Actor
Claire Foy
April 16, 1984 · Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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.
Notable work
7First Man (2018)
as Janet Shearon
5.5Season of the Witch (2011)
as The Girl
8.2The Crown (2016)
as Queen Elizabeth II and as Young Elizabeth / Young Queen Elizabeth II and as Young Queen Elizabeth II (archive footage)
6.3Vampire Academy (2014)
as Sonya Karp
6.3Unsane (2018)
as Sawyer Valentini
6.2The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
as Lisbeth Salander
7.4All of Us Strangers (2023)
as Mum
6.4The Lady in the Van (2015)
as Lois, Social Worker
7.4Breathe (2017)
as Diana Cavendish
6.8Women Talking (2022)
as Salome
6.9The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
as Emily Wain
6.2My Son (2021)
as Joan Richmond
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