Juno Temple Biography

British actress (born 1989)For the mountain, see Juno Temple (Grand Canyon).

Juno Temple (born 21 July 1989) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the comedy series Ted L*o (2020–2023) and in the fifth season of the crime drama series Fargo (2023–2024). She earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the former and a Golden Globe Award nomination for the latter.

Temple, the daughter of film director Julien Temple, began working as child actress, appearing in Notes on a Scandal (2006), Atonement (2007), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and Mr. Nobody (2009). Her subsequent film roles were in The Three Musketeers (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Magic Magic (2013), Maleficent (2014), Black M* (2015), Unsane (2018), and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019). Temple received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2013. She has also starred in the television series Vinyl (2016), Dirty John (2018–2019), Little Birds (2020) and The Offer (2022).

Early life

Juno Temple was born in the Hammersmith area of London on 21 July 1989, the daughter of film producer Amanda Pirie and film director Julien Temple. She has two younger brothers, Leo and Felix. Her aunt Nina Temple was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain. She grew up in Taunton, Somerset, where she attended Enmore Primary School, Bedales School, and King's College.

Career

Temple began her career as a child actress in the 1997 film Vigo: P*ion 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 (2007) was called "impressive". She auditioned to play Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), though the role ultimately went to Evanna Lynch. In 2009, Temple played Eema in the comedy Year One alongside Jack Black 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 (2008), and Jane Parker in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008).

Temple in 2011

In 2010, she starred in Abe Sylvia's Dirty Girl, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival; 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 (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, as Anne of Austria, 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 James's 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.

In 2012, she appeared in The Dark Knight Rises, as a "street-smart Gotham girl", and portrayed Diane in the lesbian werewolf tale Jack & Diane. In February 2013, Temple won the EE Rising Star BAFTA Award, voted for by the public.

Temple had a supporting role as Deborah Hussey in the true-crime film Black M* (2015), which starred Johnny Depp; and played Jamie Vine, an A&R *istant for the fictional American Century record company, in the 2016 HBO series Vinyl.

Temple has also appeared in the music videos for Kid Harpoon's "Milkmaid" and Plushgun's "Just Impolite".

In 2018-2019, 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. In August 2020, Temple began a regular role as Keeley, a former girlfriend of one of the team players and the unofficial team publicist, on the Apple TV+ series Ted L*o.

In 2022, Temple appeared in the Paramount+ miniseries The Offer, depicting the production of The Godfather. In 2023, Temple appeared in a starring role in the fifth season of the American crime anthology series Fargo.

Personal life

From 2013 to 2016, Temple was in a relationship with American actor Michael Angarano, with whom she lived in the Los Feliz neighbourhood of Los Angeles. She previously lived in Soho, London. She is currently in a relationship with Michal Szymanski, from Poland, since 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

    Further reading

    • McLean, Craig (2 August 2008). "Juno Temple: Sugar and spice". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

    External links

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