Catherine McCormack

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Catherine McCormack (born 1 January 1972) is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress, known for her stage acting as well as her big screen performances in films such as "Braveheart", "Spy Game", and "Dangerous Beauty".

Biography

Early life

McCormack was born in Alton, Hampshire, England. She has Irish ancestry, as one of her grandfathers was Irish.Fact|date=May 2008 Her mother died of lupus when McCormack was six years old, and her steelworker father subsequently brought up her and her brother Stephen. [cite news | author=Nick Duerden | title=Catherine McCormack: The play's the thing | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/features/catherine-mccormack-the-plays-the-thing-411296.html | work=The Independent | date=10 August 2006 | accessdate=2007-05-12] She was brought up in the Catholic religion (though is now a "lapsed Catholic") [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmesq/is_200212/ai_kepm139592 Catherine McCormack | Esquire | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] and attended Convent of Our Lady of Providence. [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018833/bio Catherine McCormack Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ]

Career

Film

McCormack's first notable role was as the character Murron MacClannough in the multiple Academy Award winning movie "Braveheart". Her screen debut however was as the lead in the Anna Campion directed film "Loaded", and has subsequently stated that she had a "miserable time with the director (Anna Campion)... it was my first film job, I needed to be mollycoddled, I needed to be helped through it, and I wasn't. Mostly, it was a horrible experience." [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/features/catherine-mccormack-the-plays-the-thing-411296.html "The Play's The Thing" - Independent Interview] ] After "Braveheart", McCormack had lead roles in Nils Gaup's "Northstar" and Marshall Herskovitz's "Dangerous Beauty". Other films include "Spy Game" and "28 Weeks Later". Despite being in demand, she does few films, stating that "I read very few scripts I'm passionate about... Maybe one in every twenty or thirty." [ [http://www.splicedonline.com/features/mccormack1.html Interview with Spliced Online] ]

Theatre

McCormack has shown preference in her career towards the theatre, [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/features/catherine-mccormack-the-plays-the-thing-411296.html "The Play's The Thing" - Independent Interview] ] saying that "theatre really is an actor's medium: you're on stage with no director anymore, whereas in film very rarely do you get much rehearsal other than running through the scene very quickly. Then everyone comes in and shoots it." [ [http://london.broadway.com/buzz/buzz_story.aspx?id=3003317&p=2 Interview with Broadway.com] ] McCormack was one of the original 2006 London cast of Patrick Barlow's play of "The 39 Steps". [cite news | author=Dominic Cavendish | title=Irreverent romp down the nostalgia track | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/08/18/btsteps18.xml | work=Telegraph | date=18 August 2006 | accessdate=2008-04-07] In 2008, she performed the role of Nora in "A Doll's House", [ [http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/main-house/shows/a-dolls-house/ Theatre Royal - A Doll's House] ] directed by Peter Hall at the Theatre Royal, Bath, and also the role of Isabel Archer in a stage adaptation of "The Portrait of a Lady", [ [http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/main-house/shows/the-portrait-of-a-lady/ Theatre Royal - The Portrait of a Lady] ] both commencing their runs in July 2008, ending in August, and will transfer to the Rose Theatre in Kingston later in the year.

elected Credits

Theatreography

*2000: Nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "All My Sons" at the Royal National Theatre, Cottesloe Stage.
*2003: Played Claudia in the UK premiere of "Honour", a play by Joanna Murray-Smith at the Royal National Theatre, London.
*2003: Played Siân in "Dinner", a new play by Moira Buffini. It co-starred Harriet Walter and Nicholas Farrell.
*2006: Played The Woman in "The 39 Steps" at the Tricycle Theatre and Criterion Theatre, London.
*2008: Will act alongside Finbar Lynch in "A Doll's House" at the Theatre Royal, Bath. The production will be directed by Peter Hall.
*2008: Will act alongside Finbar Lynch, Niamh Cusack and Jean Marsh in "The Portrait of a Lady" at the Theatre Royal, Bath. The production will be directed by Peter Hall.

Filmography

* "Midnight Man" (unknown episodes, 2008) .... Alice Ross
* "" (2007) (V) .... Herself
* "" (2007) (V) .... Herself
* "28 Weeks Later" (2007) .... Alice
* "The Moon and the Stars" (2007) .... Kristina Baumgarten/Tosca
* "" (1 episode, "Nero", 2006) .... Poppaea Sabina
* "Renaissance" (2006) .... Bislane Tasuiev (voice)
* "" (2006) (TV) .... Elizabeth David
* "BBC Breakfast" (1 episode, "17 January 2006", 2006) .... Herself
* "A Sound of Thunder" (2005) .... Sonia Rand
* "" (2005) (TV) .... Kathleen Tynan
* "Strings" (2004) .... Zita (voice in English version)
* "Gunpowder, Treason & Plot" (2004) (TV) .... Queen Elizabeth I
* "Broken Morning" (2003) (TV) .... Cathy
* "The Making of 'Spy Game'" (2001) (V) .... Herself
* "Spy Game" (2001) .... Elizabeth Hadley
* "Armadillo" (2001) (TV) .... Flavia
* "The Tailor of Panama" (2001) .... Francesca Deane
* "" (2000) (TV) .... Herself
* "Born Romantic" (2000) .... Jocelyn
* "The Weight of Water" (2000) .... Jean Janes
* "A Rumor of Angels" (2000) .... Mary Neubauer
* "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000) .... Greta
* "The Debtors" (1999) ....
* "Love in the 21st Century" (1 episode, "Reproduction", 1999) .... Fay
* "This Year's Love" (1999) .... Hannah
* "Dancing at Lughnasa" (1998) .... Christina "Chrissy" Mundy also performer of "The Isle of Capri" (1934)
* "Dangerous Beauty" (1998) .... Veronica Franco
* "The Land Girls" (1998) .... Stella
* "Deacon Brodie" (1997) (TV) .... Annie Grant
* "North Star" (1996) .... Sarah
* "Braveheart" (1995) .... Murron MacClannough
* "Wycliffe" (1 episode, "The Scapegoat", 1994) .... Asenath Gardner
* "Loaded" (1994) .... Rose

References

External links

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* [http://theatre.com/story/id/3003317 2006 Interview with Catherine McCormack on Theatre.com]
* [http://www.macbraveheart.co.uk/news/2001/life_after.htm Catherine McCormack - Life after Braveheart]
* [http://london.broadway.com/buzz/buzz_story.aspx?id=3003317&p=1 Interview with Broadway.com]
* [http://www.splicedonline.com/features/mccormack1.html "Unrecognised Beauty" - 1998 interview with Spliced]
* [http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821207935106 What's On Stage article about Peter Hall's 2008 plays with Catherine McCormack]

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