Claire Foy
Known For
Acting
Born
1984-04-16 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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.
Most Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The Crown
as Queen Elizabeth II
The Crown
as Young Elizabeth / Young Queen Elizabeth II
The Crown
as Young Queen Elizabeth II (archive footage)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Wolf Hall
as Anne Boleyn
Who Do You Think You Are?
First Man
as Janet Shearon
The Girl in the Spider's Web
as Lisbeth Salander
Vampire Academy
as Sonya Karp
Season of the Witch
as The Girl
Upstairs Downstairs
as Lady Persephone Towyn
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
as Self