# Juno Temple
**Juno Temple** (Juno Violet Temple, born 1989) is an English actress known for playing Keeley Jones in the Apple TV+ comedy *Ted Lasso*, Dorothy "Dot" Lyon in the fifth season of FX's *Fargo*, and a range of film roles from *Killer Joe* to *Maleficent*. She won the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award in 2013 and has received four Primetime Emmy nominations.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989, Hammersmith, London, England; full name Juno Violet Temple[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple) |
| Family | Daughter of film director Julien Temple and producer Amanda Pirie; named after an area of the Grand Canyon her parents visited while her mother was pregnant[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple) • [2](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/juno-temple-interview-palmer-b1800423.html) |
| Breakthrough | Cate Blanchett's rebellious daughter in *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), followed by the BAFTA- and Oscar-winning *Atonement* (2007)[3](https://www.bafta.org/people/juno-temple) |
| BAFTA EE Rising Star Award | Winner, 2013; other nominees were Elizabeth Olsen, Andrea Riseborough, Suraj Sharma, and Alicia Vikander[3](https://www.bafta.org/people/juno-temple) |
| Emmy nominations | Three for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series as Keeley Jones in *Ted Lasso* (2021, 2022, 2023); one for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie as Dot Lyon in *Fargo* (2024)[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/juno-temple) |
| Signature television roles | Keeley Jones in *Ted Lasso* (2020 onward) and Dorothy "Dot" Lyon in *Fargo* season five[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/juno-temple) • [5](https://www.screendaily.com/features/juno-temple-fargo-role-made-me-a-better-actress/5194399.article) |
| Recent work | Voice of Ivy in the animated film *Swapped*; a role in Gore Verbinski's *Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die*; return as Keeley Jones in *Ted Lasso* season four[6](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/interviews/juno-temple-netflix-swapped-voice-acting/) • [7](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/celebrity/juno-temple-ted-lasso-interview-2026) |
## Early life and family
Temple was born into a showbiz family in London. Her father, [Julien Temple](https://www.edgepedia.org/julien-temple), is a film, documentary, and music video director; her mother, Amanda Pirie, is a producer[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple) • [8](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/juno-temple-the-chameleon-actress-whose-face-you-just-can-t-place-8442310.html). Her parents named her Juno after an area of the [Grand Canyon](https://www.edgepedia.org/grand-canyon) they visited while her mother was pregnant[2](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/juno-temple-interview-palmer-b1800423.html). She spent part of her childhood in Somerset, and has described a childhood spent in fancy dress; her father once cut the garden hedge into a long upward slope so that she, then obsessed with *Alice in Wonderland*, could run along it pretending to shrink[9](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/18/juno-temple-finally-hit-puberty-interview).
According to Rotten Tomatoes's career summary, she made her screen debut in her father's *Pandaemonium* (2000) and made a bigger impression as [Cate Blanchett](https://www.edgepedia.org/cate-blanchett)'s daughter in *Notes on a Scandal* (2006)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple). In a Backstage interview she recalled that when she began acting in her teens she immediately booked the role in Richard Eyre's *Notes on a Scandal*[10](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/juno-temple-ted-lasso-season-2-interview-75270/). BAFTA's profile describes that part as her breakthrough, leading to her appearance in *Atonement* (2007) opposite [Keira Knightley](https://www.edgepedia.org/keira-knightley), James McAvoy, and [Saoirse Ronan](https://www.edgepedia.org/saoirse-ronan)[3](https://www.bafta.org/people/juno-temple). In *Atonement* she played Lola, the young girl whose rape inspires her cousin Briony's lie that destroys a family[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple).
## Film career
**Independent and studio roles.** Through her twenties Temple built a reputation for playing free-spirited, sensual characters, pleasure-seekers, and rebels[11](https://contributormagazine.com/cover-interview-with-actress-juno-temple/). She took supporting roles in blockbusters including *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012) and *Maleficent* (2014), in which she played the fairy Thistlewit, and played a scheming Texan opposite [Matthew McConaughey](https://www.edgepedia.org/matthew-mcconaughey) in the black comedy *Killer Joe* (2011) and [Daniel Radcliffe](https://www.edgepedia.org/daniel-radcliffe)'s murdered girlfriend Merrin in *Horns* (2013)[12](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/juno-temple-interview-palmer-b1800423.html). Rotten Tomatoes's filmography also lists *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), *Black Mass* (2015), *Far from the Madding Crowd* (2015), *Unsane* (2018), and *Wonder Wheel* (2017)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple).
