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Lucy Boynton (born 17 January 1994) is a British-American actress. She made her film debut as the young Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter (2006). She acted in the films Copperhead (2013), Sing Street (2016), Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Apostle (2018), then portrayed Mary Austin in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). Boynton currently stars as Astrid Sloan in the Netflix series The Politician and will portray singer Marianne Faithfull in the upcoming biopic Faithfull (2021).

Early life[edit]

Boynton was born in New York City and grew up in London.^[2] She is the daughter of British-born Graham Boynton, the group travel editor of the Telegraph Media Group, and Adriaane Pielou, a travel writer.^[3] She has an elder sister, Emma-Louise Boynton. She attended Blackheath High School, followed by James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, south London.

Career[edit]

Boynton's first professional role was as the young Beatrix Potter in the 2006 British-American film Miss Potter. Boynton has said that the first day of filming was "the best day of [her] life".^[4] In 2007, she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress, for Miss Potter.^{[citation needed]}

She played Posy Fossil in 2007, one of three main characters, in the BBC film Ballet Shoes.^[5] Posy is a young, ambitious ballerina who is taken under the wing of a prestigious dance academy. She did not dance in Ballet Shoes; instead a body double was used for her character's dancing scenes. Boynton also played the role of Margaret Dashwood in the BBC serial Sense and Sensibility.^[6] In 2011, Boynton played a guest lead on Lewis. She appeared in Mo with Julie Walters and David Haig. 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.

Boynton played Freddie Mercury's partner Mary Austin in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018),^[7] which earned the cast a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards.^[8]

In February 2020, it was announced that Boynton would play Marianne Faithfull in an upcoming biopic.^[9] Production is set to begin in October of 2020 and will cover Faithfull's rise to fame until the age of 23. ^[10]

Personal life[edit]

Since 2018, Boynton has been dating her Bohemian Rhapsody co-star Rami Malek.^[11]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

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