Samantha Morton

Born: 1977-05-13 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Known For: Acting

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

2026

The Odyssey

2025

Anemone as Nessa

2024

2073 as Ghost

2023

The Burning Girls as Reverend Jack Brooks

2022

The Whale as Mary
The Serpent Queen as Catherine de Medici
She Said as Zelda Perkins
Tales of the Walking Dead as Dee
Save the Cinema as Liz Evans

2020

Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest

2019

I Am... as Kirsty

2018

Two for Joy as Aisha

2017

Harlots as Margaret Wells

2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Mary Lou Barebone
Rillington Place as Ethel Christie
Artists in Love as Host

2015

The Harvest as Katherine
The Last Panthers as Naomi
Cider with Rosie as Annie Lee

2014

Miss Julie as Kathleen
Decoding Annie Parker as Annie Parker

2013

Her ... (Associate Producer)
The Frame as Maria Gonzales
Angels & Ghosts as Amber Crick (voice)

2008

Mister Lonely as Marilyn Monroe
Synecdoche, New York as Hazel
The Daisy Chain as Martha Conroy

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self
Would I Lie to You? as Self
Control as Debbie Curtis
Expired as Claire Barney
Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Mary, Queen of Scots
Max & Ruby - A Merry Bunny Christmas as Ruby

2006

Longford as Myra Hindley

2005

River Queen as Sarah O'Brien
Lassie as Sarah Carraclough
Max & Ruby's Halloween as Ruby (voice)

2004

The Libertine as Elizabeth Barry
Enduring Love as Claire
Max & Ruby's Christmas as Ruby (voice)

2003

Code 46 as Maria Gonzales
In America as Sarah

2002

Max and Ruby as Ruby
Minority Report as Agatha
V Graham Norton as Self
Morvern Callar as Morvern Callar
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2001

Eden as Sam
Pandaemonium as Sara Coleridge

2000

Jesus' Son as Michelle

1999

Sweet and Lowdown as Hattie
The Last Yellow as Jackie
Dreaming of Joseph Lees as Eva

1997

The View as Self
Jane Eyre as Jane Eyre
Under the Skin as Iris Kelly
This Is the Sea as Hazel Stokes
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Sophie Western

1996

Emma as Harriet Smith
The Future Lasts A Long Time as May

1995

Band of Gold as Tracy Richards

1993

Peak Practice as Abbey / Pauline Jones
Cracker as Joanne Barnes
The Token King as Vicky Hooper

1991

Soldier Soldier as Clare Anderson

1953

The Oscars as Self