Claire Foy
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| Born | April 16, 1984 Stockport, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007-present |
Claire Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English[1] actress, best known for playing the title role in the BBC One production of Little Dorrit[2] and Anna in the 2011 film, Season of the Witch.
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[edit] 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.[3] 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.[4] She graduated in 2007 and moved to Peckham to share a house "with five friends from drama school".[5]
[edit] 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 movie Going Postal and in the Medieval adventure film Season of the Witch alongside Nicolas Cage. She also starred in the BBC remake 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]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | Being Human | Julia | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2008 | Doctors | Chloe Webster | Episode: "The Party's Over" |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Amy Dorrit | 14 episodes |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales | Woman | Episode: "Through the Window" |
| 2010 | Going Postal | Adora Belle Dearheart | TV movie |
| 2010 | Pulse | Hannah Carter | TV movie |
| 2010 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Lady Persie | 3 episodes; plays a Unity Mitford-ish character |
| 2010–2011 | The Promise | Erin Matthews | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Season of the Witch | The Girl/Anna | |
| 2011 | The Night Watch | Helen | TV movie |
| 2011 | Wreckers | Dawn | Completed |
| 2011 | Vivaldi | Julietta | Pre-production |
| 2012 | Hacks | Kate Loy | TV Movie ;Guy Jenkin scripted satirical drama about tabloid journalism and the phone hacking scandal; Foy plays thinly disguised Rebekah Brooks , amidst other characters,- real-life equivalents being David Cameron/(David Bullingdon), Wendi Deng Murdoch/(Ho Chi Mao Feast), Rupert Murdoch, Clive Goodman. |
[edit] References
- ^ Face of the Moment: Claire Foy (5 October 2008)
- ^ "Little Dorrit: cast announced for major BBC One Dickens adaptation" (6 May 2008)
- ^ The Independent, 18 February 2012 [1]
- ^ Showcase Presentation 2007 - One and Three Year Students
- ^ "Little Claire Foy" (4 December 2008)
- ^ National Theatre: Claire Foy (January 2008)
- ^ Screen Daily interview with Claire Foy (10 July 2008)
- ^ Variety, "Baby Girl/DNA/The Miracle" (3 March 2008)
- ^ "Interview: Claire Foy". Channel 4. 2011. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-promise/articles/interview-claire-foy. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
DNA - by Dennis Kelly - A play- National Theatre -2008
