Claire Foy

Claire Foy

1984-04-16

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.

Also appears in

All of Us Strangers

All of Us Strangers

7.4

First Man

First Man

7.0

The Girl in the Spider’s Web

The Girl in the Spider’s Web

6.1

Unsane

Unsane

6.2

Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy

6.3

Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch

5.5

My Son

My Son

6.2

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

6.9

Women Talking

Women Talking

6.9

Breathe

Breathe

7.4

The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

6.4

Rosewater

Rosewater

6.5

Wreckers

Wreckers

5.3

The Night Watch

The Night Watch

5.8

Children of the Taliban

Children of the Taliban

7.0

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

7.3

Pulse

Pulse

4.8

Savage House

Savage House

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Mog’s Christmas

Mog’s Christmas

7.3

H Is for Hawk

H Is for Hawk

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