Claire Foy
Born: 1984-04-16 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, and made her screen debut in the pilot of the supernatural comedy series Being Human, in 2008. Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries Little Dorrit (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015). Foy was educated at Aylesbury High School from the age of 12 and later attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama. She graduated in 2007 and moved to London's Peckham district to share a house with five friends from drama school. While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue, and Touched. After appearing on television, she made her professional stage debut in DNA and The Miracle, two of a trio of single acts directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London (the third was Baby Girl). Foy gained international recognition for portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy, among other awards. In 2018, she starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man. For the latter role, she was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia Claire Foy licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- The Magic Faraway Tree as Polly Thompson
- Savage House as Lady Savage
2025
- H Is for Hawk as Helen Macdonald
2024
2023
- All of Us Strangers as Mum
- Mog's Christmas as Mrs. Thomas (voice)
- Children of the Taliban as Narrator
2022
- Women Talking as Salome
2021
- The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Emily Wain
- A Very British Scandal as Margaret Campbell
- My Son as Joan Richmond
- Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel as Self
2020
- Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
- Lungs as W
2018
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- First Man as Janet Shearon
- Unsane as Sawyer Valentini
- The Girl in the Spider's Web as Lisbeth Salander
2017
- Breathe as Diana Cavendish
2016
- The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Wolf Hall as Anne Boleyn
- The Lady in the Van as Lois, Social Worker
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Vampire Academy as Sonya Karp
- Crossbones as Kate Balfour
- The Great War: The People's Story as Helen Bentwich
- Rosewater as Paola
- Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night as Narrator
2012
- White Heat as Charlotte
- Hacks as Kate Loy
2011
- Season of the Witch as The Girl
- The Promise as Erin Matthews
- The Night Watch as Helen Giniver
- Wreckers as Dawn
2010
- Upstairs Downstairs as Lady Persephone Towyn
- Going Postal as Adora Belle Dearheart
- Pulse as Hannah Carter
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 10 Minute Tales as Woman
2008
- Little Dorrit as Amy Dorrit
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host