Lucy Boynton

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).

Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The One Show

Barbie

Lewis

Modern Love

Bohemian Rhapsody

All Movies (31)

• The Beatles: Paul2028 · as Jane Asher
• The Beatles: Ringo2028 · as Jane Asher
• The Beatles: John2028 · as Jane Asher
• The Beatles: George2028 · as Jane Asher
• See You When I See You2026 · as Emily Whistler
• The Greatest Hits2024 · as Harriet Gibbons
• Barbie2023 · as Proust Barbie
• Chevalier2023 · as Marie Antoinette
• The Pale Blue Eye2022 · as Lea Marquis
• Glimpse2021 · as Rice (voice)
• Locked Down2021 · as Charlotte
• Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall2020 · as Self
• Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie2019 · as Self / Mary Austin
• Bohemian Rhapsody2018 · as Mary Austin
• Apostle2018 · as Andrea
• Let Me Go2018 · as Emily
• Murder on the Orient Express2017 · as Countess Elena Andrenyi
• Rebel in the Rye2017 · as Claire Douglas
• The Blackcoat's Daughter2017 · as Rose
• Don't Knock Twice2017 · as Chloe
• The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth2017 · as Bethany Mellmoth
• I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House2016 · as Polly Parsons
• Lock In2016 · as Lucy
• Sing Street2016 · as Raphina
• Hymn to Pan2014 · as Holliday
• Copperhead2013 · as Esther Hagadorn
• 400 Boys2013 · as Heidi
• Mo2010 · as Henrietta Norton
• Ballet Shoes2008 · as Posy Fossil
• Miss Potter2006 · as Young Beatrix
• A Colt Is My Passport—

All TV Shows (13)

• A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story2025 · as Ruth Ellis
• Why Didn't They Ask Evans?2022 · as Frankie Derwent
• The Ipcress File2022 · as Jean Courtney
• Modern Love2019 · as Paula
• The Politician2019 · as Astrid Sloan
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Gypsy2017 · as Allison Adams
• Life In Squares2015 · as Angelica Garnett
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Sense and Sensibility2008 · as Margaret Dashwood
• Lewis2007 · as Zoe Suskin
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest