Imogen Poots

Born 1989 · British actress

Imogen Gay Poots is an English actress. She played Tammy in the post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Weeks Later (2007), Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013), Debbie Raymond in the Paul Raymond biopic The Look of Love (2013), and Julia Maddon in the American action film Need for Speed (2014). Also in 2014, she portrayed Jess Crichton in A Long Way Down, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Aaron Paul. She appeared as Isabella "Izzy" Patterson in Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way. In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime series Roadies. In 2019, she co-starred with Jesse Eisenberg in the films Vivarium and The Art of Self-Defense. In 2020, she played Laura in The Father (2020).

Imogen Poots, in order

2005 V for Vendetta: acted · directed by James McTeigue · critics 73%, audiences 90% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
2007 28 Weeks Later: acted · directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo · critics 73%, audiences 66% · streaming on Paramount+
2009 Cracks: acted · directed by Jordan Scott
2009 Solitary Man: acted · directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien · critics 77%, audiences 50% · streaming on Philo, Kanopy, Hoopla
2010 Centurion: acted · directed by Neil Marshall · critics 59%, audiences 43% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo
2010 Chatroom: acted · directed by Hideo Nakata
2011 Christopher and His Kind (TV movie): acted · directed by Geoffrey Sax
2011 Fright Night: acted · directed by Craig Gillespie
2011 Jane Eyre: acted · directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
2012 A Late Quartet: acted · directed by Yaron Zilberman
2012 Comes a Bright Day: acted · directed by Simon Aboud
2012 Greetings from Tim Buckley: acted · directed by Daniel Algrant
2013 All Is by My Side: acted · directed by John Ridley
2013 Filth: acted · directed by Jon S. Baird
2013 The Look of Love: acted · directed by Michael Winterbottom
2014 A Long Way Down: acted · directed by Pascal Chaumeil
2014 Need for Speed: acted · directed by Scott Waugh
2014 She's Funny That Way: acted · directed by Peter Bogdanovich · critics 45%, audiences 35% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
2014 That Awkward Moment: acted · directed by Tom Gormican
2015 A Country Called Home: acted · directed by Anna Axster
2015 Green Room: acted · directed by Jeremy Saulnier · critics 90%, audiences 75% · streaming on Netflix, Roku Channel, Kanopy
2015 Knight of Cups: acted · directed by Terrence Malick
2016 Frank & Lola: acted · directed by Matthew M. Ross
2016 Killing for Love: acted · directed by Karin Steinberger and Marcus Vetter
2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping: acted · directed by Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone · critics 79%, audiences 65%
2016 Roadies (TV series): acted
2017 Mobile Homes: acted · directed by Vladimir de Fontenay
2018 Age Out: acted · directed by A.J. Edwards
2018 I Kill Giants: acted · directed by Anders Walter · critics 78%, audiences 73% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV
2019 Black Christmas: acted · directed by Sophia Takal
2019 The Art of Self-Defense: acted · directed by Riley Stearns · critics 83%, audiences 63% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
2019 Vivarium: acted · directed by Lorcan Finnegan · critics 73%, audiences 40% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
2020 French Exit: acted · directed by Azazel Jacobs
2020 I Know This Much Is True (TV series): acted · directed by Derek Cianfrance
2020 The Father: acted · directed by Florian Zeller
2023 Baltimore: acted · directed by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
2023 The Teacher: acted · directed by Farah Nabulsi
2025 All of You: acted · directed by William Bridges
2025 Hedda: acted · directed by Nia DaCosta
2025 The Chronology of Water: acted · directed by Kristen Stewart · critics 91%, audiences 66%
Kennedy (TV series): acted · directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Slayground: acted · directed by Jeremy Saulnier