Amelia Warner
Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982), also known by her stage name Slow Moving Millie, is an English musician, composer, and former actress.
Also recorded as Slow Moving Millie · Amelia Catherine Bennett
Amelia Warner
- Name
- Amelia Warner
- Birth Name
- Amelia Catherine Bennett
- Born
- 4 June 1982
- Birthplace
- Birkenhead, Merseyside, England
- Occupation
- * Musician
- Full name
- Amelia Catherine Bennett.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Education
- Goldsmiths, University of London, Fine Arts College and Royal Masonic School for Girls.
- Languages
- English.
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Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982), also known by her stage name Slow Moving Millie, is an English musician, composer, and former actress.
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Amelia Warner (born 1982) is an actor, actress and film actor, among other activities, of British nationality. The actor was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead. Amelia Warner is also known as Slow Moving Millie.
Amelia Warner was educated at Fine Arts College, Goldsmiths, University of London and Royal Masonic School for Girls. The actor lived in Cotswolds and London. Languages used include English.
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Key facts
• Name — Amelia Warner • Birth Name — Amelia Catherine Bennett • Born — 4 June 1982 • Birthplace — Birkenhead, Merseyside, England • Other Names — Slow Moving Millie • Occupation — * Musician • composer • actress • Years Active — 1999–present • Children — 3 • Parents — Annette Ekblom (mother) Alun Lewis (father) • Relatives — Hywel Bennett (paternal uncle) Jim Dornan (father-in-law)
Early life
Early life
Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, the only child of actors Annette Ekblom and Alun Lewis. Her paternal uncle is actor Hywel Bennett.
Career
Career
Warner started her acting career as a member of the Royal Court's youth theatre group. She also starred in a 2000 BBC adaptation of Lorna Doone and has had supporting roles in films such as Æon Flux and Stoned. In 2015, she self-released a classical instrumental EP, titled Arms. In 2016, Amelia began scoring films starting with Mum's List followed by Mary Shelley. In 2017, she released her second EP titled Visitors under her name, Amelia Warner. In 2018, Amelia Warner won the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Composer of the Year for her debut mainstream score on the film, Mary Shelley. On 28 September 2020, Fearne Cotton announced that she was releasing "Happy Place", the album which features music from an array of artists that focus around mental health and well-being. The first single which was released on the same day as the announcement is the song "Lockdown Kittens Dancing" which features music by Amelia Warner which is taken from her song "For Love" off her "Haven" EP released in June 2020. In the same year she was invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Slow Moving Millie
Slow Moving Millie
Warner began her music career in July 2009, when she wrote and performed the song "Beasts" under the name Slow Moving Millie for a Virgin Media television commercial. The track was then released on 17 August 2009. Her second single, "Rewind City" was also used for another advertisement, for Orange UK, and was directed by Ringan Ledwidge. In October 2011, Warner signed a record deal with Island Records. Her cover version of the Smiths' 1984 B-Side "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" was released on 11 November 2011 and was selected as the soundtrack to the John Lewis 2011 Christmas advertisement. Since releasing her album, Renditions, she also composed music for adverts and short films. Her first major score was for the British short, Mam. Soon after, Warner released her Fyfe Dangerfield-produced EP, Arms, under Universal Music. Her second EP, Visitors. In 2016, she scored her first feature-length film, Mum's List, followed by her score to the film Mary Shelley.
Personal life
Personal life
Warner married Colin Farrell in a non-legal ceremony in 2001; they ended the relationship four months later. She married Jamie Dornan in 2013 at Orchardleigh Estate. They have three daughters.
Composer credits
Composer credits
• Film/Series — Year — Notes • Mam — 2010 — Short • Mum's List — 2016 • Mary Shelley — 2017 • Leading Lady Parts — 2018 — Short • Wild Mountain Thyme — 2020 • Mr. Malcolm's List — 2022 • Young Woman and the Sea — 2024 • Kathleen Is Here • Unforgivable — 2025 — BBC Television Film • Unidentified — 2025
Albums
Albums
• Title — Album details — Peak chart positions • UK • Renditions (as Slow Moving Millie) — * Eight covers and two original songs * Released: 12 December 2011 * Label: Universal / Island — 89 • Visitors (as Amelia Warner) — * Instrumental music * Released: 20 April 2018 * Label: Globe: Soundtrack and Score / Universal — —
Extended plays
Extended plays
• Title — Details • Arms (as Slow Moving Millie) — * Classical music * Released: 10 July 2015 * Label: SMM Music / Universal • Haven (as Amelia Warner) — * Classical music * Released: 19 June 2020 * Label: Decca Records / Universal
Singles
Singles
• Year — Single — Peak chart positions — Album • UK • 2009 — "Beasts" — — — Renditions • 2011 — "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" — 31 • 2020 — "Lockdown Kittens Dancing" (with Fearne Cotton and GABA feat. Helen Mirren) — — — Happy Place
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1998 — Kavanagh QC — Gaynor Deans • Casualty — Rachel Munro — TV series Episode: "Eye Spy" • 1999 — Aristocrats — Lady Cecelia — Mini-series • Mansfield Park — Teenage Fanny Price • 2000 — Don Quixote — Antonia • Quills — Simone Royer-Collard • Waking the Dead — Jodie Whitemore/Jodie Whitemoor • Take a Girl Like You — Sheila Torkingham • Lorna Doone — Lorna Doone • 2002 — Nine Lives — Laura • 2003 — Love's Brother — Rosetta • 2005 — Æon Flux — Una Flux • Winter Passing — Shelly • Stoned — Janet • 2006 — Alpha Male — Elyssa Ferris • 2007 — Gone — Sophie • 2007 — The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising — Maggie Barnes • 2008 — The Echo — Alyssa • 2010 — Olga? — Cecilia — Short film • 2012 — The Other Side — Rachel — Short film
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Amelia Warner was recorded at birth as Amelia Catherine Bennett. He also worked under the name Slow Moving Millie. The authorities additionally record the headings Slow Moving Millie and Amelia Catherine Bennett.
