Rebecca Hall

Infobox Actor
name = Rebecca Hall
birthdate = 1982
birthplace = UK

Rebecca Hall (born 1982) is an English actress who, in 2003, won the Charleson award for her debut stage performance in a production of "Mrs Warren's Profession".Lathan, P. [http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/N200403.htm "Another Hall Hits the Heights"] "The British Theatre Guide", April 20, 2003, retrieved November 9, 2006.] In 2006 she made her film debut, appearing in two high-profile films, "Starter for 10" and "The Prestige".

Biography

Born to Peter Hall and Maria Ewing (who divorced when she was five), Hall attended Roedean School where she became head girl.Leith, S (ed.) "Wayward daughter", "The Daily Telegraph", November 24, 2001.] She later read English Literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, for two years before dropping out in 2002, prior to her final year.During her time there, she appeared in "nearly a dozen" plays and set up a theatre company. [http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/3728/notes.pdf "The Prestige" production notes] . Retrieved November 9, 2006.] She also appeared in student stage productions alongside Dan Stevens, later her "As You Like It" co-star. Her half-brother Edward Hall is a theatre director. Her sister is Emma Hall.

Between 2003 and at least 2004, she was in a relationship with her "As You Like It" co-star Freddie Stevenson.Cripps, C. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040715/ai_n12800078 "My art belongs to Daddy"] , "The Independent", July 13, 2004, retrieved November 10, 2006.]

Career

Film and Television

Hall's first role came in 1992 when she appeared as Young Sophy in her father's television adaptation of Mary Wesley's "The Camomile Lawn".

Hall’s feature film debut came in 2006 as Rebecca Epstein in the film adaptation of David Nicholls's "Starter for Ten". This was followed by her role as Sarah Borden in Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige". Her most recent appearance on the small screen was in Stephen Poliakoff's "Joe's Palace".Grant, J. [http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=33138 "BBC, HBO unite for Poliakoff copro"] , "C21 Media", November 9, 2006.]

She appears in the forthcoming TV drama "Einstein and Eddington" and the films "Frost/Nixon" and "Dorian Gray" as well as Nicole Holofcener's as yet untitled project.

Filmography

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Her professional stage debut came in 2002 when she starred as Vivie in her father's production of "Mrs Warren's Profession" at the Strand Theatre in London. Her performance received such reviews as "admirable"Billington, M. [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,810050,00.html "Mrs Warren's Profession"] , "Guardian Unlimited: Arts", October 11, 2002, retrieved November 9, 2006.] and "accomplished"Loveridge, L. [http://www.curtainup.com/mrswarrensprofession.html "Mrs Warren's Profession: A CurtainUp London Review"] , "CurtainUp", ~October 11, 2002, retrieved November 9, 2006.] and was enough to earn her the Ian Charleson Award in 2003.

In 2003 her father celebrated fifty years as a theatre director by staging a season of five plays at the Theatre Royal, Bath. Rebecca starred in two of these five plays performed by the Peter Hall Company. She appeared as Rosalind in her father's production of "As You Like It", which gained her a second Charleson nomination and starred in the title role of Thea Sharrock's revival of D. H. Lawrence's "The Fight For Barbara".

In 2004 she appeared in three plays for the Peter Hall Company at the Theatre Royal, Bath, two of them under the direction of her father, namely "Man and Superman" in which she played Ann, and "Galileo's Daughter" in which she played Sister Maria Celeste and the third, Molière's "Don Juan", in which she played the part of Elvira was directed by Sharrock.

In 2005 she reprised her role of Rosalind in a touring production of "As You Like It", again under the direction of her father. This tour took in the following venues: The Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames; The Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York; The Curran Theatre at San Francisco; The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and venues in New Haven (CT), Columbus (OH) as well as the historic Wilbur Theater in Boston.

In 2008 she will appear in the first Bridge Project as Hermione in "The Winter's Tale" and Varya in "The Cherry Orchard". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6521291.stm]

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0356017|name=Rebecca Hall
* [http://www.rebecca-hall.org/ Fan Site]

Articles

*Farber, J. [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050220/news_1a20rebecca.html "For Rebecca Hall, it's all in the family business"] , "The San Diego Union-Tribune", February 20, 2005.