Ophelia Lovibond


Ophelia Lucy Lovibond is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Carina in the film Guardians of the Galaxy, Izzy Gould in the BBC's W1A, and Kitty Winter in CBS's Elementary.

Early life

Ophelia Lovibond grew up in Shepherd's Bush, London, in a single-parent family. Her mother worked as a Chartered Psychologist at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. She has two siblings. She was a scholarship student at Latymer Upper School. She also attended the Young Blood theatre company, a youth drama club, in Hammersmith. She attended the University of Sussex to study English Literature, graduating in 2005 with a First-class honours degree.

Career

Television

Lovibond's first television appearance was at the age of 12 in the Channel 4 sitcom The Wilsons. She said she lied about her age to win the role.
She acted in the television series FM. In the BBC satire W1A she appears as the character of Izzy Gould.
Lovibond was also a regular in season 3 of Elementary, as Sherlock's new apprentice, Kitty Winter. She recurred in episodes 15 and 16 of season 5, as well as in season 7.
In 2016, she played the role of Lady Alexandra Lindo-Parker in Sky1 series Hooten & The Lady.
She appeared in a guest role in the 2019 series Whiskey Cavalier as a British agent.

Film

Lovibond made her film debut in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist in 2005. She had a part in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy. She played a leading role in the film 4.3.2.1, and had roles in the 2011 films London Boulevard, No Strings Attached and Mr. Popper's Penguins. Lovibond played Carina, The Collector's slave, in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy.

Theatre

In 2016 she appeared as Elizabeth Barry in Stephen Jeffreys' The Libertine at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Others

Lovibond appeared in Gabrielle Aplin's February 2013 music video "Please Don't Say You Love Me".

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Theatre