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Imogen Gay Poots (born 3 June 1989) is an English actress. She played Tammy in the post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Weeks Later (2007), in the biopic (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 Jess Crichton in A Long Way Down, alongside and . She appeared as Isabella "Izzy" Patterson in Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way. In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime series Roadies. In 2019, she co-starred with in the films Vivarium and The Art of Self-Defense. In 2020, she played Laura in The Father (2020).


Early life and education
Imogen Gay Poots was born in June 1989 at the Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in , , the daughter of Trevor Poots, a current affairs television producer from , and Fiona Goodall, a journalist and voluntary worker from . She has an older brother.

Raised in , , Poots was privately educated, attending Bute House Preparatory School for Girls in , Queen's Gate School in , and Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith. While intending to become a veterinary surgeon, she began spending Saturdays at an 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 during work experience.

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.


Career
Poots first appeared on-screen in a 2004 episode of Casualty and had a non-speaking role in 2006's 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, released in 2007. She then appeared in films such as Cracks (2009), Centurion (2010), and as the female lead in the 2011 remake of Fright Night alongside . Although Poots has never formally trained as an actress, according to , 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.

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. In 2012, she was selected to star in a -directed advertising campaign for a collaboration between fashion label Marni and high street retailer H&M.

In 2012, Poots played the acrimonious young violinist Alexandra Gelbart opposite and Philip Seymour Hoffman in A Late Quartet. In 2013, she appeared in Greetings from Tim Buckley, Filth, The Look of Love, and portrayed in the biopic , alongside André Benjamin as Hendrix. In 2014, Poots starred in the romantic comedy That Awkward Moment and the action film Need for Speed, an adaptation of the video game series, and played Jess in the black comedy A Long Way Down. In 2015, she appeared opposite in She's Funny That Way with and Knight of Cups with , has been cast in the adaptation of 's novel , and reunited with Yelchin for Green Room. 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 West End. Also that year, Poots starred in the play Belleville at the opposite James Norton.

In 2022, she began playing the role of the mysterious Autumn in the science fiction series .

She played Lady , a wealthy and cultured member of the British upper class-turned- member, in the 2023 film Baltimore.


Personal life
Poots was engaged to actor James Norton, but they later ended their relationship after six years.


Acting credits

Film
2005V for VendettaYoung Valerie Page
200728 Weeks LaterTammy Harris
WishJane
2008Me and Orson WellesLorelei Lathrop
2009CracksPoppy
Alexis
Solitary ManAllyson Karsch
2010CenturionArianne
ChatroomEva
2011Jane EyreBlanche Ingram
Fright NightAmy Peterson
Comes a Bright DayMary Bright
2012A Late QuartetAlexandra Gelbart
2013Greetings from Tim BuckleyAllie
FilthAmanda Drummond
The Look of LoveDebbie Raymond
2014That Awkward MomentEllie Andrews
A Long Way DownJess Crichton
Need for SpeedJulia Maddon
She's Funny That WayIsabella Patterson
2015Knight of CupsDella
Green RoomAmber
A Country Called HomeEllie
2016Frank & LolaLola
Ashley Wednesday
Killing for Love;
2017Have HadGraceShort film
Sweet VirginiaLila
Mobile HomesAli
I Kill GiantsKaren
2018Joan
2019The Art of Self-DefenseAnna
VivariumGemmaAlso executive producer
Castle in the GroundAna
Black ChristmasRiley Stone
2020The FatherLaura
French ExitSusan
2023Baltimore
The TeacherLisa
2024All of YouLaura
2025The Chronology of Water
Thea CliftonPost-production


Television
2004CasualtyAlice ThorntonEpisode: "Love Bites"
2008Miss Austen RegretsFanny Austen-Knight
2010Bouquet of Barbed WirePrue SorensonMain cast,
Christopher and His KindTV movie
2016RoadiesKelly Ann MasonMain cast
2020I Know This Much Is TrueJoy HanksMain cast, miniseries
2022–2024AutumnMain cast


Stage
2017Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?HoneyHarold Pinter Theatre
BellevilleAbby


Awards and nominations
2007British Independent Film AwardBIFA Most Promising Newcomer28 Weeks Later
2011Alliance of Women Film Journalists AwardMost Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest (shared with )Solitary Man
2012Hamptons International Film Festival AwardBreakthrough PerformerKnight of Cups
2013British Independent Film AwardBIFA Best Supporting ActressThe Look of Love
2016Fright Meter AwardBest Supporting ActressGreen Room
2017The Stage AwardsThe Joe Allen Best West End DebutWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
WhatsOnStage AwardsBest Supporting Actress in a play
2018Laurence Olivier AwardBest Actress in a Supporting Role
2019Sitges Film FestivalBest ActressVivarium


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