Sally Hawkins

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Sally Hawkins

On site for the 2007 TV movie Persuasion, October 7, 2006
Born Sally Cecilia Hawkins
27 April 1976 (1976-04-27) (age 35)
Dulwich, England
Years active 1998 – present

Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress. Her performance as Poppy in the 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky won her several international awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Other significant roles include Susan in Vera Drake (2004), Sue Trinder in the BBC serial Fingersmith (2005), Anne Elliot in Persuasion (2007), and Rita O'Grady in Made in Dagenham (2010).[1]

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[edit] Early life

The daughter of Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, authors and illustrators of children's books, Hawkins was brought up in Blackheath in southeast London, and attended James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998.

[edit] Career

Hawkins' theatre appearances include Much Ado About Nothing (2000), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2000), Misconceptions (2001), Country Music (2004), and David Hare's adaptation of Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba in 2005.

Hawkins made her first notable screen performance as Samantha in the 2002 Mike Leigh film All or Nothing. She also appeared as Slasher in the 2004 film Layer Cake. She played the role of Zena Blake in the BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel, Tipping the Velvet in 2002. 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, in which 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.

Hawkins appeared in three episodes of the BBC comedy series Little Britain, in addition to Ed Reardon's Week on BBC Radio 4. She also has contributed her to the BBC Radio 4 series Concrete Cow.

In 2006, Hawkins returned to the stage, appearing at the Royal Court Theatre in Jez Butterworth's The Winterling. In 2007, she played the lead in a new film of Jane Austen's Persuasion, and followed this with her critically acclaimed performance in Happy-Go-Lucky. Questions and a minor controversy arose when Hawkins was not nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Poppy. It was the first year since 2000/2001 that the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was not nominated for an Academy Award, and the first year since 1995/1996 that no one from the category was nominated.

During 2006 she also made uncredited appearances in Richard Ayoade's Man to Man with Dean Learner where she played various uncredited roles from Personal Assistant to Wife of Steve Pising in varying deleted scenes on the DVD.

Hawkins' 2009-2010 films included Desert Flower, Never Let Me Go,[2][dead link] and Happy Ever Afters. In November 2010, she appeared on Broadway as Vivie in Mrs. Warren's Profession.[3][dead link]

In 2011, Hawkins appeared in Submarine and had a supporting role in the film adaptation of Jane Eyre.

[edit] Awards

At the 2007 Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, Hawkins won the Golden Nymph for Best Performance by an Actress for her role as Anne Elliot in Persuasion.[citation needed]

In addition to the Golden Globe, Hawkins received numerous awards for her starring role in Happy-Go-Lucky, including the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.[citation needed]

[edit] Partial credits

[edit] Theatre

[edit] Film

Year Film Role Notes
2002 All or Nothing Samantha
2002 Tipping the Velvet Zena Blake
2004 Vera Drake Susan
Layer Cake Slasher
2006 The Painted Veil Mary scenes deleted
2007 WΔZ Elly Carpenter
Cassandra's Dream Kate
2008 Happy-Go-Lucky Poppy Cross Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actress[4]
Evening Standard British Film Awards - Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Hollywood Film Festival Award for Breakthrough Actress of the Year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Online Award for Breakthrough Performer
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Silver Bear for Best Actress
Village Voice Film Poll - Best Actress
Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
2009 An Education Sarah Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Happy Ever Afters Maura
Desert Flower Marylin
2010
Never Let Me Go Miss Lucy
It's a Wonderful Afterlife Linda / Geetali
Made in Dagenham Rita O'Grady Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2011
Submarine Jill Tate Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Jane Eyre Mrs. Reed
Love Birds Holly

[edit] Television

Title Year Character
Tipping the Velvet (2002) Zena Blake
Little Britain (2003–05) Kenny Craig's girlfriend
Fingersmith (2005) Susan Trinder
20,000 Streets Under the Sky (BBC) (2005) Ella
H G Wells: War with the World (2006) Rebecca West
Man to Man with Dean Learner (2006) Various - Deleted Scenes Only
Persuasion (2007) Anne Elliot

[edit] Radio

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Sally Hawkins saves the day in Made in Dagenham" October 1, 2010, The First Post
  2. ^ Article ScreenDaily.com
  3. ^ "Review: Mrs Warren's Profession" Hollywood Reporter
  4. ^ "2009 ICS AWARD WINNERS". International Cinephile Society. http://icsfilm.org/awards/2009. 

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