Samantha Morton

Known for ActingBorn 1977-05-13 (age 49)Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Samantha Jane Morton (born 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 1991. She appeared in the ITV series Band of Gold (1995–1996) and the BBC miniseries The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (1997). Morton's early film roles include Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997), and Under the Skin (1997). She received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown(1999) and the other for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan's In America (2003). Other notable film credits include Morvern Callar (2002), Minority Report (2002), The Libertine (2004), Control(2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Messenger (2009), John Carter (2012), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and The Whale (2022). For her portrayal of Myra Hindley in the Channel 4 and HBO film Longford (2006), she received a Primetime Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award nominations. Morton made her directorial debut with the television film The Unloved (2009), which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama. She has starred in various programmes, such as The Last Panthers (2015), Rillington Place (2016), Harlots (2017–2019), The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and The Serpent Queen (2022–2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Samantha Morton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

The Frame

Max & Ruby's Christmas

Dead Talk Live

The Walking Dead

Max & Ruby's Halloween

The Whale

Her

Would I Lie to You?

Two for Joy

Synecdoche, New York

The Serpent Queen

Control

Harlots

The Last Yellow

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

Rillington Place

She Said

Minority Report

The Graham Norton Show

In America

Tales of the Walking Dead

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

Jane Eyre

The Burning Girls

2073

The Unloved

The Messenger

Sweet and Lowdown

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Morvern Callar

Soldier Soldier

Mister Lonely

Longford

Emma

Max & Ruby

The Oscars

Cracker

John Carter

Lassie

The Future Lasts A Long Time

Peak Practice

Save the Cinema

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Anemone

Code 46

Jesus' Son

Citizens of Cosmopolis