The blue-eyed English actress Imogen Poots is the daughter of a current affairs television producer, Trevor Poots, and an English journalist, Fiona Goodall. She was studying veterinary science when she suddenly decided to change her career.

From veterinary science to becoming an actress

It was her love for animals that the kind-hearted Imogen Poots inclined towards veterinary science. But she couldn’t manage the pressure of carrying out surgeries on animals and fainted during such an operation.

Imogen Poots was doing her internship when the incident happened. She was performing surgery with her team when she fainted in the operation theater. She was immediately rushed outside and provide medical care. It was after that incident that Imogen Poots decided to change her career.

After deserting her chosen career, Imogen Poots had enough time to search for another career. Unaware of her career plans, she started spending time with the Young Blood Theater Company. The company was hosting an improvisation workshop at that time and Imogen Poots took her first lessons in acting in that workshop.

She developed a taste for acting in the workshop and went on to attain three A grades at A-level. In 2008, she got a place at the Courtauld Institute of Art, a prestigious institution of arts, but had to abandon the course to pursue a career in acting.

Imogen Poots got her first acting opportunity in 1986 in a British medical drama series, Casualty. Since then, there is no looking back for the actress who mesmerized the glamour world with her slender image, fair complexion, blonde hair, and blue eyes.

She received roles one after another and every character was different. Accepting challenging characters and working with big names of the industry allowed Imogen Poots to hone her craft and find a firm foothold in the highly demanding industry.

Challenging roles of Imogen Poots

In the beginning, the general feeling for Imogen Poots was of an actress looking for one special character that can transform her from actress-on-the-rise to a bonafide star.

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