Imogen Poots Biography
Imogen Poots is an English actress who has starred in multiple films including in 28 Weeks Later as Tammy, as Linda Keith in Jimi: All Is by My Side, as Debbie Raymond in The Look of Love, and Julia Maddon in Need for Speed. In 2014, she starred as Jess Crichton in A Long Way Down opposite Pierce Brosnan and Aaron Paul.
Imogen Poots Age
Poots was born on June 3, 1989, in Hammersmith, London, England. She is 35 years old as of 2024. Poots celebrates her birthday on June 3rd.
Imogen Poots Height
Poots stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 4½ inches.
Imogen Poots Family
Poots was born to Feona Goodall and Trevor Poots at the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, London. Her father is a current affairs television producer from Belfast while her mother is a journalist and voluntary worker from Bolton. She grew up in Chiswick, West London alongside her older brother, Alex. Her father has Northern Irish roots while her mother has English and Scottish roots. One of her maternal great-grandfathers was Scottish.
Imogen Poots Boyfriend/Dating
Poots is very private about her personal life therefore it is not known if she is in any relationship. Previously, she was in a relationship with James Norton. They dated from 2018 until they broke up before Christmas 2023.
Before their split, he proposed to her in 2022. Norton is an English film, television, and stage actor known for his roles in Happy Valley, Grantchester, War & Peace, and McMafia. He was born on July 18, 1985, and is 39 years old as of 2024.
Imogen Poots Net Worth
Poots has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an actress.
Imogen Poots 28 Weeks Later
Poots starred as Tammy in 28 Weeks Later in 2007. The daughter of Don and Alice, she and her younger brother, Andy, try to survive the perils in a post-apocalyptic London filled with infected individuals and military chaos. At the time of filming, she was 17 years old. Her performance in the film won her a nomination for the 2007 British Independent Film Most Promising Newcomer Award.
Imogen Poots Education
Poots studied at Bute House Preparatory School for Girls in Brook Green and Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith. Initially intending to be a veterinary surgeon, she started spending Saturdays at an improvisation workshop hosted by the Young Blood Theatre Company at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. She later abandoned the idea of being a veterinarian after she fainted after witnessing veterinary surgery during her work experience.
Poots has three A grades at A-level, winning her a place at the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2008. She later postponed it for two years in order to pursue acting.
Imogen Poots Career
Poots first starred on-screen in 2004, appearing in an episode of Casualty. 2 years later, she secured a non-speaking role in V for Vendetta. When she was 17, she secured the role of Tammy in 28 Weeks Later. Next, she starred in Cracks, Centurion, and the 2011 remake of Fright Night. Even though she has never been professionally trained as an actress, Giles Hattersley said that she gained acting skills through a practical apprenticeship.
In 2011, fashion house Chloé chose her to appear in their campaign for their eponymous fragrance shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. The following year, she appeared in an advertising campaign directed by Sofia Coppola for a partnership between Marni and H&M. That same year, she starred as Alexandra Gelbart in A Late Quartet opposite Catherine Keener and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Poots starred in Greetings from Tim Buckley, Filth, The Look of Love, and Jimi: All Is by My Side in 2013. That same year, Askmen mentioned her in their list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women. The following year, she appeared in That Awkward Moment and Need for Speed. Further, she starred as Jess in A Long Way Down. In 2015, she starred in She’s Funny That opposite Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. She also starred in Knight of Cups opposite Cate Blanchett and Green Room.
Poots was involved in the adaptation of Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins. In 2016, she played the role of Kelly Ann in Showtime’s Roadies. She starred as Honey in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 2016. That same year, she appeared in Belleville at the Donmar Warehouse opposite James Norton. In 2023, she starred as Lady Rose Dugdale in Baltimore.
Imogen Poots Movies and TV Shows
Poots has starred in several movies and TV shows during her career such as
- Me and Orson Welles
- Waking Madison
- Solitary Man
- Jane Eyre
- Comes a Bright Day
- A Late Quartet
- Greetings from Tim Buckley
- Filth
- The Look of Love
- A Country Called Home
- Frank & Lola
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
- Killing for Love
- I Kill Giants
- Miss Austen Regrets
- The Art of Self-Defense
- Vivarium
- Bouquet of Barbed Wire
- Black Christmas
- The Father
- I Know This Much Is True
- The Teacher
- All of You
- Outer Range
Imogen Poots Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and often posts on her Instagram, Facebook, and X. She has over 7K followers on Facebook, over 167K on Instagram, and 1.2K on X(previously known as Twitter.)