There is one funny/sad incident where she was working on the film 'Mermaids'. Hollywood took notice of her cheeky yet vulnerable acting style & Lloyd moved to The States, quickly becoming an A-List-er working with such stars as Bruce Willis & Brad Pitt.Then her emotional demons,triggered in part by achieving instant fame at 17 yrs old as well as memories of being molested at 5 by a older man/neighbor hired by her mom to look after Emily & her younger half/sister, Charlotte while she worked caused her to have a melt-down & she repeatedly was fired from acting gigs. She was attending ( & was almost dismissed from due to her non-conformist personality )a posh perfoming arts school when she auditoned for the part of restless 1950's teen Lynda in the now-classic British film ''Wish You Were Here'. She reveals how she overcame a traumatic childhood event to go on and win a BAFTA nomination her agonizing decision to terminate a pregnancy at the height of her career, not realizing she was expecting twins the thousands of dollars she lost to a fraudulent manager her devastating malaise that derailed her career and led to suicidal tendencies and self-harm and the shocking incident that served as a wake-up call.Įmily Lloyd was a gifted young British actress who had a distinguished thespian pedigree w/both her dad & grandfather also being actors. Now, in her searingly honest autobiography, Emily describes the incredible highs and earth-shattering low that she endured through a tumultuous acting career. Yet beneath her smile Emily was fighting a crippling mental illness that threatened to destroy her. Hollywood beckoned and Emily landed high profile roles alongside Bruce Willis and starred with Brad Pitt in Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning epic A River Runs Through It. Her stunning performance as precocious Lynda Mansell in David Leland’s coming of age drama Wish You Were Here thrust her into the spotlight and cemented the film’s reputation as a British classic. When Emily Lloyd burst onto the movie scene at 17 she was hailed as the next Marilyn Monroe.

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