Sally Hawkins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 27, 1976 (age 50)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Biography
Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress of stage and screen. She began her career on stage and then moved into film, for which she has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she started her career as a stage actress in productions such as Romeo and Juliet (playing Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her first major role was in Mike Leigh's All or Nothing in 2002. She continued working with Leigh, appearing in a supporting role in Vera Drake (2004) and taking the lead in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), for which she won several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Hawkins appeared in two Woody Allen films, Cassandra's Dream (2007) and Blue Jasmine (2013); for the latter, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to play lead roles in Made in Dagenham (2010), Paddington (2014), Maudie (2016), and Paddington 2 (2017). She appeared in Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Wonka (2023). For starring as Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaning woman in the fantasy film The Shape of Water (2017), she earned critical acclaim. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has also appeared in stage productions with the Royal Court Theatre in London, and in 2010 made her Broadway debut in Mrs. Warren's Profession. In 2012, she starred in Constellations at the Royal Court Theatre, which later moved to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End. On television, she appeared in the BBC adaptations of Tipping the Velvet (2002) as Zena Blake and Fingersmith (2005) as Sue Trinder. She also appeared as Anne Elliot in Persuasion (2007), ITV's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. In 2025, Hawkins appeared in Bring Her Back, an Australian supernatural horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sally Hawkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Pretend I'm Not Here
Movie · as Marie
How and Why
Movie · as Yvonne Hesselman
Eloise
Movie
Moonsong: A Life In Seven Verses
Movie
Bring Her Back
Movie · as Laura
Kensuke's Kingdom
Movie · as Mum (voice)
Wonka
Movie · as Willy's Mother
The Smeds and the Smoos
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Lost King
Movie · as Philippa Langley
The Phantom of the Open
Movie · as Jean Flitcroft
Mammals
TV · as Lue · 6 eps
Spencer
Movie · as Maggie
A Boy Called Christmas
Movie · as Mother Vodol
Eternal Beauty
Movie · as Jane
The Snail and the Whale
Movie · as Snail (voice)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie · as Dr. Vivienne Graham
Paddington 2
Movie · as Mary Brown
The Shape of Water
Movie · as Elisa Esposito
Maudie
Movie · as Maud Lewis
X+Y
Movie · as Julie Ellis
Stick Man
Movie · as Stick Lady & Others (voice)
Godzilla
Movie · as Dr. Vivienne Graham
Paddington
Movie · as Mary Brown
The Double
Movie · as Receptionist at Ball
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Movie · as Self
Blue Jasmine
Movie · as Ginger
All Is Bright
Movie · as Olga
The Phone Call
Movie · as Heather
Great Expectations
Movie · as Mrs. Joe
Room on the Broom
Movie · as Bird (voice)
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Eleanor · 1 ep
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Mrs. Reed
Submarine
Movie · as Jill Tate
Love Birds
Movie · as Holly
Never Let Me Go
Movie · as Miss Lucy
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Movie · as Linda / Gitali
Made in Dagenham
Movie · as Rita O'Grady
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Little Crackers
TV · as Mummy · 1 ep
An Education
Movie · as Sarah Goldman
Desert Flower
Movie · as Marylin
Happy Ever Afters
Movie · as Maura
Happy-Go-Lucky
Movie · as Poppy Cross
Cassandra's Dream
Movie · as Kate
Persuasion
Movie · as Anne Elliot
WΔZ
Movie · as Elly Carpenter
HG Wells: War with the World
Movie · as Rebecca West
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Movie · as Nathalie Winter
Hollow China
Movie · as Terri
Man to Man with Dean Learner
TV · as Marie Pising, Susan (voice), Documentarienne · 1 ep
Fingersmith
TV · as Sue Trinder · 3 eps
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
TV · as Ella · 3 eps
Vera Drake
Movie · as Susan Wells
Layer Cake
Movie · as Slasher
The Young Visiters
Movie · as Rosalind
Byron
Movie · as Mary Shelley
Promoted to Glory
Movie · as Lisa
Byron
TV · as Mary Shelley · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
All or Nothing
Movie · as Samantha
Tipping the Velvet
TV · as Zena Blake · 2 eps
Doctors
TV · as Sarah Carne · 1 ep
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie · as Bystander (uncredited)
Casualty
TV · as Emma Lister · 1 ep