--- name: "Imogen Poots" canonical: "https://film.one/person/imogen-poots" fi1m_id: "imogen-poots" imdb_id: "nm1782299" tmdb_id: 17606 wikidata_id: "Q237012" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 June 1989" reviewed_on_fi1m: 7 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 7 updated: "2026-10-07T18:00:26.130899+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Imogen Poots ## Identity Imogen Poots - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/imogen-poots - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** imogen-poots - **IMDb ID:** nm1782299 - **TMDB ID:** 17606 - **Wikidata ID:** Q237012 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Poots, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1782299/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17606 Actor. Born 3 June 1989 in London, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 June 1989, London, England, UK - **Active:** 2006–present - **Also known as:** Imogen Gay Poots - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 7 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (3), 2010s 67 (3), 2020s 89 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 65 across 7 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Thriller 3, Comedy 2, Horror 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1 - **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $276m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_Poots, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1782299/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17606 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Father*](https://film.one/film/the-father.md) (89), [*28 Weeks Later*](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md) (72), [*A Long Way Down*](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md) (40) - **Netflix:** [*Green Room*](https://film.one/film/green-room.md) (83) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Imogen Poots > Imogen Poots is particularly good at making capable people look as though they might still make a terrible mistake. We value her most when a film preserves that uncertainty, as *Green Room* does. In *Green Room* (2016), Imogen Poots makes Amber’s resourcefulness convincing without suggesting that she knows how to get everyone safely through the trouble. A useful decision and a terrible mistake both seem possible from the same person. We found that frightening because Poots gives us someone capable to watch without letting us relax. Jeremy Saulnier’s siege thriller needs that uncertainty to keep its panic believable. Poots resists the temptation to make her character more reassuring than the circumstances allow. Her break came as Tammy Harris in *28 Weeks Later* (2007), and *Fright Night* (2011) brought a female lead alongside Anton Yelchin in a studio horror remake. She has continued to move between independent films, studio pictures and occasional television, with comedy and drama alongside the genre roles. *Vivarium* (2019), with Poots leading as Gemma, belongs to the physically and emotionally demanding independent work. She is often cast as women with more going on than their composure first suggests. Saulnier gets particularly good work from the pairing of Poots and Yelchin in *Green Room*. Yelchin’s Pat hesitates enough to make each decision look difficult; her Amber can be resourceful without becoming the person who conveniently knows everything. The small touches of humour work because neither performance asks us to believe the fear has stopped. Some of the supporting characters are thin, which makes this pair’s credibility matter all the more. Their acting keeps the suspense attached to people who can get things wrong. In *The Father* (2020), she plays Laura in a supporting role alongside Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, with Florian Zeller directing. We rate that film highly, despite a few overworked repetitions, for the distress caused by its shifting flat and the precision of its central performances. It offers a different setting for Poots, but our enthusiasm for the film rests chiefly with Hopkins, Colman and Zeller. Start with *Green Room*, where she has enough to do to make the case herself. ## Biography Imogen Poots is an English actress. She was born on 3 June 1989 in Hammersmith, London. Poots first appeared on screen in a 2004 episode of the medical drama *Casualty* and had a non-speaking role in *V for Vendetta* (2006). She played Tammy Harris in *28 Weeks Later* (2007) and went on to appear in films including *Centurion* (2010), *Fright Night* (2011), *Filth* (2013), *Need for Speed* (2014), *Green Room* (2016) and *Vivarium* (2019). In 2020 she played Laura in *The Father*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (7) - *The Father* (2020), Fi1m 89, as Laura — [page](https://film.one/film/the-father.md) - *Green Room* (2016), Fi1m 83, as Amber — [page](https://film.one/film/green-room.md) - *A Long Way Down* (2014), Fi1m 40, as Jess Crichton — [page](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md) - *Jane Eyre* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Blanche Ingram — [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md) - *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), Fi1m 72, as Lorelei Lathrop — [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md) - *28 Weeks Later* (2007), Fi1m 72, as Tammy Harris — [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md) - *V for Vendetta* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Young Valerie — [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md) ## Complete filmography (57) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Hedda* (2025), as Thea Clifton - *The Chronology of Water* (2025), as Lidia Yuknavitch - *All of You* (2025), as Laura - *The Teacher* (2024), as Lisa - *Baltimore* (2024), as Rose Dugdale - *Outer Range* (2022), series, as Autumn Rivers - *French Exit* (2021), as Susan - *Castle in the Ground* (2021), as Ana - *The Father* (2020), as Laura — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-father.md) - *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), series, as