Samantha Morton
Birthday: 1977-05-13 | Place of Birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UKSamantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress and film director. She began her performing career with guest roles in television shows such as Soldier Soldier and Boon before making her film debut in the 1997 drama film This Is the Sea, playing the character of Hazel Stokes. After a string of roles in low-budget and television films, she landed the role of Hattie in 1999's Sweet and Lowdown, for which she received the attention from Hollywood, the critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Morton subsequently starred in 2002's Minority Report and Morvern Callar. She received her second Academy Award nomination for her performance as the young Irish mother coping with life in New York City, Sarah, in 2003's In America. Morton starred in 2004's Enduring Love and The Libertine and 2005's Lassie. She received won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Movie for her role as Myra Hindley in 2006's Longford. She appeared in the 2007 biographical films Control, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Mister Lonely, and she starred in 2008's Synecdoche, New York. Morton appeared in the 2009 critically acclaimed The Messenger. She made her directorial debut in the English television film The Unloved. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samantha Morton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Acting
Role
as Ghost
as Reverend Jack Brooks
as Catherine de Medici
as Liz Evans
as Mary
as Zelda Perkins
as Self - Guest
as Urania Blackwell
as Aisha
as Ethel Christie
as Annie Lee
as Katherine
as Naomi
as Annie Parker
as Kathleen
as Amber Crick (voice)
as Self
as Sola
as Vija Kinsky
as Self - Narrator
as Olivia Pitterson
as Hazel
as Marilyn Monroe
as Martha Conroy
as Claire Barney
as Debbie Curtis
as Mary, Queen of Scots
as Myra Hindley
as Sarah Carraclough
