Claire Foy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 16, 1984 (age 42)
- Birthplace
- Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
Migrations
Movie · as Franny Stone
The Pisces
Movie · as Lucy
Marlow
TV · 1 ep
You Are Here
TV · as Marnie · 1 ep
Savage House
Movie · as Lady Savage
The Magic Faraway Tree
Movie · as Polly Thompson
Ink
Movie · as Jules Davies
Mog's Bad Thing
Movie · as Mrs. Thomas (voice)
TFI Unplugged
TV · 1 ep
H Is for Hawk
Movie · as Helen
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
Movie · as Self
Mog's Christmas
Movie · as Mrs. Thomas (voice)
Children of the Taliban
Movie · as Narrator
All of Us Strangers
Movie · as Mum
Women Talking
Movie · as Salome
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Movie · as Emily Wain
My Son
Movie · as Joan Richmond
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Movie · as Self
A Very British Scandal
TV · as Margaret Campbell · 3 eps
Lungs
Movie · as W
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Movie · as Self
First Man
Movie · as Janet Shearon
Unsane
Movie · as Sawyer Valentini
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Movie · as Lisbeth Salander
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Breathe
Movie · as Diana Cavendish
The Crown
TV · as Queen Elizabeth II, Young Elizabeth / Young Queen Elizabeth II, Young Queen Elizabeth II (archive footage) · 21 eps
The Lady in the Van
Movie · as Lois, Social Worker
Wolf Hall
TV · as Anne Boleyn · 10 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vampire Academy
Movie · as Sonya Karp
Rosewater
Movie · as Paola
Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night
Movie · as Narrator
Crossbones
TV · as Kate Balfour · 9 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Great War: The People's Story
TV · as Helen Bentwich · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hacks
Movie · as Kate Loy
White Heat
TV · as Charlotte · 6 eps
Season of the Witch
Movie · as The Girl
Wreckers
Movie · as Dawn
The Night Watch
Movie · as Helen Giniver
Going Postal 2in1
Movie · as Adora Belle Dearheart
The Promise
TV · as Erin Matthews · 4 eps
Pulse
Movie · as Hannah Carter
Going Postal
TV · as Adora Belle Dearheart · 2 eps
Upstairs Downstairs
TV · as Lady Persephone Towyn · 9 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
10 Minute Tales
TV · as Woman · 1 ep
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Little Dorrit
TV · as Amy Dorrit · 14 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Doctors
TV · as Chloe Webster · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep