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* {{Cite web |last=Malone Kircher |first=Madison |date=11 December 2020 |title=Thank You, Taylor Swift, for Making My Sad Yuletide Gay(er) |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/taylor-swift-dorothea-evermore-queer-song-lyrics-analysis.html |access-date=15 September 2021 |website=Vulture |quote=For "betty", it was "William Bowery" a.k.a. her partner Joe Alwyn who, according to Swift's folklore concert film, plays the piano "just beautifully" and roams the house singing fully formed songs.}}
* {{Cite web |last=Malone Kircher |first=Madison |date=11 December 2020 |title=Thank You, Taylor Swift, for Making My Sad Yuletide Gay(er) |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/taylor-swift-dorothea-evermore-queer-song-lyrics-analysis.html |access-date=15 September 2021 |website=Vulture |quote=For "betty", it was "William Bowery" a.k.a. her partner Joe Alwyn who, according to Swift's folklore concert film, plays the piano "just beautifully" and roams the house singing fully formed songs.}}
* {{cite web |title=Netflix's Miss Americana Unveils a New Taylor Swift |url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/taylor-swift-documentary-miss-americana-sundance-review-politics-trump.html |website=Slate |date=24 January 2020 |access-date=15 September 2021 |quote=Although Swift credits much of her recent evolution to her long-term relationship with Joe Alwyn...}}
* {{cite web |title=Netflix's Miss Americana Unveils a New Taylor Swift |url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/taylor-swift-documentary-miss-americana-sundance-review-politics-trump.html |website=Slate |date=24 January 2020 |access-date=15 September 2021 |quote=Although Swift credits much of her recent evolution to her long-term relationship with Joe Alwyn...}}
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=== Music ===
=== Music ===
Alwyn explored his music prospects with American singer-songwriter and girlfriend, [[Taylor Swift]]. He explained that he had not planned on working with Swift, but "it came about from messing around on a piano, and singing badly," and then "being overheard by Swift, and being, like, 'Let's see what happens if we get to the end of it together'."<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Joe Alwyn Really Feels About Winning Grammy Alongside Taylor Swift |url=https://www.eonline.com/amp/news/1329172/how-joe-alwyn-really-feels-about-winning-a-grammy-alongside-girlfriend-taylor-swift |access-date=1 May 2022 |agency=[[E!]]}}</ref> He co-produced the songs "[[Exile (song)|Exile]]", "[[Betty (Taylor Swift song)|Betty]]", "[[My Tears Ricochet]]", "[[August (song)|August]]", "[[This Is Me Trying]]" and "Illicit Affairs" on Swift's eighth studio album, ''[[Folklore (Taylor Swift album)|Folklore]]'' (2020);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Credits / Folklore |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/149678928/credits |access-date=24 April 2021 |website=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]]}}</ref> he also co-wrote "Exile" and "Betty", under the [[pseudonym]] William Bowery.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Aubrey |first=Elizabeth |date=25 November 2020 |title=Taylor Swift confirms the identity of 'Folklore' song co-writer William Bowery |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-confirms-the-identity-of-folklore-song-co-writer-william-bowery-2825041 |magazine=NME |access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> "Exile" reached the top 10 of the charts in various countries, including number six on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=3 August 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'Cardigan,' Is 1st Artist to Open Atop Hot 100 & Billboard 200 in Same Week |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428548/taylor-swift-cardigan-folklore-debut-number-one |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803195201/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428548/taylor-swift-cardigan-folklore-debut-number-one |archive-date=3 August 2020 |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> and number eight on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ainsley |first=Helen |date=31 July 2020 |title=Joel Corry & MNEK hold on to Number 1 with Head & Heart |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/joel-corry-and-mnek-hold-on-to-number-1-with-head-and-heart-on-the-official-singles-chart__30659/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801215452/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/joel-corry-and-mnek-hold-on-to-number-1-with-head-and-heart-on-the-official-singles-chart__30659/ |archive-date=1 August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |website=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> At the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2021, "Exile" was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance]], while ''Folklore'' won the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], garnering Alwyn his first [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] win.<ref name="Grammy2021">{{Cite web |date=15 December 2020 |title=2020 Grammy Winners & Nominees |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/63rd-annual-grammy-awards-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423070747/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/63rd-annual-grammy-awards-2020 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |access-date=24 April 2021 |agency=[[The Recording Academy]]}}</ref> He (as Bowery) also co-wrote "[[Champagne Problems (Taylor Swift song)|Champagne Problems]]", "[[Coney Island (Taylor Swift song)|Coney Island]]" and the title track on Swift's second 2020 album, ''[[Evermore (Taylor Swift album)|Evermore]]''.<ref name="LAtimes">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=10 December 2020 |title=Review: Taylor Swift's surprise LP 'Evermore' is more — and less — 'Folklore' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-12-10/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore |access-date=11 December 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In April 2022, Alwyn revealed to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' that the name "William Bowery" was derived from the first name of his great grandfather [[William Alwyn]], who was a music composer, and the last name in honor of the [[New York City]] neighbourhood [[Bowery]], where he had spent "a lot of time" when he first arrived to the U.S.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Mechling |first=Lauren |date=20 April 2022 |title=Joe Alwyn is Hollywood's Most Private Leading Man |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-alwyn-interview-conversations-taylor-11650457649 |access-date=20 April 2022 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> He worked with Swift on her tenth studio album, ''[[Midnights]]'' (2022), as well, co-writing its penultimate track, "[[Sweet Nothing (Taylor Swift song)|Sweet Nothing]]", as Bowery.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Siroky |first=Mary |date=29 August 2022 |title=Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's New Album Midnights (So Far) |url=https://consequence.net/2022/08/taylor-swift-midnights-album-everything-we-know-album/ |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=Consequence}}</ref>
