Juno Temple is an English Award winning actress, a television actress, a movie star, and the main regular actor featured in the Apple TV+ series, Ted Lasso who played the character Keeley Jones, a former model turned to businesswoman, the best friend of Rebecca Welton, and ex-girlfriend of Jamie Tartt and Roy Kent.
Active for the whole of the 21st century, her early career was arguably shaped by roles in the British St Trinian's franchise and the films, Atonement, Maleficent and The Dark Knight Rises.
History[]
Juno Temple was born in the Hammersmith area of London, as the daughter of film producer Amanda Pirie and film director Julien Temple. She has two younger brothers, Leo Temple and Felix Temple. Her aunt Nina Temple was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain. She grew up in Taunton, Somerset, where she attended Enmore Primary School, Bedales School, and King's College.
Career and Awards[]
She began her career as a child actress in the 1997 film Vigo: Passion for Life, a film about Jean Vigo. Her father directed her in the role of Emma Southey in the 2000 film, Pandaemonium.
Early in her career, she won critical praise for several supporting roles. One reviewer said that she played her part in Notes on a Scandal (2006) with "petulance and angst", while her performance as Lola Quincey in Atonement (2007) was called "impressive".
She auditioned to play Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), though the role ultimately went to Evanna Lynch.
Some of her other film credits at the time include Celia in St Trinian's (2007) and St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), Jennifer "Drippy" Logan in Wild Child (2008), and Jane Parker in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008). In 2010, she starred in Abe Sylvia's Dirty Girl, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival; and appeared in a sketch for FunnyOrDie called "Cycop", which featured the protagonist from the indie film The Mother of Invention (2009) in a poorly made film of his creation.
She also had a major role in the film Kaboom (2010), which won the first Queer Palm award. In 2011, Temple appeared in Paul W. S. Anderson's 3D film adaptation of The Three Musketeers, as Anne of Austria, the Queen Consort of France. That same year she played Dottie in Killer Joe, a role Temple received after sending an unsolicited audition tape to the movie's casting director.
She also starred in Elgin James's 2011 film Little Birds. James offered her the choice of playing either of the two female leads and she chose to portray Lily, citing that she connected with the character more and "wanted to set her free". Temple and James worked on Little Birds together for two years, and continued to collaborate afterwards, referring to each other as "best friends" and "family" in interviews. James has said he made Little Birds to honor the strong women in his life, including Temple.
That same year, she was named a Brit to Watch by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
In 2012, she appeared in The Dark Knight Rises, as a "street-smart Gotham girl", and portrayed Diane in the lesbian werewolf tale Jack & Diane. In February 2013, Temple won the EE Rising Star BAFTA Award, voted for by the public.
Ted Lasso[]
Life Saved[]
She might have been surprised when co-creator Jason Sudeikis texted her with a role in Ted Lasso, but she says she can’t be more grateful for the opportunity it gave her, to explore warmth and light even as the world hurtled towards pandemic and protest. She plays Keeley Jones, a bright soul whose flame gets dimmed by the stereotype of her status as a star footballer’s girlfriend, until it is kindled by an unlikely friendship with the club’s owner, Rebecca.
"Playing Keeley has really helped with my mental health, with my ability to be very harsh towards myself, and difficult with myself at times. She has been a ray of light for me. And to have a fan base for the show now that, not just love the show, but it actually means something to them too, feels profound. It feels like a connection that I didn’t know I was ever going to have in my career, you know?"