Bel Powley
Biography
Bel Powley is an English actress who started out in television as a teenager, playing one of the leads in the CBBC series M.I. High from 2007 to 2008. Born and raised in London, she broke through in 2015 as Princess Margaret in A Royal Night Out, which brought a British Independent Film Award nomination for Most Promising Newcomer, and as the lead in The Diary of a Teenage Girl, which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead and the Trophée Chopard at Cannes in 2016. Her later films include Carrie Pilby (2016), Mary Shelley (2017), White Boy Rick (2018), Ashes in the Snow (2018) and The King of Staten Island (2020). She starred as Miep Gies in the miniseries A Small Light (2023), earning Critics' Choice and Screen Actors Guild nominations, and has worked on stage, including the 2011 Broadway revival of Arcadia.
34years old
Turns 35 on March 7in 145 days
- Born London
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Isobel Dorothy Powley (birth name)Also credited as Isobel Powley
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 15 years2011 to 2026
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A role that slipped away
Powley took over the title role in the 2016 indie film Carrie Pilby from Hailee Steinfeld, who had been set to play the part.
Bel Powley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Bel Powley shares two films with Nesta Cooper, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Nesta Cooper's page
Bruce Dern's page
Steve Buscemi's page
Brad Dourif's page
Marisa Tomei's page
Richard E. Grant's page
All films by Judd Apatow
Yann DemangeDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by Yann Demange
Marielle HellerDirector, 1 film, 2015
All films by Marielle Heller
Box office
What Bel Powley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$37.7 million
9 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$26M68.9% of the total
- 2$5.1M13.5% of the total
- 3$2.2M5.8% of the total
- 4$2.1M5.5% of the total
- 5$1.5M3.9% of the total
- 6$565K1.5% of the total
- 7$245K0.7% of the total
- 8$28K0.1% of the total
$1,788from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Trophée Chopard | Won | ||
Online
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