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Lucy Boynton – “Murder on the Orient Express” World Premiere – Arrivals – Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore – London, UK, 2017 – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 17, 1994
Ethnicity: English, small amount of Irish
Lucy Boynton is a British actress. Her roles include the films Miss Potter , Copperhead , The Blackcoat’s Daughter , Sing Street , I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House , Rebel in the Rye , Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Apostle (2018), Bohemian Rhapsody , Locked Down , Chevalier , The Pale Blue Eye , Barbie (2023), and The Greatest Hits , the series Sense and Sensibility (2008), Life in Squares , Gypsy (2017), Modern Love , The Ipcress File (2022), and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? , and the made-for-tv movie Ballet Shoes (2007).
She was born in New York City, to English parents, and raised in southeast London, England. Her father, Graham Boynton (Graham John Boynton), is a journalist, consultant, travel writer, and editor. He was raised in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Her mother, Adriaane Pielou, is a travel writer; she was raised in Surrey, England; Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. Lucy is a citizen of the U.K. and the U.S.
Lucy’s paternal grandfather was Herbert J. D. Boynton (the son of Herbert Boynton and Evelyne Baker). Lucy’s grandfather Herbert was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Lucy’s great-grandfather Herbert was the son of Thomas Boynton. Evelyne was the daughter of John Baker.
Lucy’s paternal grandmother was Doris Gwendolyn Hampson (the daughter of Sydney Horace Hampson and Emily Gwendolyn Francis). Doris was born in Aston, Warwickshire, England. Sydney was the son of David Hampson. Emily was the daughter of William Hampson and Annie Coughlan, who was Irish.
Lucy’s maternal grandfather was Patrick John Alan Pielow/Pielou (the son of Benjamin Jacob Pielow and Edith Gertrude Thomas). Patrick was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Benjamin was born in Drumcondra, Ireland, the son of William Francis Pielow and Rachel Mary Breadon. Edith was the daughter of Geoffery Edward Thomas and Edith Jessie Moon.
Lucy’s maternal grandmother was Patricia Mary Gudgeon (the daughter of Richard John Gudgeon and Alice Lillian Snelling). Patricia was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Alice was the daughter of Thomas Snelling and Lavinia Harriet Wright.
Source: Genealogy of Lucy’s maternal great-grandmother, Alice Lillian (Snelling) Gudgeon (focusing on her own father’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com