Biography
Imogen Gay Poots (born June 3, 1989) is an English actress and model. She played Tammy in the post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Weeks Later (2007), Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013), Debbie Raymond in the Paul Raymond biopic The Look of Love (2013), and Julia Maddon in the American action film Need for Speed (2014). Also in 2014, she portrayed Jesse Crichton in A Long Way Down, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Aaron Paul. In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime series Roadies. In 2020, she played Laura in the Academy Award winning The Father (2020), which starred Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.
Awards & recognition
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award · 2019
- British Independent Film Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2013
Filmography44 titles
The Father
V for Vendetta
I Know This Much Is True
Jane Eyre
Outer Range
Filth
The Chronology of Water
Green Room
A Late Quartet
The Art of Self-Defense
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Cracks
28 Weeks Later
All of You
Need for Speed
Me and Orson Welles
Christopher and His Kind
The Teacher
I Kill Giants
A Long Way Down
Fright Night
Centurion
Casualty
Vivarium
That Awkward Moment
Miss Austen Regrets
Age Out
Rose's War
Sweet Virginia
She's Funny That Way
Solitary Man
Mobile Homes
Chatroom
Knight of Cups
Hedda
French Exit
Frank & Lola
Jimi: All Is by My Side
The Look of Love
Comes a Bright Day
Greetings from Tim Buckley
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Black Christmas
Castle in the Ground