IT JUST wouldn’t be Christmas unless Love Actually is playing on repeat in the background.
The – but can you guess who this former child star played?
Can you guess who this former child star from Love Actually is?Credit: LULU POPPLEWELL
This star is now a successful stand-up comicCredit: Instagram
This comedian has been vocal about her thoughts on Love Actuallly nowCredit: Instagram / lulubirdpopplewell
The star in question is Lulu Popplewell who played Daisy in Love Actually
The star in question is Lulu Popplewell who is now 34 and a comedian.
when she was just 12-years-old.
In the movies she played the role of Daisy, who was the daughter of and the late ‘s characters,
She famously had the line in the film where she told her mum that she was the “first lobster” in her school’s nativity play.
However, Lulu has since revealed she actually isn’t all that keen on .
Appearing on the Almost Famous podcast in 2020, the former child star admitted she isn’t as big a fan of the movie as people would think.
She said: “Look, softly be it spoken, I think it’s a s*** film. I think it’s aged badly.
“All the women in it are sort of passive objects.
“I think that there was an article that described them as passive objects to be acquired, and on re-watching it’s not great.”
However, she acknowledged that she doesn’t like cheesy films, stating: “I’m glad people like it.”
After Love Actually, Lulu played the part of Lyra Belacqua in Radio 4’s 2003 dramatisation of Philip Pullman’s trilogy.
However, she has since switched careers in showbiz, and now works as a stand-up comedian and musician.
In the summer, Lulu performed her sell-out stand up show, Love, Love, at the Fringe Festival.
Speaking about how she wrote the show, she told Pepper & Salt : “Honestly, it was chaotic. For very boring health reasons that I won’t go into.
Lulu is known for playing the lobster in the nativity in Love Actually.Credit: Film Company
“Don’t get me wrong, I have hugely enjoyed making this show but finding the time and health to make it has been complicated.
“Suffice to say 2025 has been an unwelcome barrage of nightmares and surprises.
“And the show has changed form many times and perhaps not had quite as much time to settle into its final form as I would have liked.
“But the fact I have managed to put it together and am proud of it is pretty cool, I think.”
Fans can watch Love Actually on Netflix this Christmas.
The UK's highest-grossing Christmas movies of all time
1. The Grinch (2018) – £424,000,000
2. Home Alone (1990) – £376,000,000
3. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) – £283,000,000
4. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2000) – £273,000,000
5. A Christmas Carol (2009) – £256,000,000
6. The Polar Express (2004) – £250,000,000
7. Elf (2003) – £180,000,000
8. The Holiday (2006) – £162,000,000
9. The Santa Clause (1994) – £150,000,000
10. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) – £137,000,000
Figures accurate as of November 2024
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