Samantha Morton
Acting • Born 1977-05-13
Biography
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.
Filmography
74 credits
Minority Report
Movie • 2002
Agatha
In America
Movie • 2003
Sarah
Code 46
Movie • 2003
Maria Gonzales
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Movie • 2007
Mary, Queen of Scots
Max & Ruby's Christmas
Movie • 2004
Ruby (voice)
Max & Ruby - A Merry Bunny Christmas
Movie • 2007
Ruby
Synecdoche, New York
Movie • 2008
Hazel
Control
Movie • 2007
Debbie Curtis
River Queen
Movie • 2005
Sarah O'Brien
Jesus' Son
Movie • 2000
Michelle
Emma
Movie • 1996
Harriet Smith
Enduring Love
Movie • 2004
Claire
Sweet and Lowdown
Movie • 1999
Hattie
The Messenger
Movie • 2009
Olivia Pitterson
Pandaemonium
Movie • 2001
Sara Coleridge
Longford
Movie • 2006
Myra Hindley
Lassie
Movie • 2005
Sarah Carraclough
The Daisy Chain
Movie • 2008
Martha Conroy
Mister Lonely
Movie • 2008
Marilyn Monroe
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1997
Jane Eyre
This Is the Sea
Movie • 1997
Hazel Stokes
Cosmopolis
Movie • 2012
Vija Kinsky
Morvern Callar
Movie • 2002
Morvern Callar
John Carter
Movie • 2012
Sola
Expired
Movie • 2007
Claire Barney
Miliband of Brothers
Movie • 2010
Self - Narrator
Under the Skin
Movie • 1997
Iris Kelly
Eden
Movie • 2001
Sam
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Movie • 1999
Eva
She Said
Movie • 2022
Zelda Perkins
Decoding Annie Parker
Movie • 2014
Annie Parker
Miss Julie
Movie • 2014
Kathleen
The Harvest
Movie • 2015
Katherine
The Libertine
Movie • 2004
Elizabeth Barry
Cider with Rosie
Movie • 2015
Annie Lee
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Movie • 2016
Mary Lou Barebone
The Entertainment System Is Down
Movie
2073
Movie • 2024
Ghost
Two for Joy
Movie • 2018
Aisha
Angels & Ghosts
Movie • 2013
Amber Crick (voice)
Citizens of Cosmopolis
Movie • 2012
Self
The Future Lasts A Long Time
Movie • 1996
May
Save the Cinema
Movie • 2022
Liz Evans
The Last Yellow
Movie • 1999
Jackie
The Whale
Movie • 2022
Mary
Anemone
Movie • 2025
Nessa
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
Movie • 2009
Self
The Token King
Movie • 1993
Vicky Hooper
Max & Ruby's Halloween
Movie • 2005
Ruby (voice)
The Odyssey
Movie • 2026
Cracker
TV • 1993
Joanne Barnes
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TV • 1997
Sophie Western
Max & Ruby
TV • 2002
Ruby
The Serpent Queen
TV • 2022
Catherine de Medici
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Abbey / Pauline Jones
The Last Panthers
TV • 2015
Naomi
Artists in Love
TV • 2016
Host
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Harlots
TV • 2017
Margaret Wells
Rillington Place
TV • 2016
Ethel Christie
The Burning Girls
TV • 2023
Reverend Jack Brooks
Tales of the Walking Dead
TV • 2022
Dee
The Frame
TV • 2013
Maria Gonzales
The Frame
TV • 2013
Vija Kinsky
The Walking Dead
TV • 2010
Alpha
Dead Talk Live
TV • 2020
Self - Guest
토끼네 집으로 오세요
TV • 2002
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Clare Anderson
I Am...
TV • 2019
Kirsty
Band of Gold
TV • 1995
Tracy Richards