Imogen Gay Poots (born 5 June 1989) is an English actress, best known for playing Tammy in the 2007 film 28 Weeks Later, Prue Sorenson in the 2010 remake of the controversial TV drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire and as Jean Ross in the BBC's Christopher and His Kind.Poots was born in Hammersmith, London, England, the daughter of Fiona (née Goodall) and Trevor Poots, a TV producer. She attended the independent and selective Bute House Preparatory School for Girls in Brook Green, Queen's Gate School for Girls and London's Latymer Upper School, where she attained 3 A grades at A-Level. She is a member of the Young Blood Theatre Company.
She works as a model for Select Model Management.
Poots' first film credit was as Young Valerie in the 2006 film V for Vendetta. Poots has also appeared in a 2004 episode of Casualty, in Matt Day's short film Wish and in the 2007 TV movie Miss Austen Regrets.
Poots has appeared in such films as Cracks (directed by Jordan Scott from the novel by Sheila Kohler), and two American productions, Waking Madison and Solitary Man.
Poots plays Blanche Ingram in a film adaptation of Jane Eyre. She appeared in the screen adaptation of Enda Walsh's play, Chatroom and a remake of the controversial TV series A Bouquet of Barbed Wire. She appears in the remake of the horror film Fright Night.
In 2011, Poots was chosen by fashion house Chloe to front its eponymous fragrance campaign in a commercial directed by Sofia Coppola.
Filmography Imogen Poots
Sweet Virginia
Drama, Thriller Directed by: Jamie M. DaggWith: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen PootsA former rodeo champ befriends a young man with a propensity for violence.
September 2015
Knight of Cups
Drama, Romantic Directed by: Terrence MalickWith: Antonio Banderas, Ben Kingsley, Cate Blanchett,...A screenwriter living in Los Angeles tries to make sense of the strange events occurring around him. While he's successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted by the death of one brother and the dire circumstances of the other, he finds temporary solace in the Hollywood excess that defines... Read more...
May 2015
She's Funny that Way
Comedy Directed by: Peter BogdanovichWith: Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Will ForteA married Broadway director falls for a prostitute-turned-actress and works to help her advance her career.
April 2015
Jimi : All Is by My Side
Biographical, Drama Directed by: John RidleyWith: André Benjamin, Imogen Poots, Hayley Atwell,...OutKast's André Benjamin stars as Jimi Hendrix in this revealing biopic from Academy Award-winning writer-director John Ridley ("12 Years A Slave"). Covering a year in Hendrix's life from 1966-67 as an unknown backup guitarist playing New York's Cheetah Club to making his mark in London's music... Read more...
April 2014
Need for Speed
Action Directed by: Scott WaughWith: Aaron Paul, Michael Keaton, Dominic Cooper,...Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.
August 2013
The Look of Love
Biographical, Drama, Comedy Directed by: Michael WinterbottomWith: Imogen Poots, Stephen Fry, Anna Friel,...The life of Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain's richest man.
July 2013
A Late Quartet
Drama Directed by: Yaron ZilbermanWith: Philip Seymour Hoffmann, Christopher Walken,...After a classical string quartet's 25 years of success, Peter, the cellist and oldest member, decides that he must retire when he learns he has Parkinson's Disease. For the others, that announcement proves a catalyst for letting their hidden resentments come to the surface while the married members'... Read more...