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Sally Hawkins

Actor, ProducerBorn April 27, 1976 (49 years)
Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress who began her career on stage and then moved into film. She has received several awards, including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she became 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 a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to play lead roles in Made in Dagenham (2010), Paddington (2014), Maudie (2016), and Paddington 2 (2017), and appeared in Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Wonka (2023). For starring Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaning woman in the fantasy film The Shape of Water (2017), she earned critical acclaim and 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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Submarine
  • Cassandra's Dream
  • A Brilliant Young Mind
  • All Is Bright
  • Eternal Beauty
  • It's a Wonderful Afterlife
  • Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart

Known For

  • The Shape of Water
  • Blue Jasmine
  • Godzilla
  • Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Paddington 2
  • Paddington
  • Bring Her Back
  • Layer Cake
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters
  • Maudie
  • Jane Eyre
  • Never Let Me Go
  • Submarine
  • Persuasion
  • Made in Dagenham
  • Cassandra's Dream
  • A Brilliant Young Mind
  • Fingersmith
  • The Lost King
  • Vera Drake
  • Desert Flower
  • Spencer
  • A Boy Called Christmas
  • Cordelia

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Bring Her Back · as Laura
    2023
    Wonka · as Willy's Mother
    2023
    Kensuke's Kingdom · as Mum (voice)
    2022
    The Smeds and the Smoos · as Narrator (voice)
    2022
    Mammals (TV Series) · as Lue
    2022
    The Lost King · as Philippa Langley
    2021
    A Boy Called Christmas · as Mother Vodol
    2021
    Spencer · as Maggie
    2021
    The Phantom of the Open · as Jean Flitcroft
    2019
    2019
    The Snail and the Whale · as Snail (voice)
    2019
    Godzilla: King of the Monsters · as Dr. Vivienne Graham
    2017
    The Shape of Water · as Elisa Esposito
    2017
    Paddington 2 · as Mary Brown
    2016
    2016
    Maudie · as Maud Lewis
    2015
    Stick Man · as Stick Lady & Others (voice)
    2014
    Paddington · as Mary Brown
    2014
    Godzilla · as Dr. Vivienne Graham
    2014
    2014
    How and Why · as Yvonne Hesselman
    2013
    The Double · as Receptionist At Ball
    2013
    The Phone Call · as Heather
    2013
    2013
    Blue Jasmine · as Ginger
    2012
    Room on the Broom · as Bird (voice)
    2012
    Great Expectations · as Mrs. Joe
    2012
    The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Eleanor
    2012
    Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Willy Wonka's Mother / Mary Brown (archive Footage)
    2011
    Jane Eyre · as Mrs. Reed
    2011
    Love Birds · as Holly
    2010
    Submarine · as Jill Tate
    2010
    Little Crackers (TV Series) · as Mummy
    2010
    Never Let Me Go · as Miss Lucy
    2010
    Made in Dagenham · as Rita O'grady
    2010
    2009
    An Education · as Sarah Goldman
    2009
    Happy Ever Afters · as Maura
    2009
    Desert Flower · as Marylin
    2008
    Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold · as Anne Elliot
    2008
    Happy-Go-Lucky · as Poppy Cross
    2007
    2007
    The Killing Gene · as Elly Carpenter
    2007
    Persuasion · as Anne Elliot
    2006
    The Painted Veil · as (credited But Deleted)
    2006
    Man to Man with Dean Learner (TV Series) · as Documentarienne
    2006
    HG Wells' War with the World · as Rebecca West
    2006
    2005
    2005
    Fingersmith (TV Series) · as Sue Trinder
    2005
    Buried Alive · as Cast
    2004
    Vera Drake · as Susan Wells
    2004
    Layer Cake · as Slasher
    2003
    The Young Visiters · as Rosalind
    2003
    2003
    Byron · as Mary Shelley
    2003
    Little Britain (TV Series) · as Cathy
    2003
    Byron (TV Series) · as Mary Shelley
    2002
    All or Nothing · as Samantha
    2002
    Tipping the Velvet (TV Series) · as Zena Blake
    2000
    Doctors (TV Series) · as Sarah Carne
    1999
    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace · as Bystander (uncredited)
    1986
    Casualty (TV Series) · as Emma Lister

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