Juno Temple (born 21 July 1989) is a British actress. She has appeared in the films ''
Notes on a Scandal'' (2006), ''
Atonement
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'' (2007), ''
The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2008), ''
The Three Musketeers
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'' (2011), ''
The Dark Knight Rises
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'' (2012), ''
Magic Magic'' (2013), ''
Maleficent'' (2014), ''
Black Mass'' (2015), ''
Unsane'' (2018), and ''
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'' (2019). Temple also has starred in the television series ''
Vinyl
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Chemistry
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* Vinyl cation, a type of carbocation
* Vinyl group, a broad class of organic molecules in chemistry
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'' (2016), ''
Dirty John'' (2018–2019), ''
Ted Lasso'' (2020–present), ''
Little Birds'' (2020), and ''
The Offer
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'' (2022).
Temple received the
BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2013. She was nominated for two
Primetime Emmy Awards
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and three
Screen Actors Guild Awards
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for her role as Keeley Jones in ''Ted Lasso'', in addition to being nominated for a
Critics' Choice Television Award
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and a
Satellite Award
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for her role as Bettye McCartt in ''The Offer''.
Early life
Juno Temple was born in the
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
...
area of
London
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on 21 July 1989,
the daughter of film producer Amanda Pirie and film director
Julien Temple
Julien Temple (born 26 November 1953) is a British film, documentary and music video director. He began his career with short films featuring the Sex Pistols, and has continued with various off-beat projects, including '' The Great Rock 'n' Rol ...
. She has two younger brothers, Leo and Felix. Her aunt
Nina Temple
Nina Claire Temple (born 21 April 1956) is a British politician who was the last SecretaryTemple dropped 'General' from her job description, see Francis Beckett ''Enemy Within: The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party'', London: John Murray, 1995, ...
was the last General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Great Britain
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. She grew up in
Taunton, Somerset, where she attended Enmore Primary School,
Bedales School
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, and
King's College King's College or The King's College refers to two higher education institutions in the United Kingdom:
*King's College, Cambridge, a constituent of the University of Cambridge
*King's College London, a constituent of the University of London
It ca ...
.
Film career
Temple began her career as a
child actress in the 1997 film ''Vigo: Passion for Life'', a film about
Jean Vigo. Her father directed her in the role of Emma Southey in the 2000 film, ''
Pandaemonium''.
Early in her career, she won critical praise for several supporting roles. One reviewer said that she played her part in ''
Notes on a Scandal'' (2006) with "petulance and angst", while her performance as Lola Quincey in ''
Atonement
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'' (2007) was called "impressive". She auditioned to play
Luna Lovegood in ''
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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'' (2007), though the role ultimately went to
Evanna Lynch
Evanna Patricia Lynch (born 16 August 1991) is an Irish actress and activist. She is best known for portraying Luna Lovegood in the ''Harry Potter'' film series.
Born in County Louth, Ireland, Lynch made her film debut in ''Harry Potter and ...
. In 2009, Temple played Eema in the comedy ''
Year One
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'' alongside
Jack Black
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and
Michael Cera, Anna in
Jaco Van Dormael's ''
Mr. Nobody'', and Di Radfield in the
film adaptation of
Sheila Kohler's novel, ''
Cracks''. Some of her other film credits at the time include Celia in ''
St Trinian's'' (2007) and ''
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold'' (2009), Jennifer "Drippy" Logan in ''
Wild Child
Wild child usually refers to a feral child; it may also refer to:
Film and television
*'' The Wild Child'', a 1970 French film directed by François Truffaut
* ''Wild Child'' (film), a 2008 teen comedy starring Emma Roberts
* "Wild Child" (''R ...
'' (2008), and
Jane Parker in ''
The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2008).
In 2010, she starred in Abe Sylvia's ''
Dirty Girl'', which premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival
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; and appeared in a sketch for
FunnyOrDie called "Cycop", which featured the protagonist from the indie film ''
The Mother of Invention'' (2009) in a poorly made film of his creation. She also had a major role in the film ''
Kaboom
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Film and television
* ''Kaboom'' (film), a 2010 film directed by Gregg Araki
* "Kaboom" (''Parks and Recreation''), an episode of ''Parks and Recrea ...
'' (2010), which won the first
Queer Palm award. In 2011, Temple appeared in
Paul W. S. Anderson's 3D film adaptation of ''
The Three Musketeers
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'', as
Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria (french: Anne d'Autriche, italic=no, es, Ana María Mauricia, italic=no; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was an infanta of Spain who became Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XIII from their marriage in 1615 un ...
, the Queen Consort of France. That same year she played Dottie in ''
Killer Joe'', a role Temple received after sending an unsolicited audition tape to the movie's casting director. She also starred in
Elgin Jamess 2011 film ''
Little Birds''. James offered her the choice of playing either of the two female leads and she chose to portray Lily, citing that she connected with the character more and "wanted to set her free". Temple and James worked on ''Little Birds'' together for two years, and continued to collaborate afterwards,
referring to each other as "best friends" and "family" in interviews. James has said he made ''Little Birds'' to honor the strong women in his life, including Temple.
That same year, she was named a Brit to Watch by the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
.
In 2012, she appeared in ''
The Dark Knight Rises
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'', as a "street-smart Gotham girl", and portrayed Diane in the
lesbian werewolf
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tale ''
Jack & Diane''. In February 2013, Temple won the EE Rising Star
BAFTA Award
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, voted for by the public.
Temple had a supporting role as Deborah Hussey in the 2015 true-crime film ''
Black Mass'', which starred
Johnny Depp
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; and played Jamie Vine, an
A&R assistant for the fictional American Century record company, in the 2016 HBO series ''
Vinyl
Vinyl may refer to:
Chemistry
* Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer
* Vinyl cation, a type of carbocation
* Vinyl group, a broad class of organic molecules in chemistry
* Vinyl polymer, a group of polymers derived from viny ...
''. In August 2020, Temple began a recurring role as Keeley, a former girlfriend of one of the team players and the unofficial team publicist, on the
Apple TV+
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series ''
Ted Lasso''.
Temple has also appeared in the music videos for
Kid Harpoon's "Milkmaid" and
Plushgun's "Just Impolite".
In 2018-19, Temple played a focal role as the protagonist's daughter in the Bravo series "Dirty John," which was later acquired by Netflix. In 2020 she won the Best Actress award at the
Prague Independent Film Festival for her role in the film ''
Lost Transmissions
''Lost Transmissions'' is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Katharine O'Brien. It stars Simon Pegg, Juno Temple, and Alexandra Daddario. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 28, 2019 and it was released on March 13, 2020 b ...
''.
[Prague Independent Film Festival 2020 Winners](_blank)
/ref> In 2022, she appeared in the Paramount+
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miniseries ''The Offer
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'', depicting the production of ''The Godfather
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''.
Personal life
From 2013 to 2016, Temple was in a relationship with American actor Michael Angarano, with whom she lived in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the wor ...
. She previously lived in Soho, London.
Filmography

Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
Further reading
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External links
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1989 births
Living people
Actresses from London
BAFTA Rising Star Award winners
English expatriates in the United States
English child actresses
English film actresses
English television actresses
People educated at Bedales School
People educated at King's College, Taunton
People from Hammersmith
People from Taunton
People from Soho
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses
People from Los Feliz, Los Angeles