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Sally Hawkins
Sally Hawkins’s screen credits include Elisa Esposito in The Shape of Water, Dr. Vivienne Graham in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and Dr. Vivienne Graham in Godzilla.
Born April 27, 1976 London, England, UK3 movies on MoviHero
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Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress of stage and screen. She began her career on stage and then moved into film, for which she has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she started her career as a stage actress in productions such as Romeo and Juliet (playing Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her first major role was in Mike Leigh's All or Nothing in 2002. She continued working with Leigh, appearing in a supporting role in Vera Drake (2004) and taking the lead in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), for which she won several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Silver Bear for Best Actress. …
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Hawkins appeared in two Woody Allen films, Cassandra's Dream (2007) and Blue Jasmine (2013); for the latter, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to play lead roles in Made in Dagenham (2010), Paddington (2014), Maudie (2016), and Paddington 2 (2017). She appeared in Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Wonka (2023). For starring as Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaning woman in the fantasy film The Shape of Water (2017), she earned critical acclaim. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
She has also appeared in stage productions with the Royal Court Theatre in London, and in 2010 made her Broadway debut in Mrs. Warren's Profession. In 2012, she starred in Constellations at the Royal Court Theatre, which later moved to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End. On television, she appeared in the BBC adaptations of Tipping the Velvet (2002) as Zena Blake and Fingersmith (2005) as Sue Trinder. She also appeared as Anne Elliot in Persuasion (2007), ITV's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. In 2025, Hawkins appeared in Bring Her Back, an Australian supernatural horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou.
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- 2025Bring Her BackLaura
- 2024Kensuke's KingdomMum (voice)
- 2023WonkaWilly's Mother
- 2023The Smeds and the SmoosNarrator (voice)
- 2022The Lost KingPhilippa Langley
- 2022The Phantom of the OpenJean Flitcroft
- 2021A Boy Called ChristmasMother Vodol
- 2021SpencerMaggie
- 2020The Snail and the WhaleSnail (voice)
- 2020Eternal BeautyJane
- 2019CordeliaProducer
- 2017Paddington 2Mary Brown
- 2016MaudieMaud Lewis
- 2015Stick ManStick Lady & Others (voice)
- 2015X+YJulie Ellis
- 2014The One and Only Mike LeighSelf
- 2014PaddingtonMary Brown
- 2014The DoubleReceptionist at Ball
- 2013The Phone CallHeather
- 2013All Is BrightOlga
- 2013Blue JasmineGinger
- 2012Room on the BroomBird (voice)
- 2012Great ExpectationsMrs. Joe
- 2011SubmarineJill Tate
- 2011Jane EyreMrs. Reed
- 2011Love BirdsHolly
- 2010Made in DagenhamRita O'Grady
- 2010It's a Wonderful AfterlifeLinda / Gitali
- 2010Never Let Me GoMiss Lucy
- 2009An EducationSarah Goldman
- 2009Happy Ever AftersMaura
- 2009Desert FlowerMarylin
- 2008Happy-Go-LuckyPoppy Cross
- 2007Cassandra's DreamKate
- 2007WΔZElly Carpenter
- 2007PersuasionAnne Elliot
- 2006HG Wells: War with the WorldRebecca West
- 2006Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My HeartNathalie Winter
- 2006Hollow ChinaTerri
- 2004Vera DrakeSusan Wells
- 2004Layer CakeSlasher
- 2003The Young VisitersRosalind
- 2003Promoted to GloryLisa
- 2003ByronMary Shelley
- 2002All or NothingSamantha
- 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceBystander (uncredited)
- EloiseActor
- How and WhyYvonne Hesselman
- Pretend I'm Not HereMarie
- The Semplica Girl DiariesActor
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