Identity
Identity
Amelia Warner is recorded as film score composer, actress and musician.
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London and Cotswolds.
Residences
Birkenhead.
Birth place
Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref • 2018 — World Soundtrack Awards — Discovery of the Year — Mary Shelley • IFMCA — Breakthrough Composer of the Year • 2021 — World Soundtrack Awards — Public Choice Award — Wild Mountain Thyme • Hollywood Music in Media Awards — Best Original Score - Independent Film • Best Original Song - Independent Film • IFMCA — Best Original Score for a Comedy Film • ASCAP — Film Score of the Year • 2023 — World Soundtrack Awards — Public Choice Award — Mr Malcolm's List • 2024 — Young Woman and the Sea • 2025 — IFMCA — Best Original Score for a Drama — Young Woman and the Sea • ASCAP — Film Score of the Year
Literature
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- 1.Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
- 2.Southern, Nathan. Amelia Warner. The New York Times. 2016.
- 3.Interview: Annette Ekblom - How I survived the darkest days of my life; Take Me star Annette Ekblom talks about her unhappy, drug-taking past and the love for daughter Amelia which helped her overcome the bad times. - Free Online Library.
- 4.Amelia Warner on her new music career and shrugging off gossip about her marriage to Fifty Shades Darker actor Jamie Dornan. The Independent.
- 5.Slow Moving Millie: 'Morrissey said it was delightful'. The Telegraph.
- 6.Orange : Rewind City.
- 7.Thompson, Anne. How to make it big, the Colin Farrell way. The Guardian. 23 February 2003.
- 8.Amelia Warner on music and her marriage to 'Fifty Shades Darker' actor Jamie Dornan. The Independent. 2017-03-02.
- 9.Bell, Stephanie. Jamie Dornan, from The Fall psycho to expectant father. Sunday Life. Independent News & Media. 24 June 2013.
- 10.Baylis, Sheila Cosgrove. Jamie Dornan Welcomes a Daughter. People. 17 December 2013.
- 11.50 Shades Of Grey Jamie Dornan kisses wife Amelia Warner as they step out for breakfast with their baby daughter. Evoke.ie. 29 October 2014.
- 12.Mahjouri, Shakiel. 'Fifty Shades' Star Jamie Dornan On Having Two Daughters: 'It's The Most Magical Thing'. ET Canada. 9 September 2016.
- 13.'Fifty Shades of Grey' star Jamie Dornan, wife Amelia Warner welcome third child. New York Post. 2019-04-01.
- 14.Amelia Warner on Instagram: "The first short in a comedy series called #LeadingLadyParts produced by @rebelparkproductions will officially air on BBC Four on 30th July…". Instagram.
- 15.Davis, Clayton. Amelia Warner to Compose Score for 'Wild Mountain Thyme' for Bleecker Street (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 22 October 2020.
- 16.Kathleen Is Here + Q&A.
- 17.Renditions. 12 December 2011.
- 18.Visitors. 20 April 2018.
- 19.Arms. 10 July 2015.
- 20.Haven. 19 June 2020.
- 21.Awards, World Soundtrack. Discovery of the Year - Awards. World Soundtrack Awards.
- 22.Broxton, Jon. IFMCA Award Winners 2018. filmmusiccritics.org. IFMCA:International Film Music Critics Association.
- 23.Willman, Chris. Hollywood Music in Media Awards Announces 2021 Nominees; Kenny Loggins Set for Lifetime Honor (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 2021-01-15.
- 24.Neglia, Matt. The 2020 International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Winners. Next Best Picture. 2021-02-18.
- 25.2021 ASCAP Screen Music Awards. www.ascap.com.
- 26.Volker Bertelmann, Nicholas Britell and Amelia Warner among winners at 23rd World Soundtrack Awards. World Soundtrack Awards.
- 27.Grein, Paul. Billie Eilish & Finneas' 'Barbie' Song Leads 2024 World Soundtrack Awards Winners: Full List. Billboard. 2024-10-17.
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