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Born	Imogen Gay Poots (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 (age 36) Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Imogen Gay Poots (born on June 3, 1989) is a talented English actress. She has starred in many films and TV shows. Some of her well-known roles include Tammy in the horror film 28 Weeks Later (2007) and Julia Maddon in the action movie Need for Speed (2014). She also appeared as Jess Crichton in A Long Way Down (2014) and as Kelly Ann in the TV series Roadies (2016). More recently, she co-starred in Vivarium (2019) and played Laura in The Father (2020).

Early Life and Education

Imogen Poots was born in June 1989 in Hammersmith, London. Her father, Trevor Poots, was a TV producer, and her mother, Fiona Goodall, was a journalist. Imogen also has an older brother.

She grew up in Chiswick, West London. Imogen went to private schools like Bute House Preparatory School for Girls and Latymer Upper School. When she was younger, she wanted to become a veterinary surgeon (an animal doctor). However, she changed her mind after fainting during work experience when she saw a real animal surgery.

Instead, she started spending Saturdays at an acting workshop. After finishing school with excellent grades, she was accepted into the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2008. But she decided to put her studies on hold for two years to focus on her acting career.

Acting Career Highlights

Poots at the Fright Night panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011

Imogen Poots first appeared on screen in 2004 in an episode of the TV show Casualty. She also had a small role in the 2006 film V for Vendetta. She became more widely known at age 17 when she was cast in the horror film 28 Weeks Later, which came out in 2007.

Since then, she has acted in many different movies. These include Cracks (2009) and Centurion (2010). She also played the main female role in the 2011 remake of Fright Night. Even though Imogen never went to acting school, many people say she is very natural and convincing in her roles.

In 2012, Imogen played a young violinist named Alexandra Gelbart in the movie A Late Quartet. In 2013, she appeared in films like Filth and The Look of Love. She also played Linda Keith in Jimi: All Is by My Side, a movie about the musician Jimi Hendrix.

In 2014, Imogen starred in the romantic comedy That Awkward Moment and the action film Need for Speed, which was based on a popular video game series. She also played Jess in the comedy A Long Way Down. In 2015, she worked with Owen Wilson in She's Funny That Way. She also reunited with actor Anton Yelchin in the film Green Room.

In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime TV series Roadies. In 2017, she performed in the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London's West End.

More recently, in 2022, she started playing the mysterious character Autumn in the science fiction series Outer Range on Prime Video. In 2023, she played Lady Rose Dugdale in the film Baltimore.

Film Roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	V for Vendetta	Young Valerie Page
2007	28 Weeks Later	Tammy Harris
	Wish	Jane	Short film
2008	Me and Orson Welles	Lorelei Lathrop
2009	Cracks	Poppy
	Waking Madison	Alexis
	Solitary Man	Allyson Karsch
2010	Centurion	Arianne
	Chatroom	Eva
2011	Jane Eyre	Blanche Ingram
	Fright Night	Amy Peterson
	Comes a Bright Day	Mary Bright
2012	A Late Quartet	Alexandra Gelbart
2013	Greetings from Tim Buckley	Allie
	Jimi: All Is by My Side	Linda Keith
	Filth	Amanda Drummond
	The Look of Love	Debbie Raymond
2014	That Awkward Moment	Ellie Andrews
	A Long Way Down	Jess Crichton
	Need for Speed	Julia Maddon
	She's Funny That Way	Isabella Patterson
2015	Knight of Cups	Della
	Green Room	Amber
	A Country Called Home	Ellie
2016	Frank & Lola	Lola
	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Ashley Wednesday
	Killing for Love	Elizabeth Haysom	Voice; documentary
2017	Have Had	Grace	Short film
	Sweet Virginia	Lila
	Mobile Homes	Ali
	I Kill Giants	Karen
2018	Age Out	Joan
2019	The Art of Self-Defense	Anna
	Vivarium	Gemma	Also executive producer
	Castle in the Ground	Ana
	Black Christmas	Riley Stone
2020	The Father	Laura
	French Exit	Susan
2023	Baltimore	Rose Dugdale
	The Teacher	Lisa
2024	All of You	Laura
2025	The Chronology of Water	Lidia Yuknavitch
	Hedda	Thea Clifton	Post-production

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Television Roles

Stage Performances

Awards and Recognitions

Imogen Poots has received several awards and nominations for her acting.

See also

In Spanish: Imogen Poots para niños