Margo Stilley

Margo Stilley born November 20 1982 is an American actress having had roles in How to Lose Friends Alienate People 2008 Marple Murder Is Easy and Hippie Hippie Shake 2009 The Trip 2010 and The Royals 2016 However she is most remembered for appearing in her debut film 9 Songs 2004 which has been described as the most sexually explicit mainstream film ever produced in the UK Stilley was born in Conway South Carolina and grew up between there and Swansboro North Carolina She was raised in a strict Baptist household in North Americas Bible Belt The day she turned 16 years of age she moved out of her family home and lived on her own She put herself through high school working as a telemarketer and a lifeguard until she graduated a year early from Conway High School with honors in art and history She was voted The Funniest in the class of 2000 Stilley has been a long time supporter of handson charitable acts In high school she volunteered at local nursing homes feeding and reading to the elderly She left the rural South as a teenager to begin working briefly as a model in Milan with Elite Model Management in February 2001 before moving to London by the end of the year at the age of 18 to pursue her acting career Her first acting job was to star as Lisa the lead actress in the controversial 2004 British film 9 Songs directed by Michael Winterbottom Her interest in art as a platform led to her decision to accept the role 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 Stilley and her costar actor Kieran OBrien Her role is highly unusual in that she had unsimulated and very graphic sex with OBrien including genital fondling female masturbation with and without a vibrator penetrative vaginal sex cunnilingus footjob and fellatio During a scene in which Stilley stimulates his penis with her hand after performing fellatio on him he became the only mainstream British actor who has been shown ejaculating in a mainstream UKproduced feature The film screened in Cannes Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival and had a worldwide theatrical release Stilley asked that director Michael Winterbottom refer to her simply by her characters name in interviews about the film at the beginning to protect the artistic integrity of the film Her second credit solidified her standing in Great Britains indie film scene when she starred in the satirical comedy Nathan Barley directed by Chris Morris for British television Stilley has since appeared in 19 American and British productions including How to Lose Friends Alienate People with Simon Pegg and Jeff Bridges and Agatha Christies Marple Murder Is Easy with Benedict Cumberbatch and has worked again with Winterbottom on a BBC Two comedy The Trip with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon She appeared as a model in feature articles in Vogue In Style UK The Face Harpers Bazaar Black Book Magazine and Elle She has been a presenter at award shows handing a Fashion Awards to Giles Deacon at the 2006 Elle Style Awards and presenting the New Designer Award to Christopher Kane at the 2007 British Fashion Awards In 2010 she signed on to play Lady Furness in Madonnas film WE but renounced the role because of artistic differences