Alwyn explored his music prospects with American singer-songwriter and former girlfriend, [[Taylor Swift]]. He explained that he had not planned on working with Swift, but "it came about from messing around on a piano, and singing badly," and then "being overheard by Swift, and being, like, 'Let's see what happens if we get to the end of it together'."<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Joe Alwyn Really Feels About Winning Grammy Alongside Taylor Swift |url=https://www.eonline.com/amp/news/1329172/how-joe-alwyn-really-feels-about-winning-a-grammy-alongside-girlfriend-taylor-swift |access-date=1 May 2022 |agency=[[E!]]}}</ref> He co-produced the songs "[[Exile (song)|Exile]]", "[[Betty (Taylor Swift song)|Betty]]", "[[My Tears Ricochet]]", "[[August (song)|August]]", "[[This Is Me Trying]]" and "Illicit Affairs" on Swift's eighth studio album, ''[[Folklore (Taylor Swift album)|Folklore]]'' (2020);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Credits / Folklore |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/149678928/credits |access-date=24 April 2021 |website=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]]}}</ref> he also co-wrote "Exile" and "Betty", under the [[pseudonym]] William Bowery.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Aubrey |first=Elizabeth |date=25 November 2020 |title=Taylor Swift confirms the identity of 'Folklore' song co-writer William Bowery |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-confirms-the-identity-of-folklore-song-co-writer-william-bowery-2825041 |magazine=NME |access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> "Exile" reached the top 10 of the charts in various countries, including number six on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=3 August 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'Cardigan,' Is 1st Artist to Open Atop Hot 100 & Billboard 200 in Same Week |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428548/taylor-swift-cardigan-folklore-debut-number-one |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803195201/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428548/taylor-swift-cardigan-folklore-debut-number-one |archive-date=3 August 2020 |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> and number eight on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ainsley |first=Helen |date=31 July 2020 |title=Joel Corry & MNEK hold on to Number 1 with Head & Heart |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/joel-corry-and-mnek-hold-on-to-number-1-with-head-and-heart-on-the-official-singles-chart__30659/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801215452/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/joel-corry-and-mnek-hold-on-to-number-1-with-head-and-heart-on-the-official-singles-chart__30659/ |archive-date=1 August 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |website=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> At the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2021, "Exile" was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance]], while ''Folklore'' won the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], garnering Alwyn his first [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] win.<ref name="Grammy2021">{{Cite web |date=15 December 2020 |title=2020 Grammy Winners & Nominees |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/63rd-annual-grammy-awards-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423070747/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/63rd-annual-grammy-awards-2020 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |access-date=24 April 2021 |agency=[[The Recording Academy]]}}</ref> He (as Bowery) also co-wrote "[[Champagne Problems (Taylor Swift song)|Champagne Problems]]", "[[Coney Island (Taylor Swift song)|Coney Island]]" and the title track on Swift's second 2020 album, ''[[Evermore (Taylor Swift album)|Evermore]]''.<ref name="LAtimes">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=10 December 2020 |title=Review: Taylor Swift's surprise LP 'Evermore' is more — and less — 'Folklore' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-12-10/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore |access-date=11 December 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In April 2022, Alwyn revealed to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' that the name "William Bowery" was derived from the first name of his great grandfather [[William Alwyn]], who was a music composer, and the last name in honor of the [[New York City]] neighbourhood [[Bowery]], where he had spent "a lot of time" when he first arrived to the U.S.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Mechling |first=Lauren |date=20 April 2022 |title=Joe Alwyn is Hollywood's Most Private Leading Man |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-alwyn-interview-conversations-taylor-11650457649 |access-date=20 April 2022 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> He worked with Swift on her tenth studio album, ''[[Midnights]]'' (2022), as well, co-writing its penultimate track, "[[Sweet Nothing (Taylor Swift song)|Sweet Nothing]]", as Bowery.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Siroky |first=Mary |date=29 August 2022 |title=Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's New Album Midnights (So Far) |url=https://consequence.net/2022/08/taylor-swift-midnights-album-everything-we-know-album/ |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=Consequence}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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In April 2022, when ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' questioned Alwyn about his discretion, he replied "It's not really [because I] want to be guarded and private, it's more a response to something else. We live in a culture that is so increasingly intrusive... the more you give—and frankly, even if you don't give it—something will be taken."<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |last=O'Malley |first=Katie |date=13 April 2022 |title=Joe Alwyn On The Invasion Of Privacy And What Fans Can Expect From 'Conversations With Friends' |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a39712686/joe-alwyn-conversations-with-friends-taylor-swift-privacy-interview/ |magazine=Elle |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref> Commenting on rumors about alleged [[engagement]] with Swift, Alwyn told ''The Wall Street Journal:'' "If I had a pound for every time I think I've been told I've been engaged, then I'd have a lot of pound coins. I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn't say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn't say."<ref name=":2" />
In April 2022, when ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' questioned Alwyn about his discretion, he replied "It's not really [because I] want to be guarded and private, it's more a response to something else. We live in a culture that is so increasingly intrusive... the more you give—and frankly, even if you don't give it—something will be taken."<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |last=O'Malley |first=Katie |date=13 April 2022 |title=Joe Alwyn On The Invasion Of Privacy And What Fans Can Expect From 'Conversations With Friends' |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a39712686/joe-alwyn-conversations-with-friends-taylor-swift-privacy-interview/ |magazine=Elle |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref> Commenting on rumors about alleged [[engagement]] with Swift, Alwyn told ''The Wall Street Journal:'' "If I had a pound for every time I think I've been told I've been engaged, then I'd have a lot of pound coins. I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn't say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn't say."<ref name=":2" />

