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Claire Foy
Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress.
Born April 16, 1984 Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK2 movies on MoviHero
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Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, and made her screen debut in the pilot of 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) 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 received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015). Foy was educated at Aylesbury High School from the age of 12 and later attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama. …
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She graduated in 2007 and moved to London's Peckham district to share a house with five friends from drama school. While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue, and Touched. After appearing on television, 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).
Foy gained international recognition for portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy, among other awards. In 2018, 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. For the latter role, she was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.
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- 2026Savage HouseLady Savage
- 2026The Magic Faraway TreePolly Thompson
- 2025H Is for HawkProducer · Helen
- 2024On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us StrangersSelf
- 2023All of Us StrangersMum
- 2023Mog's ChristmasMrs. Thomas (voice)
- 2023Children of the TalibanNarrator
- 2022Women TalkingSalome
- 2021The Electrical Life of Louis WainEmily Wain
- 2021My SonJoan Richmond
- 2021Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelSelf
- 2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasSelf
- 2020LungsW
- 2018The Girl in the Spider's WebLisbeth Salander
- 2018First ManJanet Shearon
- 2018UnsaneSawyer Valentini
- 2017BreatheDiana Cavendish
- 2015The Lady in the VanLois, Social Worker
- 2014RosewaterPaola
- 2014Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy NightNarrator
- 2014Vampire AcademySonya Karp
- 2012HacksKate Loy
- 2011WreckersDawn
- 2011Going Postal 2in1Adora Belle Dearheart
- 2011The Night WatchHelen Giniver
- 2011Season of the WitchThe Girl
- 2010PulseHannah Carter
- MigrationsProducer · Franny Stone
- The PiscesLucy
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