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    Sally Hawkins

    1976-04-27 (48 years old) in London, England, UK

    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 the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Actress, with nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, 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 a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to play the lead role in Made in Dagenham (2010), Paddington (2014), Maudie (2016), and Paddington 2 (2017), and appeared in Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). For starring as a mute cleaning woman in the romantic fantasy film The Shape of Water (2017), she earned 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.

    Movies

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    Kensuke's Kingdom
    67 %|Feb 7, 2024
    Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family
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    Wonka
    71.16 %|Dec 6, 2023
    Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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    The Smeds and the Smoos
    65 %|Feb 24, 2023
    Animation, Family
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    The Lost King
    65.17 %|Oct 7, 2022
    Comedy, Drama, History
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    The Phantom of the Open
    67 %|Mar 18, 2022
    Drama, Comedy
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    A Boy Called Christmas
    74 %|Nov 24, 2021
    Family, Adventure, Fantasy
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    Spencer
    68 %|Nov 4, 2021
    Drama, History
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    The Snail and the Whale
    63 %|Oct 21, 2020
    Animation, Family
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    Eternal Beauty
    61 %|Aug 21, 2020
    Comedy, Drama
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    Godzilla: King of the Monsters
    67.02 %|May 29, 2019
    Science Fiction, Action
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    The Shape of Water
    72.46000000000001 %|Dec 1, 2017
    Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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    Paddington 2
    75 %|Nov 9, 2017
    Adventure, Comedy, Family
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    Maudie
    78 %|Jun 16, 2016
    Drama, Romance
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    Stick Man
    68 %|Dec 7, 2015
    Animation, Family
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    Paddington
    71 %|Nov 24, 2014
    Comedy, Adventure, Family
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    The One and Only Mike Leigh
    90 %|Nov 24, 2014
    Documentary
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    Godzilla: Force of Nature
    78 %|Sep 16, 2014
    Documentary
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    Godzilla
    63.410000000000004 %|May 14, 2014
    Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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    The Double
    65.14999999999999 %|Apr 3, 2014
    Thriller, Drama
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    X+Y
    66.92 %|Mar 13, 2014
    Drama
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    The Phone Call
    73 %|Oct 20, 2013
    Drama
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    All is Bright
    54 %|Sep 10, 2013
    Comedy, Drama
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    Blue Jasmine
    69.93 %|Aug 1, 2013
    Drama
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    Room on the Broom
    64.95 %|Dec 25, 2012
    Family, Animation
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    Great Expectations
    64 %|Nov 30, 2012
    Drama, Romance
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    Submarine
    73.8 %|Mar 18, 2011
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    Jane Eyre
    72 %|Mar 11, 2011
    Drama, Romance
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    Love Birds
    59 %|Feb 24, 2011
    Comedy, Romance
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    Made in Dagenham
    67 %|Oct 1, 2010
    Comedy, Drama, History
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    It's a Wonderful Afterlife
    46 %|May 7, 2010
    Comedy, Romance
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    Never Let Me Go
    68 %|Mar 18, 2010
    Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
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    An Education
    69.38 %|Oct 29, 2009
    Drama, Romance
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    Happy Ever Afters
    55 %|Oct 9, 2009
    Romance, Comedy
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    Desert Flower
    75.5 %|Sep 24, 2009
    Drama
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    Happy-Go-Lucky
    66 %|Apr 18, 2008
    Comedy, Drama
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    Cassandra's Dream
    63 %|Oct 31, 2007
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Vera Drake
    71.77 %|Oct 22, 2004
    Drama
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    The Semplica Girl Diaries
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Comedy, Drama
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    WΔZ
    55.03 %|May 19, 2007
    Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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    Persuasion
    73 %|Apr 1, 2007
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    The Painted Veil
    72.45 %|Dec 9, 2006
    Romance, Drama
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    HG Wells: War with the World
    65 %|Sep 30, 2006
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Hollow China
    0 %|Mar 15, 2006
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    Layer Cake
    69.25 %|Sep 30, 2004
    Drama, Thriller, Crime
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    The Young Visiters
    51 %|Dec 26, 2003
    TV Movie, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
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    Promoted to Glory
    0 %|Dec 21, 2003
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Byron
    50 %|Sep 27, 2003
    Drama, Romance, History, TV Movie
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    All or Nothing
    70.31 %|May 17, 2002
    Drama
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    Bring Her Back
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Horror
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    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    65.55 %|May 19, 1999
    Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

    Series

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    Mammals
    57 %|Nov 11, 2022
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Hollow Crown
    74 %|Jun 30, 2012
    Drama,
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    Honest Trailers
    63 %|Feb 13, 2012
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    Conan
    70 %|Nov 8, 2010
    Talk, Comedy, News
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    Fingersmith
    73 %|Mar 27, 2005
    Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    Jimmy Kimmel Live!
    55 %|Jan 26, 2003
    Talk, Comedy
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    Byron
    50 %|Jan 1, 2003
    Drama
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    Tipping the Velvet
    68 %|Dec 9, 2002
    Drama
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    Doctors
    46 %|Mar 27, 2000
    Soap, Drama, Comedy, Reality
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    Casualty
    59.94 %|Sep 6, 1986
    Drama