Samantha Morton

Acting · Born 1977-05-13 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Biography

Samantha Jane Morton (born 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 1991. She appeared in the ITV series Band of Gold (1995–1996) and the BBC miniseries The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (1997). Morton's early film roles include Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997), and Under the Skin (1997). She received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress…

Filmography

• Minority Report as Agatha
• In America as Sarah
• Synecdoche, New York as Hazel
• Control as Debbie Curtis
• She Said as Zelda Perkins
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Mary Lou Barebone
• The Whale as Mary
• Code 46 as Maria Gonzales
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Mary, Queen of Scots
• Max & Ruby's Christmas as Ruby (voice)

TV

• Would I Lie to You? as Self
• The Walking Dead as Alpha
• Cracker as Joanne Barnes
• The View as Self
• The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Sophie Western
• Max & Ruby as Ruby
• The Serpent Queen as Catherine de Medici
• V Graham Norton as Self
• The Oscars as Self
• Peak Practice as Abbey / Pauline Jones