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Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Claire Foy | |
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 Foy in October 2018 | |
| Born | 16 April 1984 Stockport, Greater Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Foy studied drama at Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, then made her screen debut in the pilot episode of the supernatural comedy series Being Human (2008). Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries Little Dorrit (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy earned praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the BBC miniseries Wolf Hall (2015) receiving a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress nomination.
In 2018, she starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane, played Lisbeth Salander in The Girl in the Spider's Web, and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man. For the latter she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2021, she portrayed Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll in the Amazon Prime series A Very British Scandal.
Early life
Claire Elizabeth Foy was born in Stockport on 16 April 1984,[1] the youngest of three children. She has an older brother, Robert, and an older sister, Gemma.[2] She has said that her mother, Caroline, comes from a "massive" Irish family; her maternal grandparents are from Dublin and Kildare.[3][4] She grew up in Manchester and Leeds, and the family later moved to Longwick for her father's job as a Rank Xerox salesman. Her parents divorced when she was eight.[5] She has a younger half-sister through her father's second marriage. Foy was educated at Aylesbury High School from the age of 12 and later studied drama at Liverpool John Moores University. She also took a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama,[6] graduating in 2007 and moving to the Peckham area of London 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 the BBC series Little Dorrit.[11] She was nominated for an RTS Award. She went on to appear in the TV film Going Postal and the horror adventure film Season of the Witch. Foy also 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, Helen, in the TV movie The Night Watch, which was based on a Sarah Waters novel.[12] She returned to the stage in February 2013 as Lady Macbeth, alongside James McAvoy in the title role, in Macbeth at the Trafalgar Studios.[13]
In 2015, Foy played the English queen Anne Boleyn in the six-part drama serial Wolf Hall.[14] Her performance was met with critical praise and compared to Geneviève Bujold's performance in Anne of the Thousand Days. Foy was subsequently nominated for the 2016 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress.[15]
In 2016, Foy portrayed the young Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's Netflix biographical drama series The Crown.[16] Her performance earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series twice, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She was also nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. In 2017, she reprised the role in the second season, before the role passed to actress Olivia Colman, who would portray the Queen in middle age, beginning in the third season. Also in 2017, Foy starred as Diana Cavendish in the biographical drama film Breathe.
In 2018, Foy starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane, portrayed the vigilante Lisbeth Salander in the action-thriller The Girl in the Spider's Web, and played Janet Shearon, wife of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man. For the latter, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2020, Foy reprised the role of the young Queen Elizabeth II in the eighth episode of The Crown's fourth season.[17] Her performance earned her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.[18]
In 2021, Foy starred as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll in the BBC production A Very British Scandal.[19]
In October 2021, Foy was cast as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in the drama series Doomsday Machine, based on the book Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang.[20] The limited series has landed at HBO for development with the network closing a deal on 8 February 2022, following a multiple-outlet bidding war.[21][22]
Personal life
Foy married actor Stephen Campbell Moore in 2014.[23] They have one child.[24] They announced their separation in February 2018.[25]
Acting credits
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 Armstrong | ||
| The Girl in the Spider's Web | Lisbeth Salander | ||
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Emily Richardson-Wain | |
| My Son | Joan Richmond | [26] | |
| 2022 | Women Talking | Salome |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Being Human | Julia Beckett | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Doctors | Chloe Webster | Episode: "The Party's Over" | |
| 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 |
| Pulse | Hannah Carter | Television film | |
| 2010–2012 | Upstairs Downstairs | Lady Persephone Towyn | 9 episodes |
| 2011 | The Promise | Erin Matthews | 4 episodes |
| The Night Watch | Helen Giniver | Television film | |
| 2012 | Hacks | Kate Loy | Television film |
| White Heat | Charlotte Pew | 6 episodes | |
| 2014 | Crossbones | Kate Balfour | 9 episodes |
| The Great War: The People's Story | Helen Bentwich | 2 episodes | |
| Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night | Narrator | Television film | |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Anne Boleyn | 6 episodes |
| 2016–2017, 2020, 2022 | The Crown | Queen Elizabeth II | 22 episodes |
| 2018 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | Episode: "Claire Foy/Anderson .Paak" |
| 2021 | A Very British Scandal | Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll | Miniseries[19] |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | DNA | Jan | National Theatre |
| 2013 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Trafalgar Studios |
| 2019 | Lungs | W | The Old Vic |
Awards and nominations
References
- "Claire Foy age, husband, children and full Emmys 2018 acceptance speech". Metro. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "Claire Foy Bio, Height & Age". Creeto. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- Jamieson, Teddy (17 January 2015). "Claire Foy on playing Anne Boleyn and getting her head chopped off". The Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- O'Shea, James (25 December 2017). "'The Crown's' Claire Foy has humble Irish roots". IrishCentral.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- Gilbert, Gerard (18 February 2012). "A class act: Claire Foy on criticism, tumours and embarrassing sex scenes". The Independent. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- "Showcase Presentation 2007 – One and Three Year Students" (PDF). Oxford School of Drama. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- Bearn, Emily (4 December 2008). "Little Claire Foy". Thisislondon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009.
- "Claire Foy". Royal National Theatre. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- "Claire Foy". Screen Daily. 10 July 2008. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008.
- Benedict, David (3 March 2008). "Baby Girl/DNA/The Miracle". Variety. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- "Little Dorrit cast announced". BBC Press Office. 6 May 2008.
- "Interview: Claire Foy". Channel 4. 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- Merrifield, Nicola (4 January 2013). "Claire Foy to play Lady Macbeth opposite James McAvoy". The Stage. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- 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.
- Wagmeister, Elizabeth (18 June 2015). "'Doctor Who' Alum Matt Smith Cast in Netflix's 'The Crown' with John Lithgow, Claire Foy". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- Lambe, Stacey (16 November 2020). "'The Crown' Star Claire Foy Returns as Queen Elizabeth in Season 4". ET Online. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- Cordero, Rosy (12 September 2021). "Claire Foy Wins Second Emmy For 'The Crown' In A Different Category". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- "A Very British Scandal". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (7 October 2021). "Facebook Drama Series Starring Claire Foy As Sheryl Sandberg In Works From Anonymous Content & Wiip". Deadline Hollywood.
- Goldberg, Lesley (8 February 2022). "Facebook Series 'Doomsday Machine,' Starring Claire Foy, Lands at HBO". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- Andreeva, Nellie (8 February 2022). "'Doomsday Machine' Facebook Limited Series Starring Claire Foy As Sheryl Sandberg Lands At HBO For Development". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- Radio Times, 29 January 2015, p. 16.
- Pavia, Lucy (4 November 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.
- D'Alessandro, Anthony (5 October 2020). "James McAvoy & Claire Foy To Star In STXfilms' 'My Son', English-Remake Of French Thriller". Retrieved 22 July 2022.
External links
- Claire Foy at IMDb
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Claire Foy (* 16. April 1984 in Stockport, England) ist eine britische Schauspielerin. Bekanntheit erlangte sie vor allem als Amy Dorrit in der Charles-Dickens-Adaption Little Dorrit (2008) und als Erin Matthews in der Fernsehminiserie Gelobtes Land (2011). Für ihre Darstellung der jungen Königin Elisabeth II. in der Serie The Crown wurde sie 2017 mit einem Golden Globe Award und einem SAG Award für Beste Serienhauptdarstellerin in einem Drama ausgezeichnet. 2018 folgte für diese Rolle auch eine Auszeichnung mit dem Emmy.- [en] Claire Foy
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