Alwyn and Swift broke up in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Melendez‍ |first1=Miguel A. |title=Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Break Up After Six Years of Dating (Exclusive) {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/taylor-swift-and-joe-alwyn-break-up-after-six-years-of-dating-exclusive-202408 |work=Entertainment Tonight |date=April 8, 2023}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
== Accolades ==
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Joe Alwyn
File:Joe Alwyn (Grazia UK interview).png
Alwyn in October 2022
Born
Joseph Matthew Alwyn

(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33)
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Other namesWilliam Bowery[note 1]
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actor
  • songwriter
Years active2015–present
PartnerTaylor Swift (2016–2023)[1]
RelativesWilliam Alwyn
(great-grandfather)

Joseph Matthew Alwyn (born 21 February 1991) is an English actor. He made his feature film debut as the titular character in Ang Lee's 2016 war drama, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, and has since played supporting roles in films such as The Favourite (2018), Boy Erased (2018), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), and Harriet (2019). His accolades include a Trophée Chopard, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Satellite Award, and a Grammy Award.

Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, and raised in North London, Alwyn developed an interest in acting during his teenage years and joined the National Youth Theatre in 2009. He acted in two student productions at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and graduated with a BA degree in English literature and drama from the University of Bristol (2012). He received another BA, in acting, from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2015). He won the Trophée Chopard at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, following his appearance in various critically acclaimed films.

Alwyn also worked with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift in 2020–2022 on ten of her songs, such as "Exile", "Betty", "Champagne Problems", "Coney Island" and "Sweet Nothing"; "Exile" charted inside the top 10 in eight countries. For his contributions to Swift's eighth studio album, Folklore, Alwyn won the Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.

In 2022, Alwyn starred in three well-received adaptations—Hulu drama series Conversations with Friends, the romantic thriller film Stars at Noon which won the Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, and the period comedy film Catherine Called Birdy. He appeared on the 2022 Time 100 Next list as one of the world's rising stars.

Early life and education

Joseph Matthew Alwyn was born on 21 February 1991 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.[2][3] Raised in Tufnell Park and Crouch End areas of North London,[4][5] Alwyn is the son of a psychotherapist mother and a documentary filmmaker father.[6] He is the great-grandson of composer William Alwyn.

