Claire Foy
Skuespiller, Producer
16. april 1984 (42 år)
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.
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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.
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| 2026 | The Magic Faraway Tree · as Polly Thompson |
| 2026 | Savage House · as Lady Savage |
| 2025 | H Is for Hawk · as Helen Macdonald |
| 2023 | Mog's Christmas · as Mrs. Thomas (voice) |
| 2023 | All of Us Strangers · as Mum |
| 2023 | Children of the Taliban · as Narrator |
| 2022 | Women Talking · as Salome |
| 2021 | A Very British Scandal · as Margaret Campbell |
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain · as Emily Wain |
| 2021 | My Son · as Joan Richmond |
| 2020 | Lungs · as W |
| 2018 | The Girl in the Spider's Web · as Lisbeth Salander |
| 2018 | First Man · as Janet Shearon |
| 2018 | Unsane · as Sawyer Valentini |
| 2017 | Breathe · as Diana CavendishPå Plex |
| 2016 | The Crown · as Queen Elizabeth Ii |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van · as Lois, Social Worker |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall · as Anne Boleyn |
| 2014 | Rosewater · as PaolaPå Plex |
| 2014 | Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night · as Narrator |
| 2014 | The Great War: The People's Story · as Helen Bentwich |
| 2014 | Crossbones · as Kate Balfour |
| 2014 | Vampire Academy · as Sonya KarpPå Plex |
| 2012 | White Heat · as Charlotte |
| 2012 | Hacks · as Kate Loy |
| 2011 | Wreckers · as Dawn |
| 2011 | The Night Watch · as Helen Giniver |
| 2011 | The Promise · as Erin Matthews |
| 2011 | Season of the Witch · as The GirlPå Plex |
| 2010 | Upstairs Downstairs (2010) · as Lady Persephone Towyn |
| 2010 | Pulse · as Hannah Carter |
| 2010 | Pulse · as Hannah Carter |
| 2010 | Terry Pratchett's Going Postal · as Adora Belle Dearheart |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales · as Woman |
| 2008 | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year · as Amy Dorrit |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit · as Amy Dorrit |
| 2008 | Being Human · as Julia |
| 2004 | |
| 2000 | Doctors · as Chloe Webster |
| 2025 | H Is for Hawk · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | A Very British Scandal · as Executive Producer |