Sally Hawkins

Acting · Born 1976-04-27 in London, England, UK

Biography

Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress who began her career on stage and then moved into film. She has received several awards, including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she became 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…

Filmography

• Wonka as Willy's Mother
• Vera Drake as Susan Wells
• An Education as Sarah Goldman
• Desert Flower as Marylin
• Persuasion as Anne Elliot
• Jane Eyre as Mrs. Reed
• Submarine as Jill Tate
• Paddington as Mary Brown
• Blue Jasmine as Ginger
• Paddington 2 as Mary Brown

TV

• Conan as Self - Guest
• Fingersmith as Sue Trinder
• Casualty as Emma Lister
• Byron as Mary Shelley
• Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky as Ella
• Doctors as Sarah Carne
• Tipping the Velvet as Zena Blake
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
• The Hollow Crown as Eleanor
• Mammals as Lue