Joy Hanks — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md) - *Black Christmas* (2019), as Riley Stone - *Vivarium* (2019), as Gemma · Executive Producer - *The Art of Self-Defense* (2019), as Anna - *Age Out* (2018), as Joan - *Sweet Virginia* (2017), as Lila Mccabe - *I Kill Giants* (2017), as Karen Thorson - *Mobile Homes* (2017), as Ali - *National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* (2017), as Honey - *Have Had* (2017), as Grace - *Frank & Lola* (2016), as Lola - *Killing for Love* (2016), as Elizabeth Haysom (voice) - *Roadies* (2016), series, as Kelly Ann Mason - *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping* (2016), as Ashley Wednesday - *Green Room* (2016), as Amber — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/green-room.md) - *A Country Called Home* (2016), as Ellie Edwards - *Knight of Cups* (2015), as Della - *She's Funny That Way* (2015), as Isabella Patterson - *A Long Way Down* (2014), as Jess Crichton — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md) - *Need for Speed* (2014), as Julia Maddon - *That Awkward Moment* (2014), as Ellie Andrews - *Filth* (2013), as Drummond - *Jimi: All Is by My Side* (2013), as Linda Keith - *Greetings from Tim Buckley* (2013), as Allie - *The Look of Love* (2013), as Debbie Raymond - *A Late Quartet* (2012), as Alexandra Gelbart - *Comes a Bright Day* (2012), as Mary Bright - *Fright Night* (2011), as Amy Petersen - *Waking Madison* (2011), as Alexis - *Christopher and His Kind* (2011), as Jean Ross - *Rule Number Three* (2011), as Rachel - *Jane Eyre* (2011), as Blanche Ingram — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md) - *Bouquet of Barbed Wire* (2010), series, as Prue Sorenson - *Chatroom* (2010), as Eva - *Centurion* (2010), as Arianne - *Cracks* (2009), as Poppy - *Solitary Man* (2009), as Allyson Karsch - *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), as Lorelei Lathrop — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md) - *Miss Austen Regrets* (2008), as Fanny Austen Knight - *Wish* (2007), as Jane - *28 Weeks Later* (2007), as Tammy Harris — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md) - *V for Vendetta* (2006), as Young Valerie — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md) - *Casualty* (1986), series, as Alice Thornton — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) - *October*, Actor - *Kennedy*, series, as Gloria Swanson - *The Sleeping Shepherd*, as Karoline - *The Salamander Lives Twice*, as Goggy - *Sex Criminals*, series, as Suze ## Gallery - ![Imogen Poots](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-36beca8de26d.jpg) Imogen Poots — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Imogen_Poots_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Imogen_Poots_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cast and Crew of Hedda at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Hedda.](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-ad8e501036fb.jpg) Cast and Crew of Hedda at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Hedda. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cast_and_Crew_of_Hedda_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._01.jpg/1280px-Cast_and_Crew_of_Hedda_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cast and Crew of Hedda at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Hedda.](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-0f5a6f4002d8.jpg) Cast and Crew of Hedda at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Hedda. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Cast_and_Crew_of_Hedda_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg/1280px-Cast_and_Crew_of_Hedda_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kim Gordon, Imogen Poots, Kristen Stewart, Thora Birch before Cannes red carpet (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-610fa7d12b8f.jpg) Kim Gordon, Imogen Poots, Kristen Stewart, Thora Birch before Cannes red carpet (2025) — DM10-Redux, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Chronology_of_Water_-_Cannes.jpg/1280px-Chronology_of_Water_-_Cannes.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Imogen Poots](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-66e72a35101f.jpg) Imogen Poots — Image via TMDB - ![Imogen Poots](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-78a248ad19c0.jpg) Imogen Poots — Image via TMDB - ![Imogen Poots](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-e579033a124d.jpg) Imogen Poots — Image via TMDB - ![Imogen Poots, Tessa Thompson, and Nina Hoss, actors, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Hedda.](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-08c86106050b.jpg) Imogen Poots, Tessa Thompson, and Nina Hoss, actors, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Hedda. — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Imogen_Poots%2C_Tessa_Thompson%2C_and_Nina_Hoss_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._03.jpg/1280px-Imogen_Poots%2C_Tessa_Thompson%2C_and_Nina_Hoss_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Actress Imogen Poots at the Comic-Con 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-a25cfe7a3e70.jpg) Actress Imogen Poots at the Comic-Con 2011. — Suzie, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Imogen_Poots_Comic-Con_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Imogen Poots](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-31f133cfe747.jpg) Imogen Poots — Image via TMDB - ![Imogen Poots](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-dbf772a46c60.jpg) Imogen Poots — Image via TMDB - ![Imogen Poots](https://film.one/media/person/103633/gallery-04b7d49684b3.jpg) Imogen Poots — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award 2019: Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award (won), for *Vivarium* - British Independent Film Awards 2013: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *The Look of Love* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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