Lucy Boyton

Lucy Boynton’s world has turned upside down after her work on John Carney’s Sing Street . Undoubtedly, this actress with expressive blue eyes and an intelligent smile is one of the great discoveries of this nostalgic musical film by the Irish director.

It can be said that from her close-up in Sing Street , the one that picks her up sitting on the stairs of her residence with a mischievous half-smile on her face, the viewer is as captivated by Lucy Boynton as the young protagonist is in love. Although it is true that she had previously played other secondary roles in different television series, it seems that Raphina’s will mark a before and after in the careers of this smiling American actress who lives in England.

Born on January 17, 1994 in New York, Lucy Christabel Boynton is the daughter of Graham, an editor for a media group, and Adriaane, a travel writer. The Boynton family moved to London when she was five years old, so it can be said that Lucy’s upbringing – the youngest of two sisters – has been practically British. She studied at James Allen’s Girls’ School, a private school in London.

At twelve years old, Lucy got her first movie role. She had to play the protagonist of Miss Potter , a well-known British writer and illustrator of children’s stories. The character was played by Renée Zellweger and she, Lucy, appeared briefly when she was a little girl. Director Sandra Goldbacher ( The Governess ) requested her for her film Hers Ballet Shoes Hers a year after hers. It is a telefilm in which three young orphans are adopted in London in the 1930s. The film had a certain impact because one of the protagonists was Emma Watson, who was 16 years old at the time and was immersed in the filming of the Harry Potter saga. Lucy Boynton, who had a great weight in the plot, was Posy, one of the girls who revealed herself as a great promise for the dance. And the following year, already 14 years old, she Lucy participated in a successful BBC miniseries, with all the quality that is supposed. It was a new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility , based on the famous novel by Jane Austen.

From that moment on, Lucy Boynton’s career slowed down a bit. She only appeared sporadically in different television episodes, in series such as Borgia , London: criminal district or Endeavour . He only worked on two films until 2016. The first was the interesting Copperhead , which narrated how a family is torn apart due to the American Civil War, and the second is February , a horror film starring two girls ( Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka ) who must face a mysterious evil.

Then came John Carney , director of The Marvelous Once , willing to offer her a role in a film of the same type, tiny and nostalgic, which spoke of the dreams of the future of young Irishmen in the 80s. There is no doubt that Sing Street He brought this gorgeous actress to the fore, to whom offers have been pouring in ever since. It seems as if the dreams of her character, Raphina, have come true.

There they are to show you a multitude of projects in sight. For now, she has already shot another film with director Oz Perkins , who directed her in February , the thriller I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016). She also has the horror film Don’t Knock Twice (2016) about to premiere. And she has Rebel in the Ray , a JD Salinger biopic with Nicholas Hoult , Sarah Paulson and Kevin Spacey, in post-production; and the haunting Let Me Go , a family trauma drama in which she will be joined by Jodhi May and Juliet Stevenson .

In addition, for 2017 Lucy Boynton plans to film a new version of Murder on the Orient Express , the Agatha Christie classic that this time will be directed by Kenneth Branagh and will have a stellar cast.