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'''Claire Elizabeth Foy''' (born 16 April 1984) is an Emmy Award |
'''Claire Elizabeth Foy''' (born 16 April 1984) is an [[Emmy Award]]-winning English actress. She studied acting at the [[Liverpool John Moores University]] and the [[Oxford School of Drama]] and made her screen debut in the supernatural comedy series ''[[Being Human (UK TV series)|Being Human]]'' in 2008. Following her professional stage debut at the [[Royal National Theatre]], she played the title role in the [[BBC One]] miniseries ''[[Little Dorrit (TV series)|Little Dorrit]]'' (2008),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/06/dorrit.shtml|title=BBC – Press Office – Little Dorrit cast announced|work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> and made her film debut in the American historical drama ''[[Season of the Witch (2011 film)|Season of the Witch]]'' (2011). Following leading roles in the television series ''[[The Promise (2011 TV serial)|The Promise]]'' (2011) and ''[[Crossbones (TV series)|Crossbones]]'' (2014), Foy received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen [[Anne Boleyn]] in the miniseries ''[[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|Wolf Hall]]'' (2015). |
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Foy gained wider recognition for portraying the young [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in the first two seasons of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', for which she won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]] and the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]], among other awards. After her success in ''The Crown'', she starred in [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s psychological thriller ''[[Unsane (film)|Unsane]]'', and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut [[Neil Armstrong]], in [[Damien Chazelle]]'s biopic ''[[First Man (film)|First Man]]'' and the vigilante [[Lisbeth Salander]] in ''[[The Girl in the Spider's Web (film)|The Girl in the Spider's Web]]'' (all 2018). |
Foy gained wider recognition for portraying the young [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in the first two seasons of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', for which she won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]] and the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]], among other awards. After her success in ''The Crown'', she starred in [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s psychological thriller ''[[Unsane (film)|Unsane]]'', and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut [[Neil Armstrong]], in [[Damien Chazelle]]'s biopic ''[[First Man (film)|First Man]]'' and the vigilante [[Lisbeth Salander]] in ''[[The Girl in the Spider's Web (film)|The Girl in the Spider's Web]]'' (all 2018). |
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| Born | Claire Elizabeth Foy 16 April 1984 Stockport, Greater Manchester, England |
| Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Full list |
Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an Emmy Award-winning English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama and made her screen debut in the supernatural comedy series Being Human in 2008. Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries Little Dorrit (2008),[1] and made her film debut in the American historical drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015).
Foy gained wider recognition for portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, among other awards. After her success in The Crown, she starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane, and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man and the vigilante Lisbeth Salander in The Girl in the Spider's Web (all 2018).
Foy was married to the actor Stephen Campbell Moore for four years, with whom she has a daughter.
Early life
Foy was born in Stockport. She has said that her mother, Caroline, comes from "a massive Irish family." Her maternal grandparents were from Dublin and Kildare, respectively.[2][3][4] She grew up in Manchester and Leeds, the youngest of three children. Her family later moved to Longwick, Buckinghamshire, for her father's job as a salesman for Rank Xerox. Her parents divorced when she was eight.[5]
She attended Aylesbury High School, a girls' grammar school, from the age of twelve; she then attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama.[6] She graduated in 2007 and moved to Peckham to share a house "with five friends from drama school".[7]
Career
While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue and Touched.[8] After appearing on television,[9] she made her professional stage debut in DNA and The Miracle, two of a trio of single acts directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London (the third was Baby Girl).[10]
Foy starred as the protagonist Amy Dorrit in BBC series Little Dorrit, and was nominated for an RTS Award. She went on to appear in TV film Going Postal and in the medieval adventure film Season of the Witch alongside Nicolas Cage. Foy starred in the BBC revival of Upstairs Downstairs as Lady Persephone, and co-starred in the Channel 4 serial The Promise, broadcast in February 2011.
