Claire Foy
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 lea
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.
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Born
Apr 16, 1984
Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Movies
29 acting
2 crew
Popularity
1.9
Known For
First Man
2018
as Janet Shearon
Vampire Academy
2014
as Sonya Karp
All of Us Strangers
2023
as Mum
Season of the Witch
2011
as The Girl
The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
as Lisbeth Salander
Unsane
2018
as Sawyer Valentini
Breathe
2017
as Diana Cavendish
Women Talking
2022
as Salome
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Emily Wain
My Son
2021
as Joan Richmond
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