In 2013 she had three films at the Sundance festival at once: in *Afternoon Delight* she played a stripper turned live-in nanny, in *Lovelace* the best friend of porn star [Linda Lovelace](https://www.edgepedia.org/linda-lovelace), and in *Magic Magic* a naive Californian in Chile who suffers a psychotic episode[2](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/juno-temple-interview-palmer-b1800423.html). Her starring role in *Magic Magic* led to her BAFTA Rising Star nomination, and the following year's supporting roles in *Maleficent* and *Sin City: A Dame to Kill For* raised her profile considerably[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple).
**Woody Allen and television film work.** [Woody Allen](https://www.edgepedia.org/woody-allen) cast her as Carolina in *Wonder Wheel* (2017) after casting director Patricia DiCerto brought in her audition tape; Allen said she was "a very touching and real actress" who could play a lower-class [Coney Island](https://www.edgepedia.org/coney-island) denizen without seeming too refined[13](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.filmtrackonline.com/mongrelmedia/starcm_vault_root/media%2Fpublicwebassets%2FWONDER_WHEEL_Mongrel_Press_kit_%7B7321c237-a5a0-44ff-8678-fd702ec4d478%7D.pdf). On television she played Jamie Vine in HBO's short-lived 1970s music-industry drama *Vinyl* (2016), a character she described as a "sex kitten" and "cut-throat"[11](https://contributormagazine.com/cover-interview-with-actress-juno-temple/). In 2021 she played Shelly, a drug-addicted mother, opposite [Justin Timberlake](https://www.edgepedia.org/justin-timberlake) in Apple TV's *Palmer*[2](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/juno-temple-interview-palmer-b1800423.html) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple), and in 2022 she played Bettye McCartt in the Paramount+ making-of series *The Offer*[14](https://www.theguardian.com/film/juno-temple). She appeared as Hannah in *Venom: The Last Dance* (2024)[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple).
## Ted Lasso
Temple's mainstream break came in 2020 with Keeley Jones on the Apple TV+ comedy *Ted Lasso*, a role she has said transformed her life and career[6](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/interviews/juno-temple-netflix-swapped-voice-acting/) • [15](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/juno-temple-ted-lasso). She received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2021, 2022, and 2023[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/juno-temple). Her character's romance with Roy Kent, played by [Brett Goldstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/brett-goldstein), became one of the show's central relationships[16](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/brett-goldstein-shooting-steamy-sex-scenes-didnt-expect-rotten-vegetables).
After the show's third season concluded, Temple moved to other projects, but returned for a fourth season, which streams on Apple TV from August 5 and shifts focus to the Lady Greyhounds, the club's new women's team, with returning cast members including [Hannah Waddingham](https://www.edgepedia.org/hannah-waddingham), Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, and [Jeremy Swift](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeremy-swift)[7](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/celebrity/juno-temple-ted-lasso-interview-2026). Temple said she was nervous about reprising Keeley after almost two years away, wondering "What if I can't do it anymore?", and described her on-screen friendship with Waddingham's Rebecca as a portrayal of two women lifting each other up[7](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/celebrity/juno-temple-ted-lasso-interview-2026).
## Fargo
In 2023 Temple took the lead role of Dorothy "Dot" Lyon in the fifth season of FX's anthology series *Fargo*, created by [Noah Hawley](https://www.edgepedia.org/noah-hawley). When asked to read the first three episodes before meeting Hawley, she described a moment of "flittering disbelief" followed by elation and then self-doubt[5](https://www.screendaily.com/features/juno-temple-fargo-role-made-me-a-better-actress/5194399.article). Set in 2019, the season centers on Dot, a Minnesota housewife with a loving husband (David Rysdahl) and daughter (Sienna King), whose dark past returns in the form of her abusive former husband, Sheriff Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm), when she is arrested at a school council meeting[5](https://www.screendaily.com/features/juno-temple-fargo-role-made-me-a-better-actress/5194399.article).
