Lily Travers

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| image = lily travers 2016 1.jpg

| caption = Travers in 2016

| birth_name = Lily Annabelle Lindon Travers

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1990}}

| birth_place = Croydon, Greater London, England

| alma_mater = Durham University

| occupation =

| years_active = 2013–present

| father = Will Travers

| family = {{Plainlist|

Bill Travers (grandfather)
Virginia McKenna (grandmother)

}}

Lily Annabelle Lindon Travers (born 1990){{cite web | url=https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/people/30923513-miss-lily-annabelle-lindon-travers | title=Miss Lily Annabelle Lindon Travers (ACT 6 Limited) - Director Profile - Endole }} is an English actress. Her films include Late Shift (2016) and Viceroy's House (2017). She joined the main cast of the ITV historical drama Victoria (2019) for its third series.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a26262359/lily-travers-interview-victoria-season-3-duchess-monmouth-joseph/|title=Victoria Actress Lily Travers Talks About the Duchess of Monmouth's Passionate New Romance|journal=Town & Country|first=Caroline|last=Halleman|date=17 February 2019|accessdate=16 August 2022}} In 2017, Travers played Polly in the Doctor Who special "Twice Upon a Time".{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-2017-Christmas-Special-Twice-Upon-A-Time/23521 |title=Doctor Who - Date and Pricing for '2017 Christmas Special: Twice Upon A Time' |work=TVShowsOnDVD |first=David |last=Lambert |date=27 July 2017 |access-date=28 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729062058/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-2017-Christmas-Special-Twice-Upon-A-Time/23521 |archive-date=29 July 2017 |df=dmy-all }}

Early and personal life

Travers was born in South London. She is the daughter of Will Travers of the Born Free Foundation, and granddaughter of actors Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers.{{cite journal|url=http://www.tatler.com/news/articles/february-2016/meet-lily-travers-the-actress-raised-by-lions |title=Meet Lily Travers, the actress who was raised by lions|journal=Tatler|date=16 February 2016|access-date=28 May 2017}} Her mother Carrie is a teacher, and she has a younger brother.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/forget-poldark-meet-steamy-new-star-sunday-night-tv/|title=Forget Poldark... meet the steamy new star of Sunday night TV|journal=The Daily Telegraph|first=Maureen|last=Paton|date=23 March 2019|accessdate=16 August 2022}} Travers discovered a love for environmental issues and acting through her family as well as performing in school plays.{{Cite web|url=https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/how-kingsman-victoria-star-lily-travers-researches-her-roles-66630/|title=How Kingsman + Victoria Star Lily Travers Researches Her Roles|website=Backstage|first=Laurence|last=Cook|date=14 July 2020|accessdate=16 August 2022}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.phoenixmag.co.uk/article/nature-isnt-a-commodity-meet-british-actress-and-wildlife-conservation-advocate-lily-travers/|title="Nature Isn't a Commodity": Meet British Actress and Wildlife Conservation Advocate Lily Travers|journal=Phoenix|first=Cecilia|last=Mezzi|date=June 2019|accessdate=16 August 2022}} She studied English at Durham University and participated in student productions while there. She lives in Fulham.{{cite journal|url=https://thetab.com/uk/durham/2016/03/20/durham-graduate-stars-months-cover-tatler-28604|title=Durham graduate stars on this month's cover of Tatler|journal=The Tab|date=20 March 2016}} She was raised vegetarian.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.culturewhisper.com/r/lifestyle/interview_actress_lily_travers/14072|title=Interview: Victoria actress Lily Travers talks about her life and loves|journal=Culture Whisper|first=Sarah Joan|last=Ross|date=5 June 2019|accessdate=16 August 2022}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="2" \| 2014 \| Travellers \| Claire \| Short film
Kingsman: The Secret Service \| Lady Sophie \|
2015 \| Edge of Sleep \| \| Short film
rowspan="4" \| 2016 \| Late Shift \| Elodie \|
Golden Years \| Alison \|
Me Before You \| Karen \|
First Born: Genesis \| Selina \| Short film
2017 \| Viceroy's House \| Pamela Mountbatten \|
2020 \| Misbehaviour \| Anna \|
2021 \| Livity House \| Livity \| Short film

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" | 2014

| Travellers

| Claire

| Short film

Kingsman: The Secret Service

| Lady Sophie

2015

| Edge of Sleep

| Short film

rowspan="4" | 2016

| Late Shift

| Elodie

Golden Years

| Alison

Me Before You

| Karen

First Born: Genesis

| Selina

| Short film

2017

| Viceroy's House

| Pamela Mountbatten

2020

| Misbehaviour

| Anna

2021

| Livity House

| Livity

| Short film

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2013 \| Doctors \| Amy Burdon \| Episode: "Revelations"
2014 \| The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm \| Young Miss Blitherington \| Television film
2015 \| The Royals \| Zoe \| Episode: "Taint Not Thy Mind, Nor Let Thy Soul Contrive Against Thy Mother"
rowspan="3" \| 2017 \| Doctor Who \| Polly \| Episode: "Twice Upon a Time"
Brussel \| Sandra \| 5 episodes
Still Star-Crossed \| Stella \| 3 episodes
2019 \| Victoria \| Sophie, Duchess of Monmouth \| Main role (series 3)
2022 \| The Sandman \| Barbie \| 3 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2013

| Doctors

| Amy Burdon

| Episode: "Revelations"

2014

| The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

| Young Miss Blitherington