As my screen flashes with life on a gray Monday morning, actress Immy Waterhouse appears in soft focus, sitting on her bed with hair loosely pulled back, leaving several chains to shape her unmakeup look. She was wearing a white T-shirt printed with a silver chain on her collarbone and a pile of books on the background. I found episode Sally Rooney and smile. Considering that this paperback is also on the pile of books next to my bed, it feels like a proper detail. This is my first proper introduction to Waterhouse, although she already feels familiar. The rare kind of person who gives you complete, unprotected shapes from the start.
Our speech is only a few days after what we wear to wear on the British cover shoot and will be on the Eastbourne coastline. Naturally, the weather is predicted as the kind of wet, wind-blown British summer reality we know very well, but Waterhouse in its true form is not staged. “I’m really excited,” she said. “You know, this rain boom (the atmosphere) is really real to what our summer looks like.” When shooting days roll in, the forecast provides – play the sky, the unremitting rain – but Waterhouse is calm and bright, allowing everyone to relax with the tranquility energy she brings us.
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Waterhouse often introduces with others, her sister Suki, who is a model-turned actor and a member of a creative family, but what fascinates me the most is Waterhouse she Yes; a person who has learned to embark on his own path with confidence, calmness and truth.
Although she may be significantly relaxed now, she is no stranger to emotional intensity, especially through her character Jinny St. George, pirateReturn afterward Second season on Apple TV+. “I think it’s a really good season,” she told me. “It takes the best position for season one and runs with them. There’s still drama, it’s tempting, all of it’s rooted, but there’s that rooted. You’re going deeper with everyone.”
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Jinny is one of the American society people who navigate the show in the British high school society, starting with girls who pursue and stabilize through marriage. But season 2 sees the consequences of her choice. “She had to escape from everything she knew. She was isolated with a baby, trying to survive – it was a lot,” Waterhouse said, who used this nursing actor to usually retain the kind of role that moved them. “There is a statistic that a woman takes seven times to leave her abuser and I really stick with it when I’m playing with her. Because it’s not always a clean break. There’s so much introvert and confusion in the process.”
For Waterhouse, Jinny will never be like a comic. “On the page, she seems a little annoying or hard to root. But I want to sympathize with playing her – like, it’s a young woman who tells her all her life that if she doesn’t get married and succeeds in this very specific way, then she’s a failure. Then, when she loses her version, she no longer knows who she is.”
In our conversation, Waterhouse’s clarity never turns to clichés. She talks clearly about complex things: difficult storylines, self-worth, female friendships, but never makes them feel weightless. She has some emotional adjustment, which makes it clear why pirate The team handed her such a subtle storyline.
Filming the second season also brought about a geographical change. Although the first time was taken in Scotland (especially when I live outside Edinburgh, most of the shooting locations are within a 15-minute drive of my house), Ginny’s escape took her to Croatia, which was twice as good as Italy. Needless to say, I could think of a worse place to work. “It’s amazing. A colorful town with cobblestones paved roads. Strangely, it feels like a whole project, almost like we’re filming independent people.” With a small amount of cast and crew, she describes it as private, it’s a rare moment to breathe space. “It’s such a special experience. I’m really grateful for that part of the story.”
(Photo source: Phil Dunlop Styling: Kaftan, Taller Marmo; Bracelet, Dinosaur design; Shoes, Ancient Greek sandals)
Although the work is immersive, Waterhouse does not make it emotionally lose. “To get into Ginny’s headspace, you have to think about her thoughts, and a lot of these thoughts are really self-critical. After a while, I’ll end the day and feel… low. It makes me realize how powerful our internal monologues are and how important it is to be kind to myself.”
It feels as if this mix of reflection and elasticity sums up Waterhouse. She will make room for hard bits and pieces, but won’t stay there. She also knows how to have fun. “I’ll still do that.” She smiled as we talked about her twenties. “I just think I’ve let go of a lot of things that used to make me back. Maybe it’s just getting bigger and bigger, hitting 30, realizing that everything is going to be a little calmer. You stop caring about the wrong thing.”
