Sally Hawkins

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Sally Hawkins (born April 27 1976) is a British actress best known for her performances as Susan in the Academy award-nominated Mike Leigh production "Vera Drake" (2004), as Sue Trinder in the BBC's "Fingersmith" (2005) and for her Silver Bear winning performance as Poppy in Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky" (2008).

Biography

The daughter of well known authors and illustrators of children's books, Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, she was raised in Dulwich, south-east London where she attended James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS), leaving in 1994. Hawkins then went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), graduating in 1998.

Career

Her theatre appearances include "Much Ado About Nothing" (2000), "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2000), "Misconceptions" (2001), "Country Music" (2004) and as Adela in David Hare's version of Federico García Lorca's "The House of Bernarda Alba" in 2005.Hawkins made her first notable big screen performance as Samantha in another Mike Leigh film, "All or Nothing" in 2002. She also appeared as Slasher in the 2004 production of "Layer Cake." 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; 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". In 2006, Hawkins returned to the theatre, appearing at the Royal Court Theatre in Jez Butterworth's play "The Winterling."

Professing a love for comedy, Hawkins has appeared in three episodes of the hit BBC comedy series "Little Britain." She has also contributed her writing skills and voice to the BBC Radio 4 series "Concrete Cow".

In 2008 she will work on the films "The Roaring Girl" (as Bernadette Devlin) "Desert Flower", and "Happy Ever Afters".

Awards

At the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, Hawkins won the 'Best Actress' Silver Bear award for her role as Poppy in "Happy-Go-Lucky" - a performance that has since generated considerable Oscar talk.

At the 2007 Monte-Carlo TV Festival, she won the 'Golden Nymph' award in the 'Best Performance by an Actress' category for her role as Anne Elliot in "Persuasion".

elected credits

Theatre

*1998 - "Accidental Death of an Anarchist"
*1998 - "Romeo and Juliet" (Theatre Royal, York) - Juliet
*1999 - "The Dybbuk" - (Battersea Arts Centre) - Leah'le
*1999 - "The Cherry Orchard" - Anya
*1999 - "Švejk" - a kidnapped dog (Gate Theatre, London)
*2000 - "Much Ado About Nothing" - Hero
*2000 - "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Hermia
*2001 - "Misconceptions" - Zoe
*2004 - "Country Music" - Lynsey Sargeant
*2005 - "The House of Bernarda Alba" - Adela (Lyttelton, National Theatre, London), (March)
*2006 - "The Winterling" - Lue (Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London), (March)

Film

*2002 - "All Or Nothing" - Samantha
*2003 - "Buried Alive" - Jocasta
*2004 - "Vera Drake" - Susan
*2004 - "Layer Cake" - Slasher
*2006 - "The Painted Veil" - Mary
*2007 - "WΔZ" - Elly
*2007 - "Cassandra's Dream" - Kate
*2008 - "Happy-Go-Lucky" - Poppy
*2008 - "An Education" - TBA

Television

*2002 - "Tipping the Velvet" - Zena Blake
*2003 - "Promoted to Glory" - Lisa
*2003 - "The Young Visiters" - Rosalind
*2003 - "Byron" - Mary Shelley
*2004 - "Bunk Bed Boys" - Helen
*2005 - "Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky" - Ella
*2005 - " Fingersmith" - Sue Trinder
*2006 - "Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart" - Nathalie
*2006 - "" - Rebecca West
*2007 - "Persuasion" - Anne Elliot

Radio

*2002 - Concrete Cow
*2004 - "The Cenci Family" - "Beatrice Cenci"
*2004 - "Ed Reardon's Week" - Ping (not series two and five)
*2004 - "Think the Unthinkable"
*2005 - "Afternoon Romancers" - Liz
*2005 - "Cash Cows" - Kerry, BBC Radio 4, Broadcast date Monday, September 19
*2005 - "War with the Newts" - Olga
*2005 - "The Party Line"

hort films

*2005 - "Sweet" - Pip
*2006 - "Hollow China" - Terri

External links

* [http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/SallyHawkins/ Sally Hawkins Yahoo! group]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1020089 IMDb profile for Sally Hawkins]
* [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article1192077.ece Interview with Sally Hawkins by Cathy Pryor in the 'Independent on Sunday']