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Imogen Poots Imogen Gay Poots is an English actress. She
is best known for playing Tammy in 28 Weeks Later.
Early life Poots was born at the Queen Charlotte's and
Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, London, the daughter of Trevor Poots, a current affairs
television producer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Fiona Goodall, a journalist and
voluntary worker from Bolton. She has an older brother, Alex, who is a model. Her surname
is of Dutch origin. Raised in Chiswick, Poots was privately educated
in West London, attending Bute House Preparatory School for Girls in Brook Green, Queen's Gate
School in South Kensington, and Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith. While intending to
become a veterinarian, she began spending Saturdays at an improvisation workshop hosted
by the Young Blood Theatre Company at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. She abandoned
her original career aspiration after fainting at the sight of veterinary surgery during
work experience. Attaining three A grades at A-level, she won a place at the Courtauld
Institute of Art in 2008, but had it deferred for two years in order to pursue her acting
career. Career
Poots first appeared on-screen in an episode of Casualty and had a non-speaking role in
V for Vendetta, but she was largely unknown when, at the age of 17, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
cast her in 28 Weeks Later. Since then, she has appeared in films such as Cracks, Centurion,
and the 2011 remake of Fright Night. Although Poots has never formally trained as an actress,
according to Giles Hattersley, a practical apprenticeship may have served her well, as
she is "compellingly natural" in front of the camera.
In 2011, she was chosen by fashion house ChloƩ to appear in a campaign for its eponymous
fragrance shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. In 2012, she was selected
to star in a Sofia Coppola-directed advertising campaign for a collaboration between fashion
label Marni and high street retailer H&M. In 2013, she appeared in Greetings from Tim
Buckley, Filth, and The Look of Love. In 2014, she starred in That Awkward Moment, and will
appear in She's Funny That Way, and Need for Speed (an adaptation of the video game series).
She will also appear in Knight of Cups, and has been cast in the adaptation of Jess Walter's
novel Beautiful Ruins. Filmography
Television Awards and nominations
Poots was nominated for the Most Promising Newcomer award for 28 Weeks Later at the British
Independent Film Awards in 2007 and won Best Supporting Actress for The Look of Love in
2013.