Mickey Sumner

Mickey Sumner is an English actress who started out in 2006 with parts in a string of short films and has since divided her time between independent cinema and television. Born in London, she took the part of Francesca across four episodes of the Showtime drama The Borgias, then won wide notice as Sophie Levee, playing opposite Greta Gerwig, in Frances Ha (2012). In 2013 she played Patti Smith in CBGB and made her off-Broadway debut alongside Carol Kane in The Lying Lesson with the Atlantic Theater Company. That same year brought roles in Half the Perfect World, The Mend and Anesthesia (2015). She headlined the independent feature The Mend with Josh Lucas and Stephen Plunkett; it premiered at SXSW in March 2014. On television she has appeared as Katia in Low Winter Sun and as Bess Till in Snowpiercer.