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Sally Hawkins (born April 27, 1976) is a British actress best known for her performance as Susan in the Academy award-nominated Mike Leigh production Vera Drake (2004).
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 Career
- 3 Selected Credits
- 3.1 Theatre
- 3.2 Film
- 3.3 Television
- 3.4 Radio
- 3.5 Short Films
- 4 External links
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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) graduating 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 BBC hit
comedy series
Little Britain. She has also contributed her writing skills and voice to the
BBC Radio 4 series
Concrete Cow.
Selected Credits
Theatre
Film
Television
- 2007 - Persuasion - Anne Elliot
- 2006 - Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart - Nathalie
- 2005 - Fingersmith - Sue Trinder
- 2005 - Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky - Ella
- 2004 - Bunk Bed Boys - "Helen"
- 2003 - Byron - "Mary Shelley"
- 2003 - The Young Visiters - "Rosalind"
- 2003 - Promoted to Glory - "Lisa"
- 2002 - Tipping the Velvet - "Zena Blake"
Radio
Short Films
- 2006 - Hollow China - Terri
- 2005 - Sweet - Pip
