Claire Foy
| Claire Foy | |
|---|---|
 Foy in March 2011 | |
| Born |
16 April 1984 Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Spouse(s) | Stephen Campbell Moore |
| Children | 1 |
Claire Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress, best known for playing the title role in the BBC One production of Little Dorrit,[1] Anna in the 2011 film Season of the Witch, Erin Matthews in the Channel 4 series The Promise, and Anne Boleyn in BBC2's Wolf Hall. She also starred in the NBC series Crossbones as Kate Balfour. She currently portrays a young Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown.
Personal life
Foy was born in Stockport, and she grew up in Manchester and Leeds, the youngest of three children. Her family later moved to Longwick, Buckinghamshire for her father's job, a salesman for Rank Xerox. Her parents divorced when she was aged eight.[2] She attended Aylesbury High School, a girls' grammar school, from the age of twelve; she then attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama.[3] She graduated in 2007 and moved to Peckham to share a house "with five friends from drama school".[4] She is married to actor Stephen Campbell Moore.[5] Together they have one child.
Career
While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue and Touched.[6] After appearing on television,[7] she made her professional stage debut in DNA and The Miracle, two of a trio of one acts directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London; the other one act was Baby Girl.[8] She starred as the main protagonist Amy Dorrit in BBC mini-series Little Dorrit, and was nominated for an RTS Award. She went on to appear in TV film Going Postal and in the Medieval adventure film Season of the Witch alongside Nicolas Cage. She also starred in the BBC revival of Upstairs Downstairs as Lady Persephone. Foy co-starred in the Channel 4 mini-series The Promise, broadcast in February 2011, which she described in an interview at the time as her "favourite job ever". She played a lead role of Helen in the TV movie The Night Watch, which was based on a Sarah Waters novel.[9] She returned to the stage in February 2013 as Lady Macbeth, alongside James McAvoy in the title role, in Macbeth at the Trafalgar Studios.[10] In 2015 she played Queen Anne Boleyn in the six-part drama series, Wolf Hall. Starring opposite Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis, Foy's performance of the doomed Queen was met with unanimous praise, with some critics comparing her to Geneviève Bujold's iconic performance in Anne of the Thousand Days. The Guardian called her portrayal of Anne "chilling, poised and perfectly complex". Foy would go on to be nominated for the 2016 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Season of the Witch | Anna | |
| 2011 | Wreckers | Dawn | |
| 2014 | Vampire Academy[11] | Sonya Karp | |
| 2014 | Rosewater | Paola | |
| 2015 | Lady in the Van, TheThe Lady in the Van | Lois | |
| 2017 | Breathe | Diana | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Being Human | Julia | "Pilot" |
| 2008 | Doctors | Chloe Webster | "The Party's Over" |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Amy Dorrit | TV miniseries |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales | Woman | "Through the Window" |
| 2010 | Terry Pratchett's Going Postal | Adora Belle Dearheart | TV miniseries |
| 2010 | Pulse | Hannah Carter | TV film |
| 2010–12 | Upstairs Downstairs | Lady Persephone "Persie" Towyn | Main role |
| 2011 | Promise, TheThe Promise | Erin Matthews | Main role |
| 2011 | Night Watch, TheThe Night Watch | Helen Giniver | TV film |
| 2012 | Hacks | Kate Loy | TV film |
| 2012 | White Heat[12] | Charlotte | Main role |
| 2014 | Crossbones | Kate Balfour | Main role |
| 2014 | Great War: The People's Story, TheThe Great War: The People's Story | Helen Bentwich | TV miniseries documentary |
| 2014 | Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night | Narrator (voice) | TV film |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall[13] | Anne Boleyn | TV miniseries |
| 2016–present | Crown, TheThe Crown | Queen Elizabeth II | Main role |
References
- ↑ "BBC - Press Office - Little Dorrit cast announced".
- ↑ "A class act: Claire Foy on criticism, tumours and embarrassing sex". The Independent. 18 February 2012.
- ↑ Showcase Presentation 2007 - One and Three Year Students
- ↑ "Little Claire Foy" (4 December 2008)
- ↑ Radio Times, 29 January 2015, p.16
- ↑ Royal National Theatre: Claire Foy (January 2008)
- ↑ "CLAIRE FOY".
- ↑ David Benedict. "Baby Girl/DNA/The Miracle - Variety". Variety.
- ↑ "Interview: Claire Foy". Channel 4. 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ Nicola Merrifield (4 January 2013). "Claire Foy to play Lady Macbeth opposite James McAvoy". The Stage. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ↑ ‘Vampire Academy’ Adds ‘Blue Bloods’ Sami Gayle, ‘Shameless’ Cameron Monaghan & More To Cast Deadline.com (2013-05-10). Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
- ↑ "White Heat: Talking about her generation". The Independent. 29 February 2012.
- ↑ Plunkett, John (2016-03-03). "Poldark's topless scything fails to cut it with Royal Television Society judges". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-03.