Imogen Poots

Imogen Poots is an English actress best known for her role as Tammy in the 2007 British science fiction horror film 28 Weeks Later. She has played several roles in films such as Jimi: All on My Side, The Look of Love, Need for Speed, and This Awkward Moment. Poots has also worked in television, making her debut in the British medical drama series Casualty back in 2004. Although the name is very popular among the younger generation of actors in the United Kingdom and was voted one of the "Most Desirable" women in 2013 on Askmen's 99 Most Desirable Women, Poots was not initially interested in entering show business. She wanted to become a veterinarian and even attended various seminars. However, she soon realized that she was not suitable for this profession, as she lost consciousness during one of the veterinary operations. Thus, she abandoned the idea of ​​becoming a veterinarian and became an actress instead.

Imogen Poots began her television career in 2004 as Alice Thornton in the British medical television series Casualty. she appeared in one episode of the show Love Bites. Two years later, she made her film debut with a silent role in the critically acclaimed dystopian political thriller V for Vendetta. Her first success came in 2007 when she was signed to play Tammy Harris in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's British sci-fi horror film 28 Weeks Later.

Having made a name for herself in film, Poots played several leading roles in films in the late 2000s and early 2010s, some of them were "Cracks" as "Poppy", "Centurion" as Arianna, "Chat" as "Eve" and "Fright Night" as Amy Peterson. In 2013, she appeared in the Jimi Hendrix biopic Jimi: All on My Side as Linda Keith alongside Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell and Burn Gorman. The same year, she appeared in another biopic, The Eye of Love, about English publisher, club owner and property developer Paul Raymond, and played the role of Debbie Raymond, Paul's daughter.

In 2014, Poots appeared in the American romantic comedy-drama film This Awkward Moment as Ellie Andrews alongside Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan. She also starred in the film adaptation of the video game Need for Speed. Poots played the role of Julia Maddon and appeared alongside Aaron Paul and Dominic Cooper.

Poots also has several other films on her resume, including the American horror thriller The Green Room and the experimental drama film The Knight of Cups. A highly sought after actress, she also starred in The Art of Self Defense, a black comedy.

2005 V for Vendetta

2007 28 Weeks Later

2007 Wish

2008 Me and Orson Welles

2009 Cracks

2009 Waking Madison

2009 Solitary Man

2010 Centurion

2010 Chatroom

2011 Jane Eyre

2011 Fright Night

2011 Comes a Bright Day

2012 A Late Quartet

2013 Greetings from Tim Buckley

2013 Jimi: All Is by My Side

2013 Filth

2013 The Look of Love

2014 That Awkward Moment

2014 A Long Way Down

2014 Need for Speed

2014 She's Funny That Way

2015 Knight of Cups

2015 Green Room

2015 A Country Called Home

2016 Frank & Lola

2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

2016 Killing for Love

2017 Have Had

2017 Sweet Virginia

2017 Mobile Homes

2017 I Kill Giants

2018 Age Out Joan

2019 The Art of Self-Defense

2019 Vivarium

2019 Castle in the Ground

2019 Black Christmas

2020 The Father

2020 French Exit