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Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982) is an English musician, composer, and former actress.
Early life
Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in
Birkenhead
Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liver ...
,
Merseyside
Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wi ...
, the only child of actors
Annette Ekblom and
Alun Lewis.
[''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.''; at ancestry.com] Her paternal uncle is actor
Hywel Bennett
Hywel Thomas Bennett (8 April 1944 – 24 July 2017) was a Welsh film and television actor. He had a lead role in ''The Family Way'' (1966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the television sitcom '' Shelley'' (1 ...
.
Career
Warner started her acting career as a member of the
Royal Court's youth theatre group. She also starred in a 2000
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adaptation of ''
Lorna Doone
''Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor'' is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly ar ...
'' and has had supporting roles in films such as ''
Æon Flux
''Æon Flux'' is an American avant-garde science fiction adventure animated television series that aired on MTV from November 30, 1991, until October 10, 1995, with film, comic book, and video game adaptations following thereafter. It premiered ...
'' 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
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (; ; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also ...
''. In 2017, she released her second EP titled ''Visitors'' under her name, Amelia Warner.
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
Fearne Wood ( Cotton; born 3 September 1981) is an English broadcaster and author''.'' She began her career in the late 1990s presenting various children's television shows for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. In 2007, she presented '' The Xtra Factor'', a ...
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
Virgin Media is a British telecommunications company which provides telephone, television and internet services in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are at Green Park in Reading, England. It is owned by Virgin Media O2, a 50:50 joint ventu ...
television commercial. The track was then released on 17 August 2009. Her second single, "Rewind City" was also used for another advertisement, for
Orange UK
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, and was directed by Ringan Ledwidge. In October 2011, Warner signed a record deal with
Island Records. Her cover version of
the Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. They comprised the singer Morrissey, the guitarist Johnny Marr, the bassist Andy Rourke and the drummer Mike Joyce. They are regarded as one of the most important acts to eme ...
' 1984 B-Side "
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released as the B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" in 1984 and later featured on the compilation albums ''Hatful of Hollow'' and ''Loud ...
" was released on 11 November 2011 and was selected as the soundtrack to the
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
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 score to the movie ''
Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (; ; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also ...
''.
Personal life
Warner married
Colin Farrell
Colin James Farrell (; born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in projects across various genres in both blockbuster and independent films since the 2000s, he has received numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award. ''The ...
in a non-legal ceremony in 2001; they ended the relationship four months later.
She married
Jamie Dornan
James Peter Maxwell Dornan (; born 1 May 1982) is an actor, model and musician from Northern Ireland. Formerly a character actor, he often portrays solemn, steady characters. The recipient of two Irish Film and Television Awards, he has been n ...
in 2013.
She has three daughters.
Discography
Composer credits
Albums
Singles
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1982 births
Actresses from Merseyside
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
English film actresses
English television actresses
English people of Welsh descent
Living people
People educated at the Royal Masonic School
People educated at Fine Arts College
21st-century English women singers
21st-century English singers