Lucy Boynton
Born: 1994-01-17 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story as Ruth Ellis
2024
- The Greatest Hits as Harriet Gibbons
2022
- The Pale Blue Eye as Lea Marquis
- The Ipcress File as Jean Courtney
- Why Didn't They Ask Evans? as Frankie Derwent
2021
- Glimpse as Rice
- Locked Down as Charlotte
2020
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Modern Love as Paula
- The Politician as Astrid Sloan
- Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie as Self / Mary Austin
2018
- Bohemian Rhapsody as Mary Austin
- Let Me Go as Emily
- Apostle as Andrea
2017
- Murder on the Orient Express as Countess Elena Andrenyi
- Rebel in the Rye as Claire Douglas
- Gypsy as Allison Adams
- Don't Knock Twice as Chloe
- The Blackcoat's Daughter as Rose
- The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth as Bethany Mellmoth
2016
- Sing Street as Raphina
- I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House as Polly Parsons
- Lock In as Lucy
2015
- Life In Squares as Angelica Garnett
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Hymn to Pan as Holliday
2013
- Copperhead as Esther Hagadorn
- 400 Boys as Heidi
2010
- Mo as Henrietta Norton
2008
- Ballet Shoes as Posy Fossil
- Sense and Sensibility as Margaret Dashwood
2007
- Lewis as Zoe Suskin
2006
- The One Show as Self
- Miss Potter as Young Beatrix