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Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

Birthday: 1977-05-13 | Place of Birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Samantha Jane Morton (born 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 1991. She appeared in the ITV series Band of Gold (1995–1996) and the BBC miniseries The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (1997). Morton's early film roles include Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997), and Under the Skin (1997). She received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown(1999) and the other for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan's In America (2003). Other notable film credits include  Morvern Callar (2002),  Minority Report (2002), The Libertine (2004), Control(2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Messenger (2009), John Carter (2012), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and The Whale (2022). For her portrayal of Myra Hindley in the Channel 4 and HBO film Longford (2006), she received a Primetime Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award nominations. Morton made her directorial debut with the television film The Unloved (2009), which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama. She has starred in various programmes, such as The Last Panthers (2015), Rillington Place (2016), Harlots (2017–2019), The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and The Serpent Queen (2022–2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Samantha Morton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Anemone

as    Nessa

2024
2073

as    Ghost

2023
The Burning Girls

as    Reverend Jack Brooks

2022
The Serpent Queen

as    Catherine de Medici

2022
Save the Cinema

as    Liz Evans

2022
The Whale

as    Mary

2020
Dead Talk Live

as    Self - Guest

2020
The Sandman

as    Urania Blackwell

2018
Two for Joy

as    Aisha

2016
Rillington Place

as    Ethel Christie

2015
Cider with Rosie

as    Annie Lee

2015
The Harvest

as    Katherine

2015
The Last Panthers

as    Naomi

2014
Decoding Annie Parker

as    Annie Parker

2014
Miss Julie

as    Kathleen

2013
Angels & Ghosts

as    Amber Crick (voice)

2012
Citizens of Cosmopolis

as    Self

2012
John Carter

as    Sola

2012
Cosmopolis

as    Vija Kinsky

2010
Miliband of Brothers

as    Self - Narrator

2009
The Messenger

as    Olivia Pitterson

2008
Synecdoche, New York

as    Hazel

2008
Mister Lonely

as    Marilyn Monroe

2008
The Daisy Chain

as    Martha Conroy

2007
Expired

as    Claire Barney

2007
Control

as    Debbie Curtis

2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

as    Mary, Queen of Scots