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.

Early life

Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, the only child of actors Annette Ekblom and Alun Lewis.<ref name="birth">Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com</ref><ref name="allmovie">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her paternal uncle is actor Hywel Bennett.

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Her second single, "Rewind City" was also used for another advertisement, for Orange UK, and was directed by Ringan Ledwidge.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}EMAP's Shots</ref> 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

Warner married Colin Farrell in a non-legal ceremony in 2001; they ended the relationship four months later.<ref name="Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She married Jamie Dornan in 2013 at Orchardleigh Estate.<ref name="sundaylife">Template:Cite news</ref> They have three daughters.<ref name="sundaylife" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Discography

Composer credits

Film/Series	Year	Notes
Mam	2010	Short
Mum's List	2016
Mary Shelley	2017
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Wild Mountain Thyme<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2020
Mr. Malcolm's List	2022
Young Woman and the Sea	2024
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Unforgivable	2025	BBC Television Film
Unidentified (2025 film)	2025

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK
Renditions<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (as Slow Moving Millie)	Eight covers and two original songs Released: 12 December 2011 Label: Universal / Island	89
Visitors<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (as Amelia Warner)	Instrumental music Released: 20 April 2018 Label: Globe: Soundtrack and Score / Universal	–

Extended plays

Title	Details
Arms<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (as Slow Moving Millie)	Classical music Released: 10 July 2015 Label: SMM Music / Universal
Haven<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> (as Amelia Warner)	Classical music Released: 19 June 2020 Label: Decca Records / Universal

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

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2018	World Soundtrack Awards	Discovery of the Year	Mary Shelley	Template:Nominated	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	IFMCA	Breakthrough Composer of the Year		Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	World Soundtrack Awards	Public Choice Award	Wild Mountain Thyme	Template:Nominated
	Hollywood Music in Media Awards	Best Original Score - Independent Film		Template:Nominated	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best Original Song - Independent Film		Template:Nominated
	IFMCA	Best Original Score for a Comedy Film		Template:Nominated	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	ASCAP	Film Score of the Year		Template:Nominated	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	World Soundtrack Awards	Public Choice Award	Mr Malcolm's List	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024			Young Woman and the Sea	Template:Nominated	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2025	IFMCA	Best Original Score for a Drama	Young Woman and the Sea	Template:Nominated
	ASCAP	Film Score of the Year		Template:Nominated

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