Sally Hawkins
Acting • Born 1976-04-27
Biography
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.
Filmography
65 credits
Happy-Go-Lucky
Movie • 2008
Poppy Cross
Wonka
Movie • 2023
Willy's Mother
Cassandra's Dream
Movie • 2007
Kate
Vera Drake
Movie • 2004
Susan Wells
The Semplica Girl Diaries
Movie
An Education
Movie • 2009
Sarah Goldman
All or Nothing
Movie • 2002
Samantha
Desert Flower
Movie • 2009
Marylin
Persuasion
Movie • 2007
Anne Elliot
Never Let Me Go
Movie • 2010
Miss Lucy
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Movie • 2010
Linda / Gitali
WΔZ
Movie • 2007
Elly Carpenter
The Lost King
Movie • 2022
Philippa Langley
Happy Ever Afters
Movie • 2009
Maura
Jane Eyre
Movie • 2011
Mrs. Reed
Made in Dagenham
Movie • 2010
Rita O'Grady
Submarine
Movie • 2011
Jill Tate
HG Wells: War with the World
Movie • 2006
Rebecca West
Love Birds
Movie • 2011
Holly
The Young Visiters
Movie • 2003
Rosalind
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Movie • 2006
Nathalie Winter
Byron
Movie • 2003
Mary Shelley
Great Expectations
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Joe
Godzilla
Movie • 2014
Dr. Vivienne Graham
Room on the Broom
Movie • 2012
Bird (voice)
Paddington
Movie • 2014
Mary Brown
Blue Jasmine
Movie • 2013
Ginger
All Is Bright
Movie • 2013
Olga
The Phone Call
Movie • 2013
Heather
Hollow China
Movie • 2006
Terri
Layer Cake
Movie • 2004
Slasher
X+Y
Movie • 2014
Julie Ellis
Spencer
Movie • 2021
Maggie
The Double
Movie • 2014
Receptionist at Ball
The Smeds and the Smoos
Movie • 2023
Narrator (voice)
Paddington 2
Movie • 2017
Mary Brown
Maudie
Movie • 2016
Maud Lewis
Bring Her Back
Movie • 2025
Laura
Stick Man
Movie • 2015
Stick Lady & Others (voice)
The Shape of Water
Movie • 2017
Elisa Esposito
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Movie • 2014
Self
Promoted to Glory
Movie • 2003
Lisa
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie • 2019
Dr. Vivienne Graham
Eternal Beauty
Movie • 2020
Jane
Kensuke's Kingdom
Movie • 2024
Mum (voice)
A Boy Called Christmas
Movie • 2021
Mother Vodol
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie • 1999
Bystander (uncredited)
The Snail and the Whale
Movie • 2020
Snail (voice)
The Phantom of the Open
Movie • 2022
Jean Flitcroft
Pretend I'm Not Here
Movie
Marie
How and Why
Movie
Yvonne Hesselman
Eloise
Movie
Conan
TV • 2010
Self - Guest
Fingersmith
TV • 2005
Sue Trinder
Casualty
TV • 1986
Emma Lister
Byron
TV • 2003
Mary Shelley
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky
TV • 2005
Ella
Doctors
TV • 2000
Sarah Carne
Tipping the Velvet
TV • 2002
Zena Blake
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Hollow Crown
TV • 2012
Eleanor
Mammals
TV • 2022
Lue
Man to Man with Dean Learner
TV • 2006
Marie Pising
Man to Man with Dean Learner
TV • 2006
Susan (voice)
Man to Man with Dean Learner
TV • 2006
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