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Claire Foy

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Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, and made her screen debut in the pilot of the supernatural comedy series Being Human, in 2008. Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries Little Dorrit (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015). Foy was educated at Aylesbury High School from the age of 12 and later attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama. She graduated in 2007 and moved to London's Peckham district to share a house with five friends from drama school. While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue, and Touched. After appearing on television, she made her professional stage debut in DNA and The Miracle, two of a trio of single acts directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London (the third was Baby Girl). Foy gained international recognition for portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy, among other awards. In 2018, she starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man. For the latter role, she was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia Claire Foy licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born:Apr 16, 1984 (42 years old)Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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  • 21TV Series
  • 1Coming Soon
  • 2003Career Start

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Biography

Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, and made her screen debut in the pilot of the supernatural comedy series Being Human, in 2008. Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries Little Dorrit (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015). Foy was educated at Aylesbury High School from the age of 12 and later attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama. She graduated in 2007 and moved to London's Peckham district to share a house with five friends from drama school. While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue, and Touched. After appearing on television, she made her professional stage debut in DNA and The Miracle, two of a trio of single acts directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London (the third was Baby Girl). Foy gained international recognition for portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy, among other awards. In 2018, she starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man. For the latter role, she was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia Claire Foy licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Poster for Ink
Joyce Hopkirk
2027
Poster for Savage House
Lady Savage
2026
Poster for The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
Poster for H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald
2025
Poster for Konuşan Kadınlar
2022
Poster for A Very British Scandal
Margaret Campbell
2021
Poster for My Son
Joan Richmond
2021
Poster for Örümcek Ağındaki Kız
2018
Poster for Ay'da İlk İnsan
Janet Shearon
2018
Poster for Saplantı
Sawyer Valentini
2018
Poster for Nefes Al
Diana Cavendish
2017
Poster for The Crown
Unknown
2016
Poster for Wolf Hall
Unknown
2015
Poster for Gül Suyu
2014
Poster for Crossbones
Kate Balfour
2014
Poster for Vampir Akademisi
Sonya Karp
2014
Poster for White Heat
Charlotte
2012
Poster for The Promise
Erin Matthews
2011
Poster for Upstairs Downstairs
Lady Persephone Towyn
2010
Poster for Going Postal
Adora Belle Dearheart
2010
Poster for 10 Minute Tales
2009
Poster for Little Dorrit
Amy Dorrit
2008

Poster for H Is for Hawk
executive producer
2025
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