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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). Also in 2014, she portrayed Jesse Crichton in A Long Way Down, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Aaron Paul. In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime series Roadies. In 2020, she played Laura in the Academy Award winning The Father (2020), which starred Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.

Imogen Poots
Poots at San Diego Comic-Con 2011
Born	Imogen Gay Poots (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 (age 33) Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Partner(s)	James Norton (2018-present; engaged)

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, and Fiona Goodall, a journalist and voluntary worker from Bolton.[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 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]

Personal life

Poots has been in a relationship with actor James Norton since 2018.[19] They are engaged as of 2022.[20]

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	Lead role[21]
2020	I Know This Much Is True	Joy Hanks	Recurring role (3 episodes)
2022	Outer Range	Autumn	Lead role

Stage

Year	Play	Role	Theatre
2017	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Harold Pinter Theatre[22]
2017	Bellville	Abby	Donmar Warehouse[23]

Awards and nominations

Year	Accolade	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	British Independent Film Award	Most Promising Newcomer	28 Weeks Later	Nominated	[24]
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
2017	The Stage Awards	The Joe Allen Best West End Debut	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated	[25]
2017	WhatsOnStage Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a play		Nominated	[26]
2018	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actress in a Supporting Role		Nominated	[27]
2019	Sitges Film Festival	Best Actress	Vivarium	Won	[28]

References

External links

• Imogen Poots at IMDb

На других языках

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[es] Imogen Poots

Imogen Gay Poots (Londres, Reino Unido; 3 de junio de 1989),[1] más conocida como Imogen Poots, es una actriz y modelo británica. Es conocida por sus destacados papeles de Tammy en la película 28 Weeks Later (2007) y de Julia en la película Need for Speed (2014).[2]

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[ru] Путс, Имоджен

И́моджен Путс (англ. Imogen Poots; род. 3 июня 1989) — английская актриса и фотомодель.

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