Margo Stilley
Encyclopedia
Margo Stilley is an American actress and former model
.
, South Carolina
, and left as a teenager to model in Milan
before moving to London
at the age of 18.
She portrayed Lisa in the controversial 2004 British
film
9 Songs
, directed
by Michael Winterbottom
. According to the Guardian, 9 Songs was the most sexually explicit mainstream film to date, largely because it includes several scenes of real sexual acts between the two lead actors, including fellation (with male ejaculating over her hand), cunnilingus
(extended scenes of her labia majora
being licked), and penetration (vagina
l only). Stilley asked that director Michael Winterbottom
refer to her simply by her character's name in interviews about the film at the beginning to protect the artistic integrity of the film instead of making it a personal press vehicle.
Since then, Stilley has played in twelve films to date, including How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
and Hippie Hippie Shake, and has worked again with Winterbottom on a BBC2 comedy The Trip with Steve Coogan
and Rob Brydon
.
Recently signed to play Lady Thelma Furness in Madonna's film W.E.
she renounced the role because of artistic differences.
Now living mostly in England, Stilley is engaged to be married to Bruce Cummings, who works in finance.
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
.
Biography
Stilley grew up in ConwayConway, South Carolina
Conway is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 16,317 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Horry County and is part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. It is the home of Coastal Carolina University....
, South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
, and left as a teenager to model in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
before moving to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
at the age of 18.
She portrayed Lisa in the controversial 2004 British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
9 Songs
9 Songs
9 Songs is a 2004 British film directed by Michael Winterbottom. The title refers to the nine songs played by eight different rock bands that complement the story of the film...
, directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom is a prolific English filmmaker who has directed seventeen feature films in the past fifteen years. He began his career working in British television before moving into features...
. According to the Guardian, 9 Songs was the most sexually explicit mainstream film to date, largely because it includes several scenes of real sexual acts between the two lead actors, including fellation (with male ejaculating over her hand), cunnilingus
Cunnilingus
Cunnilingus is an oral sex act performed on a female. It involves the use by a sex partner of the mouth, lips and tongue to stimulate the female's clitoris, vulva, or vagina...
(extended scenes of her labia majora
Labia majora
The labia majora are two prominent longitudinal cutaneous folds that extend downward and backward from the mons pubis to the perineum and form the lateral boundaries of the pudendal cleft, which contains the labia minora, interlabial sulci, clitoral hood, clitoral glans, frenulum clitoridis, the...
being licked), and penetration (vagina
Vagina
The vagina is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female placental mammals and marsupials, or to the cloaca in female birds, monotremes, and some reptiles. Female insects and other invertebrates also have a vagina, which is the terminal part of the...
l only). Stilley asked that director Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom is a prolific English filmmaker who has directed seventeen feature films in the past fifteen years. He began his career working in British television before moving into features...
refer to her simply by her character's name in interviews about the film at the beginning to protect the artistic integrity of the film instead of making it a personal press vehicle.
Since then, Stilley has played in twelve films to date, including How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People may refer to:*How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, a 1937 best selling book by Irving Tressler* How to Lose Friends and Alienate People , a 2001 memoir by Toby Young...
and Hippie Hippie Shake, and has worked again with Winterbottom on a BBC2 comedy The Trip with Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan
Stephen John "Steve" Coogan is a British comedian, actor, writer and producer. Born in Manchester, he began his career as a standup comedian and impressionist, working as a voice artist throughout the 1980s on satirical puppet show Spitting Image. In the early nineties, Coogan began creating...
and Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon is a BAFTA-nominated Welsh actor, comedian, radio and television presenter, singer and impressionist...
.
Recently signed to play Lady Thelma Furness in Madonna's film W.E.
W.E. (film)
W.E. is an upcoming romantic drama film co-written and directed by Madonna, starring Abbie Cornish, Oscar Isaac, Richard Coyle, James D'Arcy and Andrea Riseborough. It began filming on location in London, England, on July 5, 2010, and also shot in France and the United States...
she renounced the role because of artistic differences.
Now living mostly in England, Stilley is engaged to be married to Bruce Cummings, who works in finance.
Filmography
- 9 Songs9 Songs9 Songs is a 2004 British film directed by Michael Winterbottom. The title refers to the nine songs played by eight different rock bands that complement the story of the film...
(2004) .... Lisa - MayoMayo (TV series)Mayo was a comedy detective drama television series made by the BBC and starring Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Huw Rhys and Loo Brealey. The series is based on a popular series of Gil Mayo mysteries books by Marjorie Eccles. It was filmed on location in and around Leamington Spa. The series...
(1 episode, 2006) .... Roma Sheraton - ReverbReverb (film)Reverb is a 2007 horror movie, written and directed by Eitan Arrusi, and produced by Frank Mannion. The film stars Leo Gregory and Eva Birthistle and was released in 2007....
(2007) .... Nicky - Marple: Murder Is Easy (2008) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Bridget Conway - How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a 2008 British comedy film based upon British writer Toby Young's 2001 memoir of the same name. The film follows a similar storyline, about his five year struggle to make it in the United States after employment at Sharps Magazine...
(2008) .... Ingrid - Goal! 3Goal! 3Goal! III: Taking on the World is the third part of the association football Goal! film trilogy, directed by Andrew Morahan written and produced by Mike Jefferies from the first two Goal! films...
(2009) .... Tamsin - Hippie Hippie Shake (2009) .... Cynthia Plaster-Caster
- 14 Days with Victor (2010) ... Anna
- The TripThe Trip (2010 TV series)The Trip is a BAFTA award-winning television sitcom series which was first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD in the United Kingdom. The series stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves undertaking a restaurant tour of northern England.The six episode series, which is...
(2010) ... Mischa - The Trip (2011) ... Mischa (Film edit of the TV Series above)