Harwich Electric Palace Trust, the charity behind the Electric Palace Cinema, is launching a new fundraising appeal to support the historic venue #OurElectricPalace
Lucy will soon be seen playing the title role in A CRUEL LOVE – a 4 part drama for ITV about Ruth Ellis, based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day For Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story.
Lucy plays the leading role in the Searchlight feature film THE GREATEST HITS which is now airing on Hulu/Disney+, after premiering at SXSW earlier this year.
Other recent film work includes Scott Cooper’s Netflix feature THE PALE BLUE EYE opposite Christian Bale. She also recently played the role of Marie Antoinette in CHEVALIER, the Fox Searchlight feature film.
On television, Lucy recently was seen starring opposite Will Poulter in the Agatha Christie adaptation WHY DIDN’T THEY ASK EVANS directed by Hugh Laurie.
She also starred in THE IPCRESS FILES for ITV as well as in an episode of MODERN LOVE S2, directed by John Carney for Amazon Studios opposite Kit Harrington.
She played the role of MARY AUSTIN opposite Rami Malek in BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY for Fox / New Regency / GK Films. She also starred in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS directed by Kenneth Branagh, playing Countess Andreyni alongside an all-star cast including Johnny Depp, Olivia Colman, and Michelle Pfieffer.
Lucy played the female lead in John Carney’s Sing Street. The film got rave reviews and received a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Motion Picture for a Musical or Comedy, as well as marking Lucy as one of Variety’s ‘Breakthrough’ performances from the Sundance Film Festival in 2016.
She also played leading roles in series 1 and 2 of Ryan Murphy’s THE POLITICIAN, Netflix opposite Ben Platt, Bette Midler and Gwyneth Paltrow – and opposite Naomi Watts in GYPSY (Netflix / Working Title.)
Lucy will be attending a special screening of John Carney’s Sing Street as part of the Electric Palace’s continuing fund-raising events. She will be doing a Q&A at the end of the film. The coming-of-age story revolves around a boy starting a band to impress a girl (Lucy) in 1980s Ireland. The soundtrack features tracks by many of the top bands of the 80s including The Jam, Joe Jackson, Lemmy, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Duran Duran and M.