Foy played a lead role of Helen in the TV movie The Night Watch, which was based on a Sarah Waters novel.[11] She returned to the stage in February 2013 as Lady Macbeth, alongside James McAvoy in the title role, in Macbeth at the Trafalgar Studios.[12]
In 2015, Foy played the English queen Anne Boleyn in the six-part drama serial, Wolf Hall.[13] Foy's performance as Boleyn was met with critical praise, and compared to Geneviève Bujold's iconic performance in Anne of the Thousand Days. Foy would go on to be nominated for the 2016 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress.[14]
In 2016, Foy began portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's Netflix biographical drama series The Crown, opposite Matt Smith as her consort Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and John Lithgow as Sir Winston Churchill. Her performance earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. She was also nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She reprised the role in the second season, before the role passed to actress Olivia Colman, who will portray the queen in middle-age. Foy also played Diana Cavendish in the biographical drama film Breathe (2017) opposite Andrew Garfield as Robin Cavendish.
Foy next played Janet Shearon, the wife of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man, and will star as Lisbeth Salander in the thriller The Girl in the Spider's Web.
Personal life
Foy was married to actor Stephen Campbell Moore.[15] Together they have a daughter, Ivy Rose, born in March 2015.[16] The couple announced their separation in February 2018, stating that they "have been [separated] for some time".[17]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Season of the Witch | Anna | |
| Wreckers | Dawn | ||
| 2014 | Vampire Academy | Sonya Karp | |
| Rosewater | Paola Gourley | ||
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Lois | |
| 2017 | Breathe | Diana Cavendish | |
| 2018 | Unsane | Sawyer Valentini | |
| First Man | Janet Shearon | ||
| The Girl in the Spider's Web | Lisbeth Salander |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Being Human | Julia Beckett | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2008 | Doctors | Chloe Webster | Episode: "The Party's Over" |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Amy Dorrit | 14 episodes |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales | Woman | Episode: "Through the Window" |
| 2010 | Terry Pratchett's Going Postal | Adora Belle Dearheart | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Pulse | Hannah Carter | Television film |
| 2010–12 | Upstairs Downstairs | Lady Persephone Towyn | 9 episodes |
| 2011 | The Promise | Erin Matthews | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | The Night Watch | Helen Giniver | Television film |
| 2012 | Hacks | Kate Loy | Television film |
| 2012 | White Heat | Charlotte Pew | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Crossbones | Kate Balfour | 9 episodes |
| 2014 | The Great War: The People's Story | Helen Bentwich | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night | Narrator | Television film |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Anne Boleyn | 6 episodes |
| 2016–17 | The Crown | Queen Elizabeth II | 20 episodes |
Awards and nominations
References
- ^ "BBC – Press Office – Little Dorrit cast announced". BBC.
- ^ "Claire Foy on playing Anne Boleyn and getting her head chopped off". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "PressReader.com – Connecting People Through News". pressreader.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/crown-queen-elizabeth-claire-foy-irish-roots
- ^ "A class act: Claire Foy on criticism, tumours and embarrassing sex". The Independent. 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Showcase Presentation 2007 – One and Three Year Students" (PDF).
- ^ ""Little Claire Foy" (4 December 2008)". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Royal National Theatre: Claire Foy (January 2008) Archived 20 January 2016 at archive.today
- ^ "CLAIRE FOY". 24 September 2017.
- ^ David Benedict. "Baby Girl/DNA/The Miracle – Variety". Variety. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Interview: Claire Foy". Channel 4. 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ Nicola Merrifield (4 January 2013). "Claire Foy to play Lady Macbeth opposite James McAvoy". The Stage. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Plunkett, John (3 March 2016). "Poldark's topless scything fails to cut it with Royal Television Society judges". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "2016 Television Leading Actress – BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Radio Times, 29 January 2015, p. 16
- ^ Pavia, Lucy (9 December 2016). "Claire Foy on playing The Queen: 'Being likeable all the time isn't real life'". Marie Claire. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Stone, Natalie (22 February 2018). "The Crown's Claire Foy Separates from Her Husband After 4 Years of Marriage". People. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
External links
- Claire Foy at IMDb
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