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Juno Temple (born 21 July 1989) is a British actress. She has appeared in the films ''
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'' (2006), ''
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'' (2007), ''
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'' (2008), ''
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'' (2011), ''
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'' (2012), '' Magic Magic'' (2013), ''
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'' (2014), '' Black Mass'' (2015), ''
Unsane ''Unsane'' is a 2018 American psychological horror film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer. The film stars Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Matt Damon, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, and Amy I ...
'' (2018), and '' Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'' (2019). Temple also has starred in the television series ''
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'' (2016), ''
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'' (2018–2019), ''
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'' (2020–present), '' Little Birds'' (2020), and ''
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'' (2022). Temple received the
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in 2013. She was nominated for two
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and three
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for her role as Keeley Jones in ''Ted Lasso'', in addition to being nominated for a
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and a
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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
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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 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 The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups. Many miners joined the CPGB in the 1926 general strike. In 1930, the CPG ...
. She grew up in
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, where she attended Enmore Primary School,
Bedales School Bedales School is a co-educational, boarding and day independent school in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of conven ...
, and King's College.


Film career

Temple began her career as a
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in the 1997 film ''Vigo: Passion for Life'', a film about
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. 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 ''
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'' (2006) with "petulance and angst", while her performance as Lola Quincey in ''
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'' (2007) was called "impressive". She auditioned to play
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in ''
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'' (2007), though the role ultimately went to
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. In 2009, Temple played Eema in the comedy '' Year One'' alongside
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and
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, Anna in
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's '' Mr. Nobody'', and Di Radfield in the
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of
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's novel, '' Cracks''. Some of her other film credits at the time include Celia in ''
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'' (2007) and '' St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold'' (2009), Jennifer "Drippy" Logan in '' Wild Child'' (2008), and Jane Parker in ''
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'' (2008). In 2010, she starred in Abe Sylvia's '' Dirty Girl'', which premiered at the
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; and appeared in a sketch for
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called "Cycop", which featured the protagonist from the indie film ''
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'' (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
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's 3D film adaptation of ''
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'', as
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, 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
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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
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. In 2012, she appeared in ''
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'', as a "street-smart Gotham girl", and portrayed Diane in the
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tale ''
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''. In February 2013, Temple won the EE Rising Star
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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
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; and played Jamie Vine, an A&R assistant for the fictional American Century record company, in the 2016 HBO series ''
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''. 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
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series ''
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''. Temple has also appeared in the music videos for
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's "Milkmaid" and
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'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
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for her role in the film '' Lost Transmissions''.Prague Independent Film Festival 2020 Winners
/ref> In 2022, she appeared in the
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miniseries ''
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'', depicting the production of ''
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''.


Personal life

From 2013 to 2016, Temple was in a relationship with American actor
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, with whom she lived in the
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neighborhood of
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. She previously lived in
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.


Filmography


Film


Television


Awards and nominations


References


Further reading

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Temple, Juno 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