Alwyn was educated at the City of London School.[4] He briefly took guitar lessons, and was part of the school band called "Anger Management" around the age 13. He later played football and rugby in school.[7] Although an "introverted" child,[8] Alwyn secretly wanted to be an actor[9] and became a member of the National Youth Theatre in his late teens.[10] While pursuing Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English literature and drama at the University of Bristol,[8] he acted in two student productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[11] He graduated in 2012, and applied for four drama schools, but got rejected by all except one—the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama,[12] where he completed a BA, in acting.[10] During the third year of the course, Alwyn signed with an agent who had come across Alwyn at a student showcase. Soon after, the agent informed Alwyn that a production company was looking to cast the title character of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016), which would go on to mark Alwyn's debut in a feature film.[7]

Career

Acting

Within a fortnight of his graduate showcase, in early 2015,[13][14] Alwyn was cast in the lead role of Taiwanese director Ang Lee's 2016 war drama film, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk,[15][16] which is a film adaptation based on the 2012 novel of the same name by American writer Ben Fountain.[17] Lee stated he selected Alwyn because of his "ability to communicate the book's paradox of war with just his facial expressions".[18] In the film's reviews, critics praised Alwyn's performance for its naturalism.[12] Journalists went on to describe the film as his "breakout".[19][14] He then played a supporting role in the 2017 mystery drama film, The Sense of an Ending, directed by Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra.[19]

Alywn in August 2018

Alwyn appeared in a number of 2018 films. He played the British nobleman Samuel Masham, alongside actors Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone and Nicholas Hoult, in the period black comedy film, The Favourite,[20] directed by Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos.[21] The film garnered 10 nominations at the 91st Academy Awards.[22] He portrayed Klaus Eichmann, son of German Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, in Chris Weitz's historical drama Operation Finale, featuring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley in the lead roles,[23][24] and a minor role in Joel Edgerton's Boy Erased—a biographical drama film based on a 2016 memoir by American LGBT+ activist Garrard Conley.[23] Alwyn then appeared as English statesman Robert Dudley, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, in the historical drama Mary Queen of Scots, alongside Saoirse Ronan as Queen Mary and Margot Robbie as Elizabeth.[25][26] Acknowledging his talent, Alwyn was awarded the Trophée Chopard alongside Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[27]

In 2019, Alwyn played a slave owner named Gideon Brodess in Harriet, a biographical drama about American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, starring Cynthia Erivo and Janelle Monáe.[28] He appeared as Bob Cratchit in the dark fantasy television miniseries A Christmas Carol, based on the 1843 novella of the same name by English writer Charles Dickens.[29] In 2021, he had a minor role in drama film The Souvenir Part II,[30] and played a 1960s industrialist in the film adaptation of English novelist Jojo Moyes' 2008 romantic novel, The Last Letter from Your Lover, alongside Felicity Jones, Callum Turner and Shailene Woodley.[31]

Leading opposite Jemima Kirke and Sasha Lane, Alwyn appeared in the 2022 drama series Conversations with Friends—a Hulu adaptation of the 2017 novel of the same name by Irish author Sally Rooney.[32] He also appeared in two 2022 films: paired with Margaret Qualley in the romantic thriller film Stars at Noon, directed by French filmmaker Claire Denis,[33] and as the uncle of the titular character (played by Bella Ramsey) in Lena Dunham's medieval comedy film, Catherine Called Birdy, based on the 1994 children's novel of the same name by American writer Karen Cushman;[34] both the films were met with generally positive reviews,[35][36] with the former premiering at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and winning the Grand Prix.[37]

Alwyn has been cast alongside Riz Ahmed in Aneil Karia's upcoming "modern" adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet,[38] as well as in And, an upcoming anthology film directed by Greek filmmaker Yorogos Lanthimos, also starring Stone, Qualley and Willem Dafoe.[39]

Music

Alwyn explored his music prospects with American singer-songwriter and former girlfriend, Taylor Swift. He explained that he had not planned on working with Swift, but "it came about from messing around on a piano, and singing badly," and then "being overheard by Swift, and being, like, 'Let's see what happens if we get to the end of it together'."[40] He co-produced the songs "Exile", "Betty", "My Tears Ricochet", "August", "This Is Me Trying" and "Illicit Affairs" on Swift's eighth studio album, Folklore (2020);[41] he also co-wrote "Exile" and "Betty", under the pseudonym William Bowery.[42] "Exile" reached the top 10 of the charts in various countries, including number six on the US Billboard Hot 100[43] and number eight on the UK Singles Chart.[44] At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021, "Exile" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, while Folklore won the Album of the Year, garnering Alwyn his first Grammy win.[45] He (as Bowery) also co-wrote "Champagne Problems", "Coney Island" and the title track on Swift's second 2020 album, Evermore.[46] In April 2022, Alwyn revealed to The Wall Street Journal that the name "William Bowery" was derived from the first name of his great grandfather William Alwyn, who was a music composer, and the last name in honor of the New York City neighbourhood Bowery, where he had spent "a lot of time" when he first arrived to the U.S.[7] He worked with Swift on her tenth studio album, Midnights (2022), as well, co-writing its penultimate track, "Sweet Nothing", as Bowery.[47]

