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Andrea Riseborough
Born
Andrea Louise Riseborough

(1981-10-27) 27 October 1981 (age 43)
OccupationActress

Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 27 October 1981) is an English actress.

Early life

Riseborough was born in Wallsend, and grew up in Whitley Bay, England. In reference to The Long Walk To Finchley, she has described her parents as "working class Thatcherites".[1]

At an early age, she appeared at the People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, in the play Riding England Sidesaddle by Christopher Goulding,as Celia Fiennes. Riseborough spent her schooldays at the independent school, Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School on Tankerville Terrace in Jesmond. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2005.

Her sister Laura studies acting at the East 15 Acting School.

Career

Riseborough and Madonna at the 69th Golden Globe Awards, January 15, 2012

She appeared in the 2010 films Made in Dagenham and Mark Romanek's adaptation of Never Let Me Go. She starred in the US premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell's award-winning The Pride at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in January 2010.[2] The production was directed by Joe Mantello and co-starred Hugh Dancy and Ben Whishaw.

She appears in Rowan Joffe's film adaptation of Brighton Rock alongside Helen Mirren and John Hurt. She worked with The Devil's Whore author Peter Flannery in his screenplay based on the life of James Miranda Barry with Michael Fassbender.[3]

Riseborough played the role of Wallis Simpson in W.E., a film directed by Madonna. She stars alongside Michael Sheen and Iwan Rheon in Resistance, an adaptation of an Owen Sheers novel. The film was released on 25 November 2011.[3]

She writes with her creative partner, the actor Tom Burke, and with Mike Leigh. Riseborough will star with Alexander Skarsgård in the upcoming thriller Hidden,[4] a low-budget film directed by Matt and Ross Duffer.[5]

She appeared alongside Tom Cruise in Oblivion (2013), in a major supporting role.

Accolades

In 2009 she was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for playing the title character in Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley. She won the Royal Television Society Award and The Broadcasting Press Guild for her role in The Devil's Whore. In 2007 she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performances as Isabella in Measure For Measure and as the title character in Miss Julie both directed by Sir Peter Hall. She was nominated as London Newcomer of the year at the 2005 Theatre Goers Choice Awards for A Brief History of Helen of Troy at the Soho Theatre. In 2007 she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in The Pride. Riseborough was a recipient of the Shooting Stars Award from the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. For her performance in W.E. she was honored with the Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight award.[6] Andrea won the Best Actress award at the British Independent Film Awards 2012 for the role of Collette McVeigh in the film Shadow Dancer.

Personal life

Riseborough is in a relationship with the artist Joe Appel.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Role Format
2001 A Cat In The Road The Customs House, South Shields
2005 A Brief History of Helen of Troy Charlotte UK tour
A Very Social Secretary Amanda TV movie
Whatever Love Means Anna Wallace
Doc Martin Samantha 1 episode
2006 Burn Linda National Theatre
Chatroom Emily
Citizenship Chantel/ Tarot reader's daughter
Measure For Measure Isabella Theatre Royal, Bath
Miss Julie Miss Julie
Venus Actress Feature film
The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton Myra TV movie
2007 Party Animals Kirsty TV series
Magicians Dani feature film[8]
The Pain and the Itch Kalina Royal Court Theatre
Blood Wedding[disambiguation needed] Leonardo's wife/ Girl BBC Radio 3/ audiobook
2008 Love You More Georgia short film
Happy-Go-Lucky Dawn feature film
Being Human Annie TV pilot
A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians Dzina Soho Theatre
The Long Walk to Finchley Margaret Thatcher TV Drama
Ivanov Sasha Wyndhams Theatre
The Devil's Whore Angelica miniseries
2009 O.P.C. (Obsessive Political Correctness) Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club (rehearsed reading)
Mad Sad & Bad Julia feature film
2010 The Pride Sylvia MCC Theater
Made in Dagenham Brenda Feature film
Never Let Me Go Chrissie Feature film
Brighton Rock Rose Feature film
2011 Resistance Sarah Feature film
W.E. Wallis Simpson Feature film
2012 Shadow Dancer Colette McVeigh BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
Nominated—London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Actor of the Year
2013 Welcome to the Punch Sarah Hawks Feature film
Disconnect Nina Dunham Feature film
Oblivion Victoria Feature film

References

  1. ^ Lesley White (1 June 2008). "Andrea Riseborough plays the young Margaret Thatcher". The Times. London.
  2. ^ Bamigboye, Baz (26 September 2009). "Gemma Arterton takes her bow in West End debut". Daily Mail. London.
  3. ^ a b Day, Elizabeth (08 January 2012). "Andrea Riseborough: rise and shine". The Guardian. Manchester. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Zimmerman, Samuel (26 September 2009). "Riseborough, Skarsgard "HIDDEN" in Bomb Shelter". Fangoria. New York.
  5. ^ Kit, Borys (26 September 2009). "Andrea Riseborough to Star Opposite Alexander Skarsgard in Warners' 'Hidden' The actress will play Skarsgard's wife in the low-budget horror movie". Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles. {{cite news}}: line feed character in |title= at position 77 (help)
  6. ^ White, Lesley (1 June 2008). "Andrea Riseborough plays the young Margaret Thatcher". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
  7. ^ Eden, Richard (28 November 2009). "Margaret Thatcher actress Andrea Riseborough finds love with graffiti artist". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  8. ^ Oatts, Joanne (27 April 2007). "Mitchell & Webb". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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