Sally Hawkins

Known for ActingBorn 1976-04-27 (age 50)London, England, UK

Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress of stage and screen. She began her career on stage and then moved into film, for which she has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she started her career as 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 an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to play lead roles in Made in Dagenham (2010), Paddington (2014), Maudie (2016), and Paddington 2 (2017). She appeared in Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Wonka (2023). For starring as Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaning woman in the fantasy film The Shape of Water (2017), she earned critical acclaim. She 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. In 2025, Hawkins appeared in Bring Her Back, an Australian supernatural horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sally Hawkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

The One and Only Mike Leigh

Maudie

Desert Flower

Paddington 2

Bring Her Back

The Hollow Crown

A Boy Called Christmas

Submarine

The Phone Call

The Shape of Water

Kensuke's Kingdom

Jane Eyre

Persuasion

Conan

Wonka

Man to Man with Dean Learner

Fingersmith

Vera Drake

Paddington

All or Nothing

Blue Jasmine

The Smeds and the Smoos

Promoted to Glory

The Phantom of the Open

An Education

Layer Cake

Stick Man

Never Let Me Go

Tipping the Velvet

Spencer

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

X+Y

Room on the Broom

Made in Dagenham

The Snail and the Whale

The Lost King

Happy-Go-Lucky

The Double

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

HG Wells: War with the World

Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart

Great Expectations

Godzilla

Eternal Beauty

Cassandra's Dream

Casualty

Love Birds

Happy Ever Afters