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==Career==
==Career==
Her first professional role was as the young [[Beatrix Potter]] in the 2006 [[UK|British]]-[[United States|American]] [[film]] ''Miss Potter''. Boynton has said that the first day of filming ''[[Miss Potter]]'' was "the best day of [her] life."<ref>Pielou, Adriaane (12 December 2006) [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/12/30/bflucy130.xml My Lucy, the film star], [[The Daily Telegraph]]</ref> In 2007, Boynton was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress, for ''Miss Potter'', but did not win.
Her first professional role was as the young [[Beatrix Potter]] in the 2006 [[UK|British]]-[[United States|American]] [[film]] ''[[Miss Potter]]''. Boynton has said that the first day of filming ''[[Miss Potter]]'' was "the best day of [her] life."<ref>Pielou, Adriaane (12 December 2006) [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/12/30/bflucy130.xml My Lucy, the film star], [[The Daily Telegraph]]</ref> In 2007, Boynton was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress, for ''Miss Potter'', but did not win.


She went on to play Posy Fossil in 2007, one of three main characters, in the [[BBC]] film ''[[Ballet Shoes (film)|Ballet Shoes]]''.<ref>Walden, Celia (7 August 2007) based on Noel Streatfeild's 1936 novel [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/08/07/dp0701.xml Emma makes a classic pirouette], [[The Daily Telegraph]]</ref> Posy is a young, ambitious ballerina who is taken under the wing of a prestigious dance academy. Boynton did not actually dance in ''Ballet Shoes''; a body double was used for the dancing scenes. Boynton also played the role of Margaret Dashwood in the BBC serial ''[[Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV serial)|Sense and Sensibility]]''.
She went on to play Posy Fossil in 2007, one of three main characters, in the [[BBC]] film ''[[Ballet Shoes (film)|Ballet Shoes]]''.<ref>Walden, Celia (7 August 2007) based on Noel Streatfeild's 1936 novel [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/08/07/dp0701.xml Emma makes a classic pirouette], [[The Daily Telegraph]]</ref> Posy is a young, ambitious ballerina who is taken under the wing of a prestigious dance academy. Boynton did not actually dance in ''Ballet Shoes''; a body double was used for the dancing scenes. Boynton also played the role of Margaret Dashwood in the BBC serial ''[[Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV serial)|Sense and Sensibility]]''.


Lucy most recently filmed the role of Lucia di Narni in BORGIA for Canal+. She recently filmed a guest lead on LEWIS. She appeared in MO with Julie Walters and David Haig.
Lucy most recently filmed the role of Lucia di Narni in ''[[BORGIA]]'' for Canal+. She recently filmed a guest lead on ''[[LEWIS]]''. She appeared in MO with [[Julie Walters]] and [[David Haig]].


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 10:02, 1 July 2012

Lucy Boynton
Born
Lucy Boynton

(1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30)
OccupationActress
Years active2006-present

Lucy Boynton (born January 17, 1994) is an English actress. She attended Blackheath High School, and now attends James Allen's Girls' School. She is the daughter of Graham Boynton, the Group Travel Editor of the Telegraph Media Group and Adriaane Pielou, a travel writer.[1]

Career

Her 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 Miss Potter was "the best day of [her] life."[2] In 2007, Boynton was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress, for Miss Potter, but did not win.

She went on to play Posy Fossil in 2007, one of three main characters, in the BBC film Ballet Shoes.[3] Posy is a young, ambitious ballerina who is taken under the wing of a prestigious dance academy. Boynton did not actually dance in Ballet Shoes; a body double was used for the dancing scenes. Boynton also played the role of Margaret Dashwood in the BBC serial Sense and Sensibility.

Lucy most recently filmed the role of Lucia di Narni in BORGIA for Canal+. She recently filmed a guest lead on LEWIS. She appeared in MO with Julie Walters and David Haig.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2006 Miss Potter Young Beatrix Potter Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress
2007 Ballet Shoes Posy Fossil TV movie
2008 Sense and Sensibility Margaret Dashwood TV mini-series (3 episodes)
2010 Mo Henrietta Norton TV movie
2011 Lewis Zoe Suskin TV series (Episode: The Gift of Promise)[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Once upon a time there was a little girl who wanted to be a movie star The Telegraph. 6 December 2006
  2. ^ Pielou, Adriaane (12 December 2006) My Lucy, the film star, The Daily Telegraph
  3. ^ Walden, Celia (7 August 2007) based on Noel Streatfeild's 1936 novel Emma makes a classic pirouette, The Daily Telegraph
  4. ^ "Lewis: The Gift of Promise episode page". Internet Movie Database. IMDb. Retrieved 25 April 2011.

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