Amelia Warner

{{Infobox person

| name = Amelia Warner

| caption = Amelia Warner

| birth_name = Amelia Catherine Bennett

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|06|04}}

| birth_place = Birkenhead, Merseyside, England

| other_names = Slow Moving Millie

| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|composer|actress}}

| years_active = 1999–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Jamie Dornan|2013}}

| children = 3

| parents = Annette Ekblom (mother)
Alun Lewis (father)

| relatives = Hywel Bennett (paternal uncle)
Jim Dornan (father-in-law)

}}

Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982), also known by her stage name Slow Moving Millie, is an English musician, composer, and former actress.

Early life

Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, the only child of actors Annette Ekblom and Alun Lewis.Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/342915/Amelia-Warner/biography | title = Amelia Warner | first = Nathan | last = Southern | access-date = 2013-12-17 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182408/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/342915/Amelia-Warner/biography | department = Movies & TV Dept. | work = The New York Times | date = 2016 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Interview:%20Annette%20Ekblom%20-%20How%20I%20survived%20the%20darkest%20days%20of%20my...-a077114284|title=Interview: Annette Ekblom - How I survived the darkest days of my life; Take Me star Annette Ekblom talks about her unhappy, drug-taking past and the love for daughter Amelia which helped her overcome the bad times. - Free Online Library|access-date=27 August 2016}} Her paternal uncle is actor Hywel Bennett.

Career

Warner started her acting career as a member of the Royal Court's youth theatre group. She also starred in a 2000 BBC adaptation of Lorna Doone and has had supporting roles in films such as Æon Flux and Stoned.

In 2015, she self-released a classical instrumental EP, titled Arms. In 2016, Amelia began scoring films starting with Mum's List followed by Mary Shelley. In 2017, she released her second EP titled Visitors under her name, Amelia Warner.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/amelia-warner-visitor-fifty-shades-jamie-dornan-christian-grey-fyfe-dangerfield-guillemots-ep-eve-a7606896.html|title=Amelia Warner on her new music career and shrugging off gossip about her marriage to Fifty Shades Darker actor Jamie Dornan|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=2 March 2017}}

In 2018, Amelia Warner won the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Composer of the Year for her debut mainstream score on the film, Mary Shelley.

On 28 September 2020, Fearne Cotton announced that she was releasing "Happy Place", the album which features music from an array of artists that focus around mental health and well-being. The first single which was released on the same day as the announcement is the song "Lockdown Kittens Dancing" which features music by Amelia Warner which is taken from her song "For Love" off her "Haven" EP released in June 2020. In the same year she was invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Slow Moving Millie

Warner began her music career in July 2009, when she wrote and performed the song "Beasts" under the name Slow Moving Millie for a Virgin Media television commercial. The track was then released on 17 August 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8910994/Slow-Moving-Millie-Morrissey-said-it-was-delightful.html|title=Slow Moving Millie: 'Morrissey said it was delightful'|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=23 November 2011}} Her second single, "Rewind City" was also used for another advertisement, for Orange UK, and was directed by Ringan Ledwidge.{{Cite web | url=http://www.shots.net/video_detail_css.asp?id=43003 | title=Orange : Rewind City | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614002406/http://www.shots.net/video_detail_css.asp?id=43003| archive-date=14 June 2010}}EMAP's Shots In October 2011, Warner signed a record deal with Island Records. Her cover version of the Smiths' 1984 B-Side "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" was released on 11 November 2011 and was selected as the soundtrack to the John Lewis 2011 Christmas advertisement. Since releasing her album, Renditions, she also composed music for adverts and short films. Her first major score was for the British short, Mam. Soon after, Warner released her Fyfe Dangerfield-produced EP, Arms, under Universal Music. Her second EP, Visitors. In 2016, she scored her first feature-length film, Mum's List, followed by her score to the film Mary Shelley.