The role demanded a strong Minnesota accent; Temple worked with a dialect coach and did her best to speak in Dot's voice even between takes[17](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/18/juno-temples-method-acting-trick-underpants). Vogue's review called her performance "a revelation": a Minnesota housewife with the soul of a Terminator, and, in the magazine's judgment, the best performance on television at the time[18](https://www.vogue.com/article/fargo-season-5-juno-temple-interview). Temple has said the role "made me a better actress"[5](https://www.screendaily.com/features/juno-temple-fargo-role-made-me-a-better-actress/5194399.article). The performance brought her a 2024 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, alongside nominees Jodie Foster, Brie Larson, Sofia Vergara, and Naomi Watts[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/juno-temple).
## Recent and upcoming work
Temple voiced Ivy, an anxious bird, in the animated buddy adventure *Swapped*, her first major voice-acting role, opposite Michael B. Jordan as a small woodland creature; the two characters, natural sworn enemies, swap bodies and must team up to survive[6](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/interviews/juno-temple-netflix-swapped-voice-acting/) • [14](https://www.theguardian.com/film/juno-temple). She also took a major role in Gore Verbinski's *Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die* (2026)[6](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/interviews/juno-temple-netflix-swapped-voice-acting/).
## Recognition
BAFTA named Temple winner of the EE Rising Star Award for 2013, an award voted by the British public; she said at the time that it was "so nice to get, because it was from England"[3](https://www.bafta.org/people/juno-temple) • [9](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/18/juno-temple-finally-hit-puberty-interview). Her four Emmy nominations span two series, three for *Ted Lasso* and one for *Fargo*[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/juno-temple).
## References
1. [Juno Temple Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/juno-temple)
2. [Juno Temple: 'Doing a sex scene is less terrifying than a scene where I'm giving up my child', The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/juno-temple-interview-palmer-b1800423.html)
3. [Juno Temple, BAFTA](https://www.bafta.org/people/juno-temple)
4. [Juno Temple, Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/juno-temple)
5. [Juno Temple: 'Fargo' role "made me a better actress", Screen](https://www.screendaily.com/features/juno-temple-fargo-role-made-me-a-better-actress/5194399.article)
6. [Meet Ivy: Juno Temple on Voicing a Fabulous, Anxious Bird in Netflix's 'Swapped', What's on Netflix](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/interviews/juno-temple-netflix-swapped-voice-acting/)
7. [For Juno Temple, There Will Never Be Another Keeley Jones, Who What Wear](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/celebrity/juno-temple-ted-lasso-interview-2026)
8. [Juno Temple: The 'chameleon' actress whose face you just can't place, The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/juno-temple-the-chameleon-actress-whose-face-you-just-can-t-place-8442310.html)
9. [Juno Temple: 'I've finally hit puberty on camera. Woo-hoo!', The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/18/juno-temple-finally-hit-puberty-interview)
10. [Juno Temple on 'Ted Lasso' & Her Best Acting Advice, Backstage](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/juno-temple-ted-lasso-season-2-interview-75270/)
11. [Juno Temple. Cover Story and Interview, Contributor Magazine](https://contributormagazine.com/cover-interview-with-actress-juno-temple/)
12. [Juno Temple: 'Doing a sex scene is less terrifying than a scene where I'm giving up my child', The Independent (the-independent.com)](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/juno-temple-interview-palmer-b1800423.html)
13. [Wonder Wheel press kit, Mongrel Media](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.filmtrackonline.com/mongrelmedia/starcm_vault_root/media%2Fpublicwebassets%2FWONDER_WHEEL_Mongrel_Press_kit_%7B7321c237-a5a0-44ff-8678-fd702ec4d478%7D.pdf)
14. [Juno Temple, The Guardian film page](https://www.theguardian.com/film/juno-temple)
15. [Juno Temple's Punk-Rock Life: Cigarettes, Sleepless Nights and The Clash, Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/story/juno-temple-ted-lasso)
16. [Brett Goldstein Got Real About Shooting 'Very Steamy' Sex Scenes, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/brett-goldstein-shooting-steamy-sex-scenes-didnt-expect-rotten-vegetables)
17. [Juno Temple's Method-Acting Trick: Underpants, The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/18/juno-temples-method-acting-trick-underpants)
18. [In the Standout Fifth Season of 'Fargo,' Juno Temple Is Turning in the Best Performance on TV, Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/fargo-season-5-juno-temple-interview)
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