Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 17, 1994
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Lucy Boynton
Biography
Lucy Boynton (born January 17, 1994) is a British actress. Her first professional role was as the young Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter (2006), for which she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress. She went on to play Posy Fossil in 2007 in the BBC film Ballet Shoes. She also played the role of Margaret Dashwood in the BBC serial Sense and Sensibility (2008). She portrayed the mysterious model Raphina in the 2016 film Sing Street, a ghost Polly Parsons in the 2016 film I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House and Countess Helena Andrenyi in the 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express.
She played Freddie Mercury's partner, Mary Austin, in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which earned the cast a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. She portrayed Astrid Sloan in the Netflix series The Politician (2019–2020).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Greatest Hits | Harriet Gibbons |
| 2023 | Barbie | Proust Barbie |
| 2023 | Chevalier | Marie Antoinette |
| 2022 | The Pale Blue Eye | Lea Marquis |
| 2021 | Glimpse | Rice |
| 2021 | Locked Down | Charlotte |
| 2020 | Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall | Self |
| 2019 | Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie | Self / Mary Austin |
| 2018 | Let Me Go | Emily |
| 2018 | Apostle | Andrea |
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Mary Austin |
| 2017 | The Blackcoat's Daughter | Rose |
| 2017 | The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth | Bethany Mellmoth |
| 2017 | Rebel in the Rye | Claire Douglas |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Countess Elena Andrenyi |
| 2017 | Don't Knock Twice | Chloe |
| 2016 | Sing Street | Raphina |
| 2016 | I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Polly Parsons |
| 2016 | Lock In | Lucy |
| 2014 | Hymn to Pan | Holliday |
| 2013 | Copperhead | Esther Hagadorn |
| 2013 | 400 Boys | Heidi |
| 2010 | Mo | Henrietta Norton |
| 2008 | Ballet Shoes | Posy Fossil |
| 2006 | Miss Potter | Young Beatrix |
| See You When I See You |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story | Ruth Ellis |
| 2022 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Frankie Derwent |
| 2022 | The Ipcress File | Jean Courtney |
| 2019 | Modern Love | Paula |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2019 | The Politician | Astrid Sloan |
| 2017 | Gypsy | Allison Adams |
| 2015 | Life In Squares | Angelica Garnett |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2008 | Sense and Sensibility | Margaret Dashwood |
| 2007 | Lewis | Zoe Suskin |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self |