Lucy Boynton Is The Biggest Star You’ve Never Heard Of (And She’s Dating A Hollywood A-lister)

She’s gone from starring in Beatrice Potter biopics to steamy lesbian sex scenes — but Lucy Boynton’s star doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
Born in New York to British parents – the journalists Graham Boynton and Adriaane Pielou – Lucy grew up in South London alongside her older sister Emma-Louise before landing her first role at the age of 12.

Since then, she has starred in sexy scenes in TV shows like The Politician, and wowed audiences with her performance in Bohemian Rapsody opposite her boyfriend Rami Malek.

While the pair are famously tight-lipped, she’s often seen on red carpets with her Hollywood A-lister beau.

The 29-year-old will next appear as the late Mary Antoinette, the late Queen of France in the biopic Chevalier, which is sure to see her star rise even higher.

Speaking to You magazine in 2022, Lucy explained how growing up around journalists helped her adjust to life in the spotlight.

She said, “Hearing about interviewing actors from my mother’s point of view made me feel a little less intimidated at first — it just made the whole thing a little more human.

“But I forget it all as soon as I meet one because I get so nervous.”

She said, “My mom has always been someone who stays absolutely still and calm when things start on the roof, and I try to mirror that.”

Lucy’s mother, and in fact her entire family of journalists, have also set an example of how to deal with an unpredictable career.

She explained, “I grew up in a very creative environment, but also one that doesn’t follow a specific structure—and that was liberating, because if my work didn’t follow a specific path, there was no panic.”

She made her film debut playing a young Beatrix Potter in the biopic Miss Potter 1t at the age of 12.

She has said that her former girls’ gymnasium prepared her students for a male-dominated work world.

Speak against The Sunday Times Style magazine in 2019, she shared that everything she learned at the unnamed private school in London was “in men’s terms” and that it was “assumed” that the female pupils would have male bosses.

“That kind of school is a great opportunity to encourage girls to feel brave in their presence and place in the world,” she told the publication.

“But we weren’t taught that. Everything we learned was in terms of men, assuming we would have male bosses.

“And later you realize how horrible that is, and how detrimental it is to a girl’s self-esteem.”

However, Boynton did acknowledge that the school was “flexible” when it came to her burgeoning acting career, adding, “I’m here because of them, too.”

After appearing in Miss Potter, roles in TV adaptations of Ballet Shoes and Sense & Sensibility followed, before she put acting on hold to finish school.

“I wasn’t the decision maker to take that time off,” she told You magazine. “It was my teachers and parents who said, ‘Take a break and do your GCSEs.’ I thought, “Great, I’ll do it and then I’ll jump right back in” – but then of course I had to start all over again.’

It is her older sister Emma-Louise who credits Lucy with awakening her as a feminist.

She explained, “When I was 16 or 17, she came home from college and gave me the book C*** [by Inga Muscio]and was like, “The patriarchy is taking advantage of you.”‘

“I am so lucky that she teaches me. I’m so sensitive, I’m very porous and I really feel my way through the world, while she’s much more analytical and practical.’

“Yes, when I was younger I was very aware that I didn’t want to get in anyone’s way on set, but Bohemian Rhapsody taught me that people want to talk to you about what’s going on.

“You can ask a cameraman what kind of lens they use – I used to be too timid for that – and they’re often eager to teach you.”

As an adult, Lucy teamed up with Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh in Murder on the Orient Express and starred as ruthless teen Astrid Sloan alongside Gwyneth Paltrow in the Netflix series The Politician.

In the series, she appeared in lesbian romps and threesomes with her co-stars Ben Platt and David Corenswet.

Meanwhile, she met future boyfriend Remi Malek and landed her first blockbuster role when she appeared in the Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody.

Bohemian Rhapsody was the film that cemented Lucy Boynton’s status as a leading Hollywood actress.

Playing Freddie Mercury’s partner and devoted best friend Mary Austin, Lucy received critical acclaim and award nominations as the film soared at the box office – becoming the biggest biopic of all time.

It felt like the ‘arrival moment’ for someone who has been working since she was only 12 years old.

In 2021, she filmed Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?, an Agatha Christie miniseries adapted and directed by Hugh Laurie; Chevalier, in which she plays Marie Antoinette, and The Ipcress File, an ITV adaptation of Len Deighton’s 1962 novel.

She has a quiet determination that has been a good training ground for her future roles – as Frankie in the aforementioned Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? and Marie Antoinette in Chevalier.

At some point, she will take on the role of another fierce woman – rock ‘n’ roll legend Marianne Faithfull, in a biopic for which Lucy will also be an executive producer.

It’s a project she’s excited about, but filming has been repeatedly delayed by the pandemic.

She said, “I don’t know the timeline for it right now, but I’m thankful we’ve had this extra time to work on it, and I feel more and more confident about it.”

She is a woman divided between two countries: on the one hand, she is an American – she was not only born there, but also lived and worked there for a long time of her life.

She is dating an American – her Bohemian Rhapsody co-star Rami – but is tight-lipped about their romances in interviews.

The two shared the Oscars after he won Best Actor in 2019 for Bohemian Rhapsody.

When his name was announced, he turned directly to her and the couple embraced.

He also concluded his acceptance speech with the words: ‘Lucy Boynton: you are the heart of this film, you are beyond immensely talented, you have captured my heart. Thank you so much.’

She previously revealed, “It sounds so stupid, but I really wasn’t aware of the public element of that.

“You just record, millisecond by millisecond, what’s happening, and then all of a sudden you hear the applause and you realize it’s been a public moment, which is kind of strange.”