ^ Kroll, Justin (15 November 2013). "Imogen Poots to Star in Todd Field's 'Beautiful Ruins' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  17. ^ "All Is by My Side (2013)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  18. ^ Cavendish, Dominic (15 December 2017). "Riveting and troubling insights on the frailty of human relationships - Belleville, Donmar Warehouse, review". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  19. ^ Simpson, Dave (24 June 2016). "Real-life roadies review Roadies: 'I felt like a nurse watching an hour of ER'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Olivier awards 2018: complete list of nominations". The Guardian. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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