Bel Powley Biography

Fast Facts

• Was talent-spotted at the age of 12 at a youth theater
• First appeared on stage in the West End show Tusk Tusk in 2009
• Joined a protest against raising university fees in 2010
• Was accepted to the University of Manchester, to study history and politics, in 2011, but decided to accept a role in Arcadia on Broadway instead
• Filmed an audition tape in London to send to director Marielle Heller for her part in 2015 movie The Diary of a Teenage Girl, which included a personal plea to be in the film