1. Lucy Boynton was born on 17 January 1994 and is an American-born British actress.
41 Facts About Lucy Boynton
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Lucy Boynton appeared as an isolated popular girl in The Blackcoat's Daughter and starred as a bold aspiring model in Sing Street.
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Lucy Boynton appeared in horror films I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House and Don't Knock Twice.
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Lucy Boynton played Countess Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express, which was a commercial success.
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Lucy Boynton portrayed an addict in Netflix's Gypsy and the daughter of a cult leader in Apostle.
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Lucy Boynton gained recognition for starring as Mary Austin in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Lucy Boynton appeared as the privileged antagonist Astrid Sloan in the Netflix series The Politician, appeared in the second season of Modern Love, and starred in ITV's The Ipcress File.
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Lucy Boynton was born in New York to English parents, journalists Graham Lucy Boynton and Adrianne Pielou.
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The younger of two daughters, Lucy Boynton was initially raised in New York until the age of four when her family returned to Britain; thereafter, she was raised in southeast London.
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Lucy Boynton retains dual citizenship of the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Lucy Boynton made her professional debut at age twelve as young Beatrix Potter in the biographical film Miss Potter.
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Lucy Boynton was asked to audition after being spotted by a casting director sitting in on her drama class.
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Lucy Boynton wore corsets and padded clothing to portray a younger Potter.
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Lucy Boynton stated that the first day of filming was "the best day of [her] life".
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Lucy Boynton starred as Posy Fossil in the BBC film Ballet Shoes.
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Lucy Boynton portrayed Margaret Dashwood in the 2008 television adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility.
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Lucy Boynton appeared in period drama Copperhead based on the novel of the same name by Harold Frederic.
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Lucy Boynton played Angelica Garnett, a member of the Bloomsbury Group, in the BBC miniseries Life in Squares, which aired in 2015.
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Lucy Boynton appeared as "sullen mean girl" Rose alongside Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka in The Blackcoat's Daughter.
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Lucy Boynton prepared for the film by watching films that dealt with isolation and grief, such as Rosemary's Baby on the recommendation of director Oz Perkins.
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Lucy Boynton starred in the coming-of-age film Sing Street as Raphina, an aspiring model with "huge hair, bright make-up and colourful clothes".
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Lucy Boynton described her role as "the muse character, in a way, but only because she has put herself there".
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Lucy Boynton appeared as ghostly bride Polly Parsons in the gothic-horror film I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, which opened at the Toronto International Film Festival to mixed reception.
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Lucy Boynton starred alongside Katee Sackhoff in indie-horror Don't Knock Twice.
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Lucy Boynton portrayed JD Salinger's second wife, Claire Douglas, in Rebel in the Rye.
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Lucy Boynton played Countess Helena Andrenyi in the 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express.
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Lucy Boynton empathised with her character's desire to regress into early life while struggling with control.
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Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter cited Lucy Boynton as "splendid-but-underused" and among the "best of the supporting turns".
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Lucy Boynton appeared as Andrea, the daughter of a cult leader, in Apostle, which was praised by critics.
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Lucy Boynton starred opposite Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury's partner Mary Austin in Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Lucy Boynton appears opposite Taron Egerton in Glimpse, a short virtual reality animated film premiering at the Virtual Reality showcase of the Venice Film Festival in 2019.
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Since 2019, Lucy Boynton has starred in the Netflix series The Politician, portraying Astrid Sloane, the protagonist's "ruthless" and "hyperbolically privileged" rival.
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Lucy Boynton described the experience "liberating", saying that playing an antagonistic character added depth to the role.
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In February 2020, it was announced that Lucy Boynton would be both executive producer and lead actor in the upcoming Marianne Faithfull biopic, Faithfull.
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Lucy Boynton had a supporting role as Charlotte, a Harrods shop assistant, in Locked Down, released on HBO Max.
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Lucy Boynton guest-starred opposite Kit Harington in the second season of Amazon Video's anthology series Modern Love in 2021.
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In 2022, Lucy Boynton appeared in ITV's six-part miniseries The Ipcress File as Jean Courtney, Harry Palmer's colleague, and starred in the Stephen Williams-directed biographical film Chevalier as Marie Antoinette.
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In 2023, Lucy Boynton portrayed Proust Barbie in the fantasy comedy Barbie; she was originally meant to have more scenes but test audiences' unfamiliarity with Marcel Proust, and thus inability to appreciate the humour associated with the Proust Barbie character, meant that she only appears in a brief cameo in the finished film.
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In June 2023, Lucy Boynton was cast as Ruth Ellis in an upcoming ITV adaptation based on the account given in true crime author Carol Ann Lee's book A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story.
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Lucy Boynton was in a relationship with her Bohemian Rhapsody co-star Rami Malek from 2017 to 2023.
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Lucy Boynton is currently in a relationship with Scottish musician Murdo Mitchell.