(Photo source: Phil Dunlop Styling: Shorts and Top, Miu Miu)
The performance is not the only rope for the Waterhouse Bow. She also stepped behind the camera and directed three episodes first outpost (She also starred), then hosted the music video for the Suki Sister Suki, two of whom are another impressive Waterhouse Creative Multhephenate (DJ, photographer and model are just some of her honors), and her editor. “Directoring is something I always wanted to do, but for a long time I didn’t see it as an option,” she said. “But then I started watching the way the director works and started telling myself, ‘I can do it.'” With the support of a tightly connected crew that she already knew, her directorial debut unfolded, both creatively enriching and building confidence. “There’s a moment, I’m watching (monitor), and all these thoughts are there. It’s surreal.”
Now, she is also writing more articles, working on short films, and dreaming of directing topics or series. “In this industry, especially as an actor, you don’t always have control. So, creating your own stuff keeps me sane.”
Her creativity does not exist in a vacuum. It is the shape of the people closest to her. “Looking at Suki’s success definitely boosted my push,” she said. “I saw her doing this and thought I could do it, too.” The sisters worked together with Maddi often, even for the soundboard. “We were the first audiences of each other. When we did something by ourselves, we sent it to a group chat and asked, ‘What do you think?’ Sometimes, it’s always honest.
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Her family unit is growing. Waterhouse is Suki and her partner, the aunt to the first child of actor Robert Pattinson, a daughter, who has already had a series of powerful female role models around her. I asked Waterhouse what type of aunt she wanted to be and we laughed apart from the pressure of being a “cool aunt”.
“It’s hard, kids know how to make you feel really uncool,” she quipped. “They take you back to Earth. But I love being an aunt. It’s amazing, and over time it’s just getting better.”
Sticking to the concept of mourning, our conversation transformed into a friendship that included her. Given the centrality of these topics, when I ask what sisterhood means in my own life pirateshe lit up. “That’s all,” she said. “I’ve known friends since I was a kid and they’ve seen me grow up to who I am. When life gets messy and it’s true.
(Image source: Phil Dunlop Styling: Top, Skirt and Shoes, Alexander McQueen; Bangles; Bangles, Dinosaur Designs)
A sentence Waterhouse used when chatting with me: “Follow the fun atmosphere.” That’s how she explained the performance first. Not through some grand career plans, but because it always feels the most natural reason and the most “her” thing she can do. This spirit still guides her, whether she is instructing, writing or just trying her hands on pottery or tennis (she says the success rate is different, but the joy is still high). When I asked what she looked like this summer, she said, “I’m all in balance.” “Hopefully hiking in the French Alps – although I’ve only really walked on Hampstead Heath, and definitely Glastonbury.
And fashion? “I might be trying to upgrade the style,” she smiled. “I’ve been trying to wear less sportswear outside the house. But I do have one miu I love the bag – I keep sticking to that one. “She was the first to admit that fashion didn’t click her entirely until she started modeling, and it was part of her career, and she still tied to her, but she thought she was the life of the past.” I wasn’t obsessed with magazines or designers. But once I start wearing these pieces and feeling what they mean, I know. However, I feel like I’ve closed the modeling chapter now. ”
(Photo source: Phil Dunlop style: Jacket and skirt, Noor’s noon; Bikini, Nou Nou)
However, our shooting is far from what she used to look like. This time, she is not only a face, but also a subject. “It feels more personal now. More creative. More.” This is an important difference because Waterhouse is not only a part of the cast. She is shaping the story. Her story.
Finally, when I asked her, she would tell her young self if she could, and she paused and thoughtful. “I tried to remind myself that she was proud of what I did now. It was so easy to focus on what you haven’t done yet. But it’s all a dream. You have to celebrate all the small phases because they all lead you to lead you somewhere. You don’t know where, but it’s somewhere.”
Season 2 pirate Now on streaming on Apple TV+.
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Photographer: Phil Dunlop
Designer: Sophie Robyn Watson
Hairdresser: Linnéa Nordberg
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Entertainment Executive Director: Jessica Baker
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