Schön! 46 digital cover | dafne keen in Fendi + Pomellato
top + skirt. Fendi
earrings. Pomellato
There’s power at Dafne Keen‘s fingertips. At just 19, she already crafted a filmography that includes the beloved show His Dark Materials and a role opposite Hugh Jackman in Logan. Now, she’s entertaining the franchise world with Star Wars: The Acolyte. Keen struts around the Palacio de los Duques, a Gran Melia Hotel in Madrid, Spain, in AGL as she talks to us for her Schön! 46digital cover story. The actress was raised in Madrid and comes from a family of artists, she explains while wearing Fendi and Pomellato. “I always knew I was going to do something creative, but I never knew it was going to be acting.”
Playing make-believe with her best friend, Vera, was the place where she first got a taste for acting — even if she didn’t know what exactly she was doing. They even started a theatre company called Las Graciosas (The Funny Ones). They would create costumes, write scripts and perform plays in front of their parents. Imaginary play was needed for her next role as a young Padawan learner in The Acolyte. The new Star Wars series is set at the end of the High Republic era, approximately 100 years before the original Star Wars films. “It’s different enough for it to be new, but not too different,” Keen reveals. “You’re not going to find any characters from the other movies, but there’s a safe space in it. It has a different voice, it’s funny, it’s witty and it’s dark.” As for her character, she tells us, “I’m a very bold, overachieving, intelligent Padawan.”
After playing roles in projects that touch the Marvel universe, the Star Wars saga, and beyond, what else could be next for Keen? Trying her hand at acting on-stage in theatre. It’s a space that, despite being a significant part of her upbringing, she hasn’t had the opportunity to pursue it professionally yet. There’s no doubt a bright future ahead of her but, whatever Keen chooses to do, we wish that ‘the Force be with her’!
dress. Valentino
gloves. T LABEL
earrings. Sonia Petroff
opposite
dress. Sabina Bilenko
tights. Falke
boots. AGL
hat. Merve Bayindir
earrings. CHANEL
@ Susan Caplan Vintage Jewellery
dressing gown + towel.
Palacio de los Duques, a Gran Melia Hotel
shoes. AGL
opposite
dress. RVDK Ronald van der Kemp
earrings. Missoma
