Samantha Morton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1977-05-13 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Samantha Morton

Biography

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 r...

Acting

2002

2003

In America

as Sarah

2003

Code 46

as Maria Gonzales

2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

as Mary, Queen of Scots

2004

Max & Ruby's Christmas

as Ruby (voice)

2007

Control

as Debbie Curtis

2005

River Queen

as Sarah O'Brien

2000

Jesus' Son

as Michelle

1996

Emma

as Harriet Smith

2004

Enduring Love

as Claire

1999

2009

The Messenger

as Olivia Pitterson

2001

Pandaemonium

as Sara Coleridge

2006

Longford

as Myra Hindley

2005

Lassie

as Sarah Carraclough

2008

The Daisy Chain

as Martha Conroy

2008

Mister Lonely

as Marilyn Monroe

1997

Jane Eyre

as Jane Eyre

1997

This Is the Sea

as Hazel Stokes

2012

Cosmopolis

as Vija Kinsky

2002

Morvern Callar

as Morvern Callar

2012

2007

Expired

as Claire Barney

2010

Miliband of Brothers

as Self - Narrator

1997

Under the Skin

as Iris Kelly

2001

Eden

as Sam

2022

She Said

as Zelda Perkins

2014

Decoding Annie Parker

as Annie Parker

2014

Miss Julie

as Kathleen

2015

The Harvest

as Katherine

2004

The Libertine

as Elizabeth Barry

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Magik

as Lucia

2015

Cider with Rosie

as Annie Lee

2024

2073

as Ghost

2018

Two for Joy

as Aisha

2013

Angels & Ghosts

as Amber Crick (voice)

2022

Save the Cinema

as Liz Evans

1999

2022

The Whale

as Mary

Production

2013

Her

as Associate Producer

2009

The Unloved

as Writer

2009

The Unloved

as Director

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