Personal life

Warner married Colin Farrell in a non-legal ceremony in 2001; they ended the relationship four months later.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/feb/23/features.review | location=London |work=The Guardian | title=How to make it big, the Colin Farrell way | first=Anne | last=Thompson | date=23 February 2003}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/amelia-warner-visitor-fifty-shades-jamie-dornan-christian-grey-fyfe-dangerfield-guillemots-ep-eve-a7606896.html|title=Amelia Warner on music and her marriage to 'Fifty Shades Darker' actor Jamie Dornan|date=2017-03-02|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19|quote=Aged 18, she starred in 2001 as the title character in the BBC period drama Lorna Doone. Then a year later, she married actor Colin Farrell...}} She married Jamie Dornan in 2013 at Orchardleigh Estate.{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Stephanie |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/jamie-dornan-from-the-fall-psycho-to-expectant-father-29367636.html |title=Jamie Dornan, from The Fall psycho to expectant father |work=Sunday Life |publisher=Independent News & Media |date=24 June 2013 |access-date=1 October 2013}} They have three daughters.{{cite web|url = http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/12/17/fifty-shades-of-grey-jamie-dornan-amelia-warner-welcome-daughter/ | title =Jamie Dornan Welcomes a Daughter | work = People | first1=Sheila Cosgrove | last1= Baylis | first2=Simon | last2=Perry | access-date=17 December 2013 |date=17 December 2013}}{{cite news| url= http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/50-shades-of-grey-jamie-dornan/| work= Evoke.ie| title= 50 Shades Of Grey Jamie Dornan kisses wife Amelia Warner as they step out for breakfast with their baby daughter| date= 29 October 2014| access-date= 15 February 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170507225730/http://evoke.ie/showbiz/50-shades-of-grey-jamie-dornan| archive-date= 7 May 2017| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}{{cite web |last=Mahjouri |first=Shakiel |url=http://etcanada.com/news/165564/fifty-shades-star-jamie-dornan-on-having-two-daughters-its-the-most-magical-thing/ |title='Fifty Shades' Star Jamie Dornan On Having Two Daughters: 'It's The Most Magical Thing' |work=ET Canada |date=9 September 2016 |access-date=15 February 2017 |archive-date=10 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910130042/http://etcanada.com/news/165564/fifty-shades-star-jamie-dornan-on-having-two-daughters-its-the-most-magical-thing/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/fifty-shades-of-grey-star-jamie-dornan-wife-amelia-warner-welcome-third-child|title='Fifty Shades of Grey' star Jamie Dornan, wife Amelia Warner welcome third child|date=2019-04-01|website=New York Post|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-02}}

Discography

=Composer credits=

class="wikitable"

!Film/Series

!Year

!Notes

Mam

|2010

|Short

Mum's List

|2016

Mary Shelley

|2017

Leading Lady Parts{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bldp1T1h8_X/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bldp1T1h8_X |archive-date=26 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Amelia Warner on Instagram: "The first short in a comedy series called #LeadingLadyParts produced by @rebelparkproductions will officially air on BBC Four on 30th July…"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2018-07-26}}{{cbignore}}

|2018

|Short

Wild Mountain Thyme{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/amelia-warner-music-wild-mountain-thyme-1234812928/|title=Amelia Warner to Compose Score for 'Wild Mountain Thyme' for Bleecker Street (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Clayton|last=Davis|work=Variety|date=22 October 2020|access-date=26 October 2020}}

|2020

Mr. Malcolm's List

|2022

Young Woman and the Sea

| rowspan="2" |2024

Kathleen is here {{Cite web|url=https://raindance.org/festival-programme/kathleen-is-here-qa/|title=Kathleen Is Here + Q&A}}

=Albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Album details ! colspan="1" scope="col" \| Peak chart positions
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" \| UK
scope="row" \| Renditions{{cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Renditions-Slow-Moving-Millie/dp/B0064ZDQFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321273236&sr=8-1\|title=Renditions\|date=12 December 2011\|access-date=27 August 2016\|via=Amazon}} (as Slow Moving Millie) \| Eight covers and two original songs Released: 12 December 2011 Label: Universal / Island \|89
scope="row" \| Visitors{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/visitors/1369979776\|title=Visitors\|date=20 April 2018\|access-date=1 February 2024\|via=Apple Music}} (as Amelia Warner) \| Instrumental music Released: 20 April 2018 Label: Globe: Soundtrack and Score / Universal \|–

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album details

! colspan="1" scope="col" | Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | UK

scope="row" | Renditions{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Renditions-Slow-Moving-Millie/dp/B0064ZDQFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321273236&sr=8-1|title=Renditions|date=12 December 2011|access-date=27 August 2016|via=Amazon}}
(as Slow Moving Millie)

Eight covers and two original songs
Released: 12 December 2011
Label: Universal / Island

|89

scope="row" | Visitors{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/visitors/1369979776|title=Visitors|date=20 April 2018|access-date=1 February 2024|via=Apple Music}}
(as Amelia Warner)

Instrumental music
Released: 20 April 2018
Label: Globe: Soundtrack and Score / Universal

|–

=Extended plays=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Details
scope="row" \| Arms{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/arms-ep/1452389500\|title=Arms\|date=10 July 2015\|access-date=1 February 2024\|via=Apple Music}} (as Slow Moving Millie) \| Classical music Released: 10 July 2015 Label: SMM Music / Universal
scope="row" \| Haven{{cite web\|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/haven-ep/1519418659\|title=Haven\|date=19 June 2020\|access-date=1 February 2024\|via=Apple Music}} (as Amelia Warner) \| Classical music Released: 19 June 2020 Label: Decca Records / Universal

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Details

scope="row" | Arms{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/arms-ep/1452389500|title=Arms|date=10 July 2015|access-date=1 February 2024|via=Apple Music}}
(as Slow Moving Millie)

Classical music
Released: 10 July 2015
Label: SMM Music / Universal

scope="row" | Haven{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/haven-ep/1519418659|title=Haven|date=19 June 2020|access-date=1 February 2024|via=Apple Music}}
(as Amelia Warner)

