Lily Travers

{{short description|British actress (born 1990)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox person

| 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|

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}}

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

=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

References

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