Personal life

Alwyn keeps his personal life mostly discreet, which he self-described as a "knee-jerk response to the culture we live in".[7] He dislikes media's invasion of privacy.[48] GQ labelled Alwyn a "notoriously low-key actor".[49] The Wall Street Journal went on to call him "Hollywood's Most Private Leading Man".[7] Since 2016, Alwyn has been in a relationship with Taylor Swift.[note 2][53][54] Media outlets have taken note of the privacy Alwyn and Swift maintain about their relationship, as Swift was more open about her romantic life in the past.[55] Nevertheless, their relationship is a subject of constant tabloid scrutiny. Swift's 2022 song "Lavender Haze" discusses the rumors about the relationship.[56]

In April 2022, when Elle questioned Alwyn about his discretion, he replied "It's not really [because I] want to be guarded and private, it's more a response to something else. We live in a culture that is so increasingly intrusive... the more you give—and frankly, even if you don't give it—something will be taken."[57] Commenting on rumors about alleged engagement with Swift, Alwyn told The Wall Street Journal: "If I had a pound for every time I think I've been told I've been engaged, then I'd have a lot of pound coins. I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn't say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn't say."[7]

Alwyn and Swift broke up in 2023.[58]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations received by Alwyn
Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Austin Film Critics Association 2019 Best Ensemble The Favourite Nominated [59]
BMI London Awards 2021 Most Performed Songs of the Year "Betty" Won [60]
2022 "Exile" Won [61]
Boston Society of Film Critics 2018 Best Cast The Favourite Runner-up [62]
Cannes Film Festival 2018 Trophée Chopard Himself Won [63]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019 Best Acting Ensemble The Favourite Won [64]
Detroit Film Critics Society 2018 Best Ensemble Nominated [65]
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2018 Best Ensemble Won [66]
Georgia Film Critics Association 2019 Best Ensemble Won [67]
Grammy Awards 2021 Album of the Year Folklore Won [68]
2022 Evermore Nominated [69]
International Cinephile Society 2019 Best Ensemble The Favourite Nominated [70]
New York Film Critics Online 2018 Best Ensemble Cast Won [71]
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2018 Best Ensemble Boy Erased Nominated [72]
The Favourite Runner-up
Satellite Awards 2019 Best Ensemble – Motion Picture Won [73]
Seattle Film Critics Society 2018 Best Ensemble Cast Nominated [74]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2018 Best Acting Ensemble Won [75]
Women Film Critics Circle 2018 Best Ensemble Nominated [76]

Alwyn also has appeared in the 2022 Time 100 Next, a listicle by Time recognizing "100 rising stars from across industries and around the world."[77][78]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Billy Lynn
2017 The Sense of an Ending Adrian Finn
2018 Operation Finale Klaus Eichmann
2018 The Favourite Samuel Masham
2018 Boy Erased Henry Wallace
2018 Mary Queen of Scots Robert Dudley
2019 Harriet Gideon Brodess
2020 Miss Americana Himself Documentary
2021 The Souvenir Part II Max
2021 The Last Letter from Your Lover Laurence Stirling
2022 Stars at Noon Daniel DeHaven
2022 Catherine Called Birdy George
TBA And Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2019 A Christmas Carol Bob Cratchit Miniseries; three episodes
2022 Conversations with Friends Nick Conway Main role; 12 episodes

Discography

Year Album Song Credit[note 1]
2020
Folklore
 "Exile"
Co-writer
"My Tears Ricochet"
Co-producer
"August"
"This is Me Trying"
"Illicit Affairs"
"Betty" Co-writer; co-producer
Evermore
 "Champagne Problems"
Co-writer
"Coney Island"
"Evermore"
2022
Midnights
 "Sweet Nothing"

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Alwyn uses his songwriting pseudonym, William Bowery, for co-writer credits in songs. He uses his original name for co-producer credits.
  2. ^ He has been referenced in much of Swift's music since 2016, such as her albums Reputation (2017), Lover (2019), Folklore, Evermore (both 2020), and Midnights (2022).[50][51] Alwyn stated he finds it "flattering" that Swift writes songs about him.[52]

References

  1. ^ Sources on recognition of Swift as Alwyn's "partner"
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