Lucy Boynton
Acting • Born 1994-01-17
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
44 credits
Ballet Shoes
Movie • 2008
Posy Fossil
Miss Potter
Movie • 2006
Young Beatrix
The Pale Blue Eye
Movie • 2022
Lea Marquis
Barbie
Movie • 2023
Proust Barbie
Copperhead
Movie • 2013
Esther Hagadorn
The Greatest Hits
Movie • 2024
Harriet Gibbons
The Blackcoat's Daughter
Movie • 2017
Rose
The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth
Movie • 2017
Bethany Mellmoth
Glimpse
Movie • 2021
Rice (voice)
Sing Street
Movie • 2016
Raphina
Rebel in the Rye
Movie • 2017
Claire Douglas
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
Movie • 2016
Polly Parsons
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie • 2017
Countess Elena Andrenyi
Mo
Movie • 2010
Henrietta Norton
Don't Knock Twice
Movie • 2017
Chloe
Lock In
Movie • 2016
Lucy
Hymn to Pan
Movie • 2014
Holliday
Let Me Go
Movie • 2018
Emily
Apostle
Movie • 2018
Andrea
Bohemian Rhapsody
Movie • 2018
Mary Austin
Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie
Movie • 2019
Self / Mary Austin
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Movie • 2020
Self
Locked Down
Movie • 2021
Charlotte
Chevalier
Movie • 2023
Marie Antoinette
See You When I See You
Movie • 2026
400 Boys
Movie • 2013
Heidi
A Colt Is My Passport
Movie
The Beatles: Paul
Movie • 2028
Jane Asher
The Beatles: Ringo
Movie • 2028
Jane Asher
The Beatles: John
Movie • 2028
Jane Asher
The Beatles: George
Movie • 2028
Jane Asher
Modern Love
TV • 2019
Paula
Sense and Sensibility
TV • 2008
Margaret Dashwood
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
TV • 2022
Frankie Derwent
Gypsy
TV • 2017
Allison Adams
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Life In Squares
TV • 2015
Angelica Garnett
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
TV • 2025
Ruth Ellis
Lewis
TV • 2007
Zoe Suskin
The Politician
TV • 2019
Astrid Sloan
The Ipcress File
TV • 2022
Jean Courtney
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest