Lily Loveless

Lily May Loveless (born 16 April 1990) is an English actress, best known for her role as Naomi in the BAFTA award-winning drama Skins.

Career Loveless made her acting debut in the third series of Skins, playing the sexually confused, outspoken political activist teenager Naomi Campbell.

She was a performer in Psychotic Dance Company, a dance group that specialises in street dance fused with other urban dance styles. Loveless received the 2007 Jack Petchey Achievement Award. In June 2007, she performed with the Psychotic Dance Company at the Tottenham Carnival.

In 2010, she played the character of Chloe in the adaptation of Mark Billingham's Sleepyhead. Following this, Loveless secured many roles, including Anna in The Fades, penned by former Skins writer Jack Thorne (playing the role in both the pilot and the following series); Sadie in Sky Living's supernatural drama Bedlam, alongside Theo James, Charlotte Salt and former Skins co-stars Will Young and Hugo Speer; Bex in BBC children's drama Combat Kids; and an appearance as a homeless teenage runaway, Ellie, in the final series of The Sarah Jane Adventures. She ended 2011 making her film debut in Nirpal Bhogal's Sket playing the part of Hannah. After its premiere at the London Film Festival, the film was released nationwide on 28 October 2011. She followed this with a guest appearance in the BBC drama Good Cop, written by Stephen Butchard, and a role in Nihat Seven's independent film drama Candle to Water.

Outside film and television, Loveless appeared alongside actor Matthew Lewis in the promo video for A Band of Buriers' 'Filth' directed by Blake Claridge.

On 16 October 2012, it was confirmed that Loveless would reprise the role of Naomi Campbell in the seventh and final series of Skins.

In 2013, Loveless was awarded Best Newcomer at the Monaco International Film Festival for her portrayal as Alexia in Kate Lane's Fear of Water.

August 2016 saw Loveless's debut on the London stage, starring in The Collector at The Vaults theatre with Daniel Portman. Although the play itself received mixed reviews, Loveless's performance received positive reviews.

In 2019, Loveless played Ingrid Prisby in Netflix mystery thriller The Stranger.

Filmography Year Production Character Notes 2009–2010; 2013 Skins Naomi Campbell Series 3–4; Series 7, Episodes 1–2, "Fire" 2009 Seven PM Fox Film (short) 2010 Thorne: Sleepyhead Chloe TV Drama The Fades Anna Roberts TV Drama (pilot) Hit and Run Shelley Film (short) Combat Kids Bex Clayton TV series 2011 Bedlam Sadie Novak Series 1, episode 3; "Inmates" Sket Hannah Film The Fades Anna Roberts TV series The Sarah Jane Adventures Ellie Faber Series 5, Episodes 3–4; "The Curse of Clyde Langer" 2012 Wallander Margaretha Harkala Series 3, episode 2; "Before the Frost" Good Cop Lucy Series 1, episode 4 Candle to Water Chrissie Film 2013 The Crash Ashley Wainwright TV Drama Fear of Water Alexia Film Mugged Ros Film (short) 2014 Dead in the Water Nicole Radio play DCI Banks Tracy Banks Series 3, Episodes 4-6 The Great War: The People's Story Dorothy Lloyd TV series 2015 Set the Thames on Fire Emily Film Cuffs Cinnamon TV series, episode 1 2016 The Musketeers Elodie BBC TV Series, season 3, episode 7, "Fools Gold", episode 10, "The Garrison" 2018 The Royals Greta TV series Season 4 We the Kings Lucy Film 2020 The Stranger Ingrid Prisby TV series 2021 Cost of Living Lily Short film

+ Music videos Year Song Artist Role Notes 2012"Filth" A Band of Buriers Girlfriend 2016"Kicks" Lauren Aquilina Boxer

Theatre Year Production Character Theatre 2016 The Collector Miranda Grey The Vaults - London

Personal life Loveless attended Millfields Community Primary School and Cardinal Pole Roman Catholic School, both in Hackney, East London. She also said that she likes music from artists such as Florence and the Machine because it is theatrical and when she listens to music she pictures scenes in films that the music could relate to. She also plays the piano. Loveless lives with former Skins costar Megan Prescott.