Lucy Russell (actress)

Lucy Russell
Born	1972 England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present

Lucy Russell (born 1972) is an English actress. She made her debut in the film Following (1998) and has appeared in several movies since then. Her most recent appearance is in the movie Tony Erdmann written and directed by Maren Ade which has gained a lot of attention.

She is known for starring as Grace Elliott in Éric Rohmer's L'Anglaise et le duc (English: The Lady and the Duke). Her first starring role was in Christopher Nolan's Following. Since then she has gone on to appear in numerous film and TV roles. Russell and Nolan met as fellow students at University College, London, where she studied Italian. In Batman Begins, another film of Christopher Nolan; Lucy portrayed a restaurant guest who spoke with Bruce Wayne about the Batman. She auditioned and received the role of Angel's personal assistant in the 2007 film Angel. She played Michael Fassbender's sister in the film. In 2002 she was named as one of European films' "Shooting Stars".

Besides English she can fluently speak French & Italian and partly German & Spanish. She has interest in sports and skilled at Fencing, Horse-riding, Skiing & Ice Skating. Russell has performed in several short films including Cognition, Daisy, Murmur, One Day In Hell, Ashes To Ashes and Superstitious Minds. Lucy has also performed in theater.

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