Classical music
Released: 19 June 2020
Label: Decca Records / Universal

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Year ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:23em;" \| Single ! colspan="1" scope="col" \| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Album
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" \|UK
2009 ! scope="row" \| "Beasts" \| — \| rowspan="2" \|Renditions
2011 ! scope="row" \| "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" \| 31
2020 ! scope="row" \| "Lockdown Kittens Dancing" (with Fearne Cotton and GABA feat. Helen Mirren) \| — \| rowspan="2" \|Happy Place

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year

! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:23em;" | Single

! colspan="1" scope="col" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" |UK

2009

! scope="row" | "Beasts"

| —

| rowspan="2" |Renditions

2011

! scope="row" | "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want"

| 31

2020

! scope="row" | "Lockdown Kittens Dancing" (with Fearne Cotton and GABA feat. Helen Mirren)

| —

| rowspan="2" |Happy Place

Filmography

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Film

!Role

!Notes

rowspan="2" |1998

|Kavanagh QC

|Gaynor Deans

Casualty

|Rachel Munro

|TV series
Episode: "Eye Spy"

rowspan="2" |1999

|Aristocrats

|Lady Cecelia

|Mini-series

Mansfield Park

|Teenage Fanny Price

rowspan="5" |2000

|Don Quixote

|Antonia

Quills

|Simone Royer-Collard

Waking the Dead

|Jodie Whitemore/Jodie Whitemoor

Take a Girl Like You

|Sheila Torkingham

Lorna Doone

|Lorna Doone

2002

|Nine Lives

|Laura

2003

|Love's Brother

|Rosetta

rowspan="3" |2005

|Æon Flux

|Una Flux

Winter Passing

|Shelly

Stoned

|Janet

2006

|Alpha Male

|Elyssa Ferris

2007

|Gone

|Sophie

2007

|The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising

|Maggie Barnes

2008

|The Echo

|Alyssa

2010

|Olga?

|Cecilia

|Short film

2012

|The Other Side

|Rachel

|Short film

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Award

!Category

!Nominated work

!Result

!Ref

rowspan="2"| 2018

|World Soundtrack Awards

|Discovery of the Year

|rowspan="2"|Mary Shelley

|{{Nominated}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/en/awards/discovery-of-the-year/7|title=Discovery of the Year - Awards|last=Awards|first=World Soundtrack|website=World Soundtrack Awards|access-date=2018-10-11|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701014509/https://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/en/awards/discovery-of-the-year/7|url-status=dead}}

IFMCA

|Breakthrough Composer of the Year

|{{Won}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://filmmusiccritics.org/2019/02/ifmca-award-winners-2018/|title=IFMCA Award Winners 2018|publisher=IFMCA:International Film Music Critics Association|last=Broxton|first=Jon|website=filmmusiccritics.org|access-date=2019-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001052411/http://filmmusiccritics.org/2019/02/ifmca-award-winners-2018/|archive-date=1 October 2019|url-status=dead}}

rowspan="5"| 2021

|World Soundtrack Awards

|Public Choice Award

|rowspan="5"|Wild Mountain Thyme

|{{Nominated}}

rowspan="2"|Hollywood Music in Media Awards

|Best Original Score - Independent Film

|{{Nominated}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2021-01-15 |title=Hollywood Music in Media Awards Announces 2021 Nominees; Kenny Loggins Set for Lifetime Honor (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/hollywood-music-media-awards-nominations-songs-score-1234886663/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Best Original Song - Independent Film

|{{Nominated}}

IFMCA

|Best Original Score for a Comedy Film

|{{Nominated}}

|{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=2021-02-18 |title=The 2020 International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Winners |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2020-international-film-music-critics-association-ifmca-winners/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US}}

ASCAP

|Film Score of the Year

|{{Nominated}}

|{{Cite web |title=2021 ASCAP Screen Music Awards |url=https://www.ascap.com/screenawards21 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=www.ascap.com |language=en}}

2023

| rowspan="2" |World Soundtrack Awards

| rowspan="2" | Public Choice Award

|Mr Malcolm's List

|{{Won}}

|{{Cite web |title=Volker Bertelmann, Nicholas Britell and Amelia Warner among winners at 23rd World Soundtrack Awards |url=https://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/news/volker-bertelmann-nicholas-britell-and-amelia-warner-among-winners-at-23rd-world-soundtrack-awards |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=World Soundtrack Awards |language=en}}

2024

|Young Woman and the Sea

|{{Nominated}}

|{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2024-10-17 |title=Billie Eilish & Finneas' 'Barbie' Song Leads 2024 World Soundtrack Awards Winners: Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-world-soundtrack-awards-nominees-in-main-music-categories-1235748102/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2"|2025

|IFMCA

|Best Original Score for a Drama

|rowspan="2"|Young Woman and the Sea

|{{Nominated}}

ASCAP

|Film Score of the Year

|{{Nominated}}