Lucy Russell (actress)

Lucy Russell is an English actress. She made her debut in the film Following (1998) and has appeared in several movies since then, including Toni Erdmann.

Lucy Russell
Born	England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present

Biography

She is known for starring as Grace Elliott in Éric Rohmer's L'Anglaise et le duc (English: The Lady and the Duke).^[1] In 2002 she was named as one of European films' "Shooting Stars".^{[by whom?]} Her first starring role was in Christopher Nolan's Following. Since then she has appeared in numerous film and TV roles. Russell and Nolan met as fellow students at University College London, where she studied Italian. In Batman Begins, another film of Christopher Nolan, Lucy portrayed a restaurant guest who spoke with Bruce Wayne about the Batman. She auditioned and received the role of Angel's personal assistant in the 2007 film Angel. She played Michael Fassbender's sister in the film.

The short film Daisy, in which she performed the role of Sarah, won for the Best UK Short Film Award at London Independent Film Festival (2016), the Best Foreign Featurette Award at Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (2016) and the Platinum Remi Award at World Fest Houston International Film Festival (2016).^[2] She portrayed Dee in Murmur, which was nominated for the Best Short Film Award at London Short Film Festival (2016) and the Best Acting Ensemble and Best Short Film Awards at Lift Off London Short Film Festival (2015).^[2]

Besides English, Russell fluently speaks French and Italian, and has partial knowledge of German and Spanish languages.^[2] She participates in fencing, horse-riding, skiing and ice skating.

She starred in the 2020 eight episode historical drama series Atlantic Crossing as Missy LeHand.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1998	Following	The Blonde
2001	The Lady and the Duke	Grace Elliot
2004	I Am David	American Woman
	L'ennemi naturel	L'ex-femme de Tanguy
2005	Red Rose	Jean Armour
	Batman Begins	Female Restaurant Guest
2006	Tristan & Isolde	Edyth
	Avenger	Curtis (pilot)
2007	Angel	Nora Howe-Nevinson
	Clapham Junction	Miss Richards
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus[4]	Classy Shopper #3
2012	Sightseers	Lynne Marshall
2013	Cal	Cath Miller
2013	World War Z	UN Delegate
2016	Toni Erdmann	Steph
2017	The Crown	Lady Mountbatten
2020	Atlantic Crossing	Missy LeHand
2021	Without Remorse	Sarah Dillard
2021	Brassic	Lady Beverly

References

1. Jeffries, Stuart (13 February 2002). "Off With Her Head". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
2. "Lucy Russell – Hamilton Hodell – CV". hamiltonhodell.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
3. "Atlantic Crossing: Everything You Need to Know". PBS. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
4. "Lucy Russell Filmography and Movies". Fandango. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

External links

• Lucy Russell at IMDb