Lily Sastry was the name of a celebrity child, an actor, a dancer, and recognized as the daughter of Rowan Atkinson(Mr. Bean). Despite being the daughter of a globally recognized actor and comedian, she made her own name in the entertainment industry as a child artist, by participating in the child movie ‘Tooth’ in 2004.
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Lily Sastry was born in London, England. She holds British nationality. She has changed her name from Lily Atkinson to Lily Sastry in 2015. Discussing her parents, her father’s name was Rowan Atkinson, who was better known as Mr. Bean, who was a famous English comedian better remembered for his silent, comic sketches that turn ordinary situations into moments of excruciating embarrassment. Her mother’s name was Sunetra Sastry, who was a makeup artist. She was also an elder brother named, Benjamin Atkinson. He was a British army officer. Her paternal grandparents were Ella May Bainbridge and Eric Atkinson. She has also three uncles, were Rodney Atkinson, Paul Atkinson, and Rupert Atkinson.
Talking about her academic qualification, Lily was well educated. She completed school education at a prestigious private girl-school in London. But there was no information available about her school’s name. For more studies, she also went to a boarding school in Oundle.
Why Lily Atkinson Changed Her Name?
Most of the people still unaware of why Lily changed her name From Lily Atkinson To Lily Sastry. This question has made people so much eager to know why Lily took up her mother’s maiden name, except her father. In the year 2015, her father Rowan Atkinson and her mother Sunetra Sastry has been separated and got divorced. But after some time, Rowan revealed that he and his girlfriend Louise Ford are expecting a child together in 2017. During this time, Lily not only changed her name from Atkinson to Sastry but also deleted all the images from her Instagram account which she posts between two years. From that day, everyone believed that Lily and her father’s relationship turned sour.
Although, all the rumors have proved to be wrong when Lily was spotted along with her father at the world premiere of ‘Johnny English Reborn’.
Lily Sastry Career
For lighting her career, Lily entered the entertainment industry at a very young age. In the year 2004, she was playing the character of “New Recruit” in the children’s movie named, “Tooth”.
Sometime after that, young Lily has made a cameo appearance in some of his father’s movies named, “Mr. Beans Holiday” (2007), and “Johnny English Reborn” (2011). Where both of them had shared screen space.
Apart from all of these, Sastry was a famous burlesque dancer and cabaret singer, who first performed in a sold-out show in the year 2016, at The Pheasantry. Since then she was performed in her own one-woman West End show named, ‘Lily’.
More to that, in the year 2018, for a new song ‘Rat in Gold’, she teased a music video with a new artist named, ‘Lili Sastry’. This music video was later released on the director’s Vimeo Channel in a full version. So she was very much focused on her career.
Lily Sastry’s Father Rowan Atkinson Aka Mr.Bean Career
Rowan Atkinson aka Mr.Bean was a globally recognized actor and comedian. He started his career as a radio and television artist. In the year 1979, he started a series of comedy shows for BBC Radio 3, called The Atkinson People. It was a series that consisted of satirical interviews with fictional great men, who were played by Atkinson. This series was written by Atkinson and Richard Curtis and produced by Griff Rhys Jons.
After completing university studies, in the year 1979, Mr. Bean did a one-off pilot for London Weekend Television called, Canned Laughter. Then he went to do Not the Nine O’Clock for the BBC, protected by one of his friends named John Lloyd. Atkinson featured in this show as one of the main sketch writers, with Pamela Stephenson, Griff Rhys Jones, and Mel Smith. The success of Not the Nine O’Clock has gained world-wide fame to Mr.Bean. Since that day, Mr.Bean has not had to look behind on his career.
Lily Sastry Net Worth And Salary
When it comes to celebrities people also want to know how much Lily Sastry Net Worth Was and what was her Salary? She has an estimated Net Worth of around $3 million. She has generated that sum Net Worth from her professional acting, singing, and dancing career. But she doesn’t reveal anything about her salary.
Lily grew up with her parents in the countryside, so they had several houses together, including one in Northamptonshire and one in Oxfordshire. Her father Mr. Bean purchased a six-bed west London mansion in 2014, which has an estimated Net worth of around $25 million.
Moreover, Lily has also acted together with her dad in a film named, Johnny English Reborn which was released in 2011. To make that movie costs around $45 million but the movie earns a huge sum of money, which around $160.1 million. So the movie collected a big profit.
On the other hand, the estimated Net Worth of Lily’s father Mr.Bean was around $130 million. So, Lily, was a rich lady being the daughter of the richest father. In, 2013 her father also earned $13 million after the Mr.Bean series sold to 94 countries and turned into movies and anime.
At that moment, Lily’s father has many luxurious cars among them, McLaren F1, Aston Martin V8 Vantage Zagato, Aston Martin DB2, Acura NSX, and 1939 BMW 328.
Lily Sastry Age
When it comes to celebrities and their personal affairs, no doubt, the fans are always curious to know about all the small things. In this case, people are want to know how old was Lily Sastry? Lily was born on 11th July 1995 in London, England. As per wiki, she is now 25 years old.
Lily Sastry Height And Weight
As all we know, fans are always curious to know about all the small things and knock them every moment like how tall was Lily Sastry and what was her weight? She has been able to attain a height of 5 feet 5 inches which is also equivalent to 165 cm. She has also a decent bodyweight that mirrors her character and reflects on her personality. Her bodyweight around 55 kg which is equivalent to 121 lbs.
8 Facts On Lily Sastry That Might Surprised you!
- Lily joined the entertainment industry at the age of only 9.
- In the year 2004, she has appeared first as a child actress in a children’s movie named, “Tooth”.
- She abandons her father’s maiden name and takes her mother’s maiden name.
- She has started to learn cabaret and performed her first big cabaret show in a well-known supper club in London, named The Pheasantry.
- In the year 2016, Lily went on to star in a one-woman West End Cabaret show for two nights, called Lily with the accompaniment of a live band.
- Lily always believes that “I had always been a writer, but I was about 14-15 years old when I really started writing music. I just loved to write poems and stories which includes melodies; I was always challenging myself. Obviously, being a singer and a performer, I worked out pretty quickly what I wanted to do”.
- She was a big fan of old-school music and her idols were Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and Whitney Houston. Recently, she loves listening to Beyonce, Bruno Mars, and Frank Ossian.
- She was so much active on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and she has an immense fan following there.
