Sally Hawkins
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| Sally Hawkins | |
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 On location for the 2007 TV movie Persuasion |
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| Born | April 27, 1976 Dulwich, England |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
Sally Hawkins (born April 27, 1976) is a British actress best known for her performances as Susan in the Academy award-nominated Mike Leigh production Vera Drake (2004) and as Sue Trinder in the BBC's Fingersmith (2005).
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[edit] Biography
The daughter of well known authors and illustrators of children's books, Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, she was raised in Dulwich, south-east London where she attended James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS), leaving in 1994. Hawkins then went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), graduating in 1998.
[edit] Career
Her theatre appearances include Much Ado About Nothing (2000), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2000), Misconceptions (2001), Country Music (2004) and as Adela in David Hare's version of Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba in 2005. Hawkins made her first notable big screen performance as Samantha in another Mike Leigh film, All or Nothing in 2002. She also appeared as Slasher in the 2004 production of Layer Cake. Her first major television role came in 2005 when she played Susan Trinder in the BAFTA-nominated BBC drama Fingersmith, an adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel of the same name; she co-starred with Imelda Staunton, as she had in Vera Drake. Since then she has gone on to star in another BBC adaptation, Patrick Hamilton's Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky. In 2006, Hawkins returned to the theatre, appearing at the Royal Court Theatre in Jez Butterworth's play The Winterling.
Professing a love for comedy, Hawkins has appeared in three episodes of the hit BBC comedy series Little Britain. She has also contributed her writing skills and voice to the BBC Radio 4 series Concrete Cow.
In 2008 she will work on Desert Flower and will play Bernadette Devlin in The Roaring Girl.
[edit] Awards
At the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, Hawkins won the 'Best Actress' Silver Bear award for her role as Poppy in Happy-Go-Lucky.
At the 2007 Monte-Carlo TV Festival, Sally Hawkins won the 'Golden Nymph' award in the 'Best Performance by an Actress' category for her role as Anne Elliot in Persuasion.
[edit] Selected Credits
[edit] Theatre
- 2006 - The Winterling - Lue (Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London), (March)
- 2005 - The House of Bernarda Alba - Adela (Lyttelton, National Theatre, London), (March)
- 2004 - Country Music - Lynsey Sargeant
- 2001 - Misconceptions - Zoe
- 2000 - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Hermia
- 2000 - Much Ado About Nothing - Hero
- 1999 - Švejk - a kidnapped dog (Gate Theatre, London)
- 1999 - The Cherry Orchard - Anya
- 1999 - The Dybbuk - (Battersea Arts Centre) - Leah'le
- 1998 - Romeo and Juliet (Theatre Royal, York) - Juliet
- 1998 - Accidental Death of an Anarchist
[edit] Film
- 2008 - An Education - TBA
- 2008 - Happy-Go-Lucky - Poppy
- 2007 - Cassandra's Dream - Kate
- 2007 - WΔZ - Elly
- 2006 - The Painted Veil - Mary
- 2004 - Layer Cake - Slasher
- 2004 - Vera Drake - Susan
- 2003 - Buried Alive - Jocasta
- 2002 - All Or Nothing - Samantha
[edit] Television
- 2007 - Persuasion - Anne Elliot
- 2006 - Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart - Nathalie
- 2005 - Fingersmith - Sue Trinder
- 2005 - Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky - Ella
- 2004 - Bunk Bed Boys - Helen
- 2003 - Byron - Mary Shelley
- 2003 - The Young Visiters - Rosalind
- 2003 - Promoted to Glory - Lisa
- 2002 - Tipping the Velvet - Zena Blake
[edit] Radio
- 2005 - The Party Line
- 2005 - War with the Newts - Olga
- 2005 - Cash Cows - Kerry, BBC Radio 4, Broadcast date Monday, September 19
- 2005 - Afternoon Romancers - Liz
- 2004 - Think the Unthinkable
- 2004 - Ed Reardon's Week - Ping (not series two)
- 2004 - The Cenci Family - Beatrice Cenci
- 2002 - Concrete Cow
[edit] Short Films
- 2006 - Hollow China - Terri
- 2005 - Sweet - Pip
[edit] External links
- Sally Hawkins Yahoo! group
- IMDb profile for Sally Hawkins
- Fingersmith Fanlisting
- Sally Hawkins Fanlisting
- Interview with Sally Hawkins by Cathy Pryor in the 'Independent on Sunday'
