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Claire Foy
Actor, ProducerBorn April 16, 1984 (41 years)
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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Claire Foy Filmography
| 2026 | The Magic Faraway Tree · as Polly Thompson |
| 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 (TV Series) · 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 | |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Queen Elizabeth Ii |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van · as Lois, Social Worker |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall (TV Series) · as Anne Boleyn |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night · as Narrator |
| 2014 | The Great War: The People's Story (TV Series) · as Helen Bentwich |
| 2014 | Crossbones (TV Series) · as Kate Balfour |
| 2014 | Vampire Academy · as Sonya Karp |
| 2012 | White Heat (TV Series) · as Charlotte |
| 2012 | Hacks · as Kate Loy |
| 2011 | Wreckers · as Dawn |
| 2011 | The Night Watch · as Helen Giniver |
| 2011 | The Promise (TV Series) · as Erin Matthews |
| 2011 | Season of the Witch · as The Girl |
| 2010 | Upstairs Downstairs (2010) (TV Series) · as Lady Persephone Towyn |
| 2010 | Pulse · as Hannah Carter |
| 2010 | Pulse (TV Series) · as Hannah Carter |
| 2010 | Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (TV Series) · as Adora Belle Dearheart |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales (TV Series) · as Woman |
| 2008 | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year · as Amy Dorrit |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit (TV Series) · as Amy Dorrit |
| 2008 | Being Human (TV Series) · as Julia |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Chloe Webster |
| 2024 | Doctors: A Celebration · as Self |
| 2023 | The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2023 | The 28th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | The Drew Barrymore Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2019 | The 24th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2019 | 2019 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2018 | The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter & Winner |
| 2018 | GQ Presents: Iconic Characters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2018 | 75th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2017 | The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2017 | The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2017 | The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 · as Self - Winner |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Sunday Today with Willie Geist (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | Chelsea (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Variety: Actors on Actors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Kino+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Attack of the Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2025 | H Is for Hawk · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | A Very British Scandal (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |