Margo Stilley

Margo Stilley
Born	November 20, 1982 (1982-11-20) (age 28) Bear Creek, North Carolina, USA [1]

Margo Stilley (born November 20, 1982) is an American actress and former model.

Biography

Stilley grew up in Conway, South Carolina,^[2] and left as a teenager to model in Milan before moving to London at the age of 18.

She portrayed Lisa in the controversial 2004 British film 9 Songs, directed by Michael Winterbottom. According to the Guardian, 9 Songs was the most sexually explicit mainstream film to date, largely because it includes several scenes of real sexual acts between the two lead actors, including fellation (with male ejaculating over her hand), cunnilingus (extended scenes of her labia majora being licked), and penetration (vaginal only).^[3] Stilley asked that director Michael Winterbottom refer to her simply by her character's name in interviews about the film at the beginning to protect the artistic integrity of the film instead of making it a personal press vehicle.^[4]

Since then, Stilley has played in twelve films to date, including How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and Hippie Hippie Shake, and has worked again with Winterbottom on a BBC2 comedy The Trip with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.^[5]

Recently signed to play Lady Thelma Furness in Madonna's film W.E. she renounced the role because of artistic differences.^[6]

Now living mostly in England, Stilley is engaged to be married to Bruce ­Cummings, who works in finance.^[7]

Filmography

• 9 Songs (2004) .... Lisa
• Mayo (1 episode, 2006) .... Roma Sheraton
• Reverb (2007) .... Nicky
• Marple: Murder Is Easy (2008) (TV) .... Bridget Conway
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) .... Ingrid
• Goal! 3 (2009) .... Tamsin
• Hippie Hippie Shake (2009) .... Cynthia Plaster-Caster
• 14 Days with Victor (2010) ... Anna
• The Trip (2010) ... Mischa
• The Trip (2011) ... Mischa (Film edit of the TV Series above)

References

1. ^ Margo Stilley at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ Stilley, Margo (November 2008). "Hello Chaps". Esquire. 
3. ^ Cannes screening for most sexually explicit British film at guardian.co.uk
4. ^ Cavendish, Lucy (2008-11-02). "Margo Stilley: songs of innocence and of experience". The Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3562787/Margo-Stilley-songs-of-innocence-and-of-experience.html. 
5. ^ "Biography". Margo Stilley's Site. http://www.margo-stilley.com/biography.html. 
6. ^ Eden, Richard (2010-07-03). "Madonna casts Natalie Dormer to portray the 'game-playing' Queen Mother". The Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/madonna/7870311/Madonna-casts-Natalie-Dormer-to-portray-the-game-playing-Queen-Mother.html. 
7. ^ Kay, Richard (2010-09-24). "'Duckface' to marry her man". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314777/RICHARD-KAY-Duckface-marry-man.html. Retrieved 2010-09-24. 

External links

• www.margo-stilley.com
• Margo Stilley at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Stilley, Margo
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Date of birth	November 20, 1982
Place of birth	Bear Creek, North Carolina, USA
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