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and the granddaughter of singer

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Career

Her first big break came when she starred as

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's eldest daughter in the television series ''

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''. She next went on to do theatre in London's

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in ''Eight Women'' and had appeared in a handful of projects including Lauren in the episode of ''

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'' entitled " The National Anthem". In 2012, she made a short appearance in ''

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'', with

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. She also appeared in

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' film ''

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'' (2013) and in

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's film '' Nymphomaniac'' (2014).

Filmography

Films

*''

'' (2012), Hippie Chick 1 *''

'' (2013), Young Philomena *'' Nymphomaniac'' (2014), B *'' Stonehearst Asylum'' (2014), Millie *'' The Danish Girl'' (2015), Ursula *'' Tomorrow'' (2016), Lee-Anne *'' Go North'' (2017) *'' Obey'' (2018), Twiggy *'' Venice at Dawn'' (2022)

Television

*''

'' as Tanya (2010) *''

'' as Lauren (2011) *'' The Marriage of Reason & Squalor'' as Lydia (2015) *'' The Cry'' as Kirsty (2018) *''

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: Madonna and Basquiat'' as

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(2019)

References

External links

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