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.
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Early life
Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, the only child of actors Annette Ekblom and Alun Lewis. 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 starred in a 2000 BBC adaptation of Lorna Doone and had supporting roles in films such as Æon Flux and Stoned.
In 2015 she self-released a classical instrumental EP, Arms. In 2016 Amelia began scoring films, starting with Mum's List, followed by Mary Shelley. In 2017, she released her second EP, Visitors, under her own name.
In 2018, 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 she was releasing "Happy Place", an album featuring music from an array of artists focusing on mental health and well-being. The first single, released on the same day as the announcement, was "Lockdown Kittens Dancing", features music taken from Warner's song "For Love", on her June 2020 "Haven" EP. 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. Her second single, "Rewind City", was also used for another advertisement, for Orange UK, and was directed by Ringan Ledwidge. 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 was titled 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. She married Jamie Dornan in 2013 at Orchardleigh Estate. They have three daughters.
