Background
She was born in London, the third child of Honorary
She was born in London, the third child of Honorary
Heathfield School, Ascot. London Academy of Music and Dramatic Artist
Robert James Orr-Ewing and Susannah (née Bodley Scott), and the granddaughter of British Conservative politician Ian Orr-Ewing. She was educated at the Heathfield School, Ascot between 2001 and 2007. and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2008 to 2011. She had a small part in the 2007 film Atonement before taking up a place at drama school.
Within two years of leaving LAMDA she had appeared in two feature films and two television series, including the last episode of Agatha Christie"s Poirot.
She then appeared in Mike Leigh"s Mr. Turner, a biopic of the life of the painter J. M. West. Turner, and the biographical drama The Theory of Everything.
