Ophelia Lovibond

Ophelia Lucy Lovibond (born 19 February 1986) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Carina in the film Guardians of the Galaxy, Izzy Gould in the BBC's W1A, Patty Failure in Disney's Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, Joyce Prigger in Starz's Minx, and Kitty Winter in CBS's Elementary.

Ophelia Lovibond
Born	Ophelia Lucy Lovibond (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 39) Hammersmith, London, England
Alma mater	University of Sussex
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Henry Pettigrew ​ (m. 2022)​

Early life and education

Ophelia Lovibond grew up in Shepherd's Bush, London, in a single-parent family. Her mother worked as a chartered psychologist at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. She has a brother and a sister.^[1] Lovibond attended Latymer Upper School on a scholarship.^[1] She also attended the Young Blood theatre company, a youth drama club, in Hammersmith.^[2] She graduated from the University of Sussex with a degree in English Literature in 2008.^[3]

Acting career

Television

Lovibond's first television appearance was at the age of 12 in the Channel 4 sitcom The Wilsons. She said she lied about her age to win the role.^[1]

She appeared in Elliot Hegarty’s FM and the British period drama Heartbeat. She also played Izzy Gould in the BBC satire W1A.

Lovibond was a regular on season 3 of Elementary as Sherlock's new apprentice, Kitty Winter. She also made an appearance in episodes 15 and 16 of season 5, as well as in season 7.

In 2016, she played the role of Lady Alexandra Lindo-Parker in Sky1 series Hooten & The Lady.

She appeared in a guest role in the 2019 series Whiskey Cavalier as MI6 agent Emma Davies.

She stars as Joyce Prigger in the HBO/STARZ comedy series Minx.

She also appeared as Rachel in the first episode, "Sardines", of the first series of the British black comedy anthology series Inside No. 9.

In 2022, Lovibond played Carrie Symonds in the TV series This England.

Film

Lovibond made her film debut in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist in 2005.^[4] She had a part in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy.^[5] She played a leading role in the film 4.3.2.1,^[6] and had roles in the 2011 films London Boulevard, No Strings Attached and Mr. Popper's Penguins. Lovibond played Teri in the BFI/BBC film based on the award winning novel, 8 Minutes Idle, and Carina, The Collector's slave, in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy.^[7][8]

Radio

Lovibond played the character Sam Peakes in series 1 of Lobby Land on BBC Radio 4 (broadcast June 2018).

Theatre

In 2015, Lovibond made her professional stage debut in the revival of Lucy Prebble's The Effect, directed by Daniel Evans.^[9] The following year, she appeared as Elizabeth Barry in Stephen Jeffreys' The Libertine at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket.^[10]

In 2017, she played Lois, the eponymous character, in Githa Sowerby's The Stepmother.^[11] She played Lou in Barney Norris’s 2018 play Nightfall ^[12] and starred in the revival of David Hare's The Bay at Nice.^[13]

Others

Lovibond appeared in Gabrielle Aplin's February 2013 music video "Please Don't Say You Love Me".^[14]

Personal life

She married actor Henry Pettigrew on 1 May 2022. The couple met while starring in The Effect.^[15]

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Oliver Twist	Bet
2006	Crusade in Jeans	Isabella
2007	Popcorn	Katerina
2009	Bottle	Sam	Short film
	Shadows in the Sun	Kate
	Nowhere Boy	Marie
2010	Chatroom	Charlotte
	4.3.2.1.	Shannon
	London Boulevard	Penny
2011	No Strings Attached	Vanessa
	Turnout	Sophie
	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Pippi Pepenopolis
2012	8 Minutes Idle	Teri
	The Poison Tree	Biba Capel
2013	A Single Shot	Abbie
	Thor: The Dark World	Carina	Cameo
2014	Guardians of the Galaxy
2015	Man Up	Jessica
2016	Tommy's Honour	Meg Drinnen
	The Autopsy of Jane Doe	Emma
	Gozo	Lucille
2019	Rocketman	Arabella
2020	Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made	Patty Failure
2024	Here	Stella Beekman

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Wilsons	Poppy Wilson	6 episodes
2003	Single	Rachel Barton	6 episodes
	The Bill	Carly Flint	“Antecedent”, “Fatality”
	Loving You	Alice	Television film
2005	Casualty	Jude Greer	Episode: "Running out of Kisses"
	Nathan Barley	Mandy	Episode #1.5
2006–2007	Holby City	Jade McGuire	Recurring role, 9 episodes
2007	The Bill	Serena Black	Episode: "A Model Murder: Part 1"
	Heartbeat	Charlie Prentice	E2 S17 “Heirs Apparent”
2008	Messiah: The Rapture	Lucy Waite	Miniseries, 2 episodes
	Delta Forever	Roxy	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	Lewis	Jessica Rattenbury	Episode: "The Point of Vanishing"
	FM	Daisy	Main role, 6 episodes
2012	Titanic: Blood & Steel	Kitty Carlton	Main role, 12 episodes
	The Poison Tree	Biba Capel	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2014	Inside No. 9	Rachel	Episode: "Sardines"
	Mr. Sloane	Robin	Main role, 6 episodes
2014–2017	W1A	Izzy Gould	Main role, 14 episodes
2014–2015, 2017, 2019	Elementary	Katheryn "Kitty" Winter	Recurring role, 15 episodes
2016	Hooten & the Lady	Lady Alexandra Lindo-Parker	Lead role, 8 episodes
2019	Whiskey Cavalier	Emma Davies	4 episodes
2020	Feel Good	Binky	5 episodes
2020–2022	Trying	Erica	Main role (seasons 1 and 2)
2020	Roadkill	Susan Laurence	Episode: #1.3
2021	What If...?	Carina (voice)	Episode: "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?"
2022	Minx	Joyce Prigger	Lead role
	This England	Carrie Symonds	Main role, 5 episodes
2023	Partygate	Annabel D'acre
TBA	Real Love (Yes, It's Real Love!)	Stacey	Post-production

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Notes
2013	Gabrielle Aplin	"Please Don't Say You Love Me"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Details	Notes
2015	The Effect	Connie	Sheffield Crucible
2016	The Libertine	Elizabeth Barry	Theatre Royal Haymarket
2017	The Stepmother	Lois Relph	Chichester Festival Theatre
2018	Nightfall	Lou	Bridge Theatre
2019	The Bay at Nice	Sophia	Menier Chocolate Factory
2024	The Hills of California	Ruby Webb	Harold Pinter Theatre Broadhurst Theatre