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 Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is the eldest of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus Fiennes, a musician; Sophie Fiennes, a producer; and Joseph Fiennes, an actor. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish origin.A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes first worked on screen in 1990 and then made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Emily Bront?'s Wuthering Heights (1992), opposite Juliette Binoche. 1993 was his "breakout year". He had a major role in the controversial Peter Greenaway film The Baby of Macon (1993), with Julia Ormond, which was poorly received. Later that year he became known internationally for portraying the amoral Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993). For this he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He did not win, but did win the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for the role, as well as Best Supporting Actor honors from numerous critics groups, including the National Society of Film Critics, and the New York, Chicago, Boston, and London Film Critics associations. His portrayal as G?th also earned him a spot on the American Film Institute's list of Top 50 Film Villains. To look suitable to represent Goeth, Fiennes gained weight, but he managed to shed it afterwards. In 1994, he portrayed American academic Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show (1994). In 1996, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Count Alm��sy the World War II epic romance, and another Best Picture winner, Anthony Minghella's The English Patient (1996), in which he starred with Kristin Scott Thomas. He also received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, as well as two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nominations, one for Best Actor and another shared with the film's ensemble cast.Since then, Fiennes has been in a number of notable films, including Strange Days (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), the animated The Prince of Egypt (1998), Istv��n Szab��'s Sunshine (1999), Neil Jordan-directed films The End of the Affair (1999) and The Good Thief (2002), Red Dragon (2002), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), co-starring Kate Winslet, Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar?-winning The Hurt Locker (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Mike Newell's screen adaptation of Charles Dickens'Great Expectations (2012), with Helena Bonham Carter and Jeremy Irvine, and Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).He is also known for his roles in major film franchises such as the Harry Potter film series (2005-2011), in which he played the evil Lord Voldemort. His nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin played Tom Riddle, the young Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009). Ralph also appears in the James Bond series, in which he has played M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall (2012).In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy political thriller Coriolanus (2011), in which he also played the title character, opposite Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave. Fiennes has won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway.In 2015, Fiennes played a music producer in Luca Guadagnino's A Bigger Splash (2015), starring opposite Tilda Swinton and Matthias Schoenaerts, and in 2016, Fiennes starred in Joel and Ethan Coen's Hail, Caesar! (2016).Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK.
Bio:
Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is the eldest of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus Fiennes, a musician; Sophie Fiennes, a producer; and Joseph Fiennes, an actor. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish origin.A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes first worked on screen in 1990 and then made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Emily Bront?'s Wuthering Heights (1992), opposite Juliette Binoche. 1993 was his "breakout year". He had a major role in the controversial Peter Greenaway film The Baby of Macon (1993), with Julia Ormond, which was poorly received. Later that year he became known internationally for portraying the amoral Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993). For this he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He did not win, but did win the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for the role, as well as Best Supporting Actor honors from numerous critics groups, including the National Society of Film Critics, and the New York, Chicago, Boston, and London Film Critics associations. His portrayal as G?th also earned him a spot on the American Film Institute's list of Top 50 Film Villains. To look suitable to represent Goeth, Fiennes gained weight, but he managed to shed it afterwards. In 1994, he portrayed American academic Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show (1994). In 1996, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Count Alm��sy the World War II epic romance, and another Best Picture winner, Anthony Minghella's The English Patient (1996), in which he starred with Kristin Scott Thomas. He also received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, as well as two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nominations, one for Best Actor and another shared with the film's ensemble cast.Since then, Fiennes has been in a number of notable films, including Strange Days (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), the animated The Prince of Egypt (1998), Istv��n Szab��'s Sunshine (1999), Neil Jordan-directed films The End of the Affair (1999) and The Good Thief (2002), Red Dragon (2002), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), co-starring Kate Winslet, Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar?-winning The Hurt Locker (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Mike Newell's screen adaptation of Charles Dickens'Great Expectations (2012), with Helena Bonham Carter and Jeremy Irvine, and Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).He is also known for his roles in major film franchises such as the Harry Potter film series (2005-2011), in which he played the evil Lord Voldemort. His nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin played Tom Riddle, the young Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009). Ralph also appears in the James Bond series, in which he has played M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall (2012).In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy political thriller Coriolanus (2011), in which he also played the title character, opposite Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave. Fiennes has won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway.In 2015, Fiennes played a music producer in Luca Guadagnino's A Bigger Splash (2015), starring opposite Tilda Swinton and Matthias Schoenaerts, and in 2016, Fiennes starred in Joel and Ethan Coen's Hail, Caesar! (2016).Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK.
Tivia:
8th cousin of King Charles III.When he noticed that children watching the filming were scared of him as "Lord Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), he knew he had the character right.His nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, played the 11-year-old version of his character Tom Riddle a.k.a. "Lord Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).Fiennes was reluctant to take the role of Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). In a television interview on AMC's Shootout (2003) (November 20, 2005), he claimed to have been unimpressed with the previous three Harry Potter films. Fiennes was apparently nonplussed at the idea of appearing in the fourth film of a series and stated that he had "never bought into [the] world" of Harry Potter. Family members urged him to take the role while other friends counseled against it. He eventually changed his mind after Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell showed Fiennes preproduction conceptions of what the character of Voldemort might look like: "The little kid in me that likes to dress up and be bad went 'Yeah! I want to do it!'".Filmed his role as Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) in only two days.Friends with Liam Neeson and the late Natasha Richardson.Was considered for the role of James Bond years before being cast as Gareth Mallory in Skyfall (2012).Of the roughly one dozen actors to play "Hamlet" on Broadway, he is the first to win a Tony Award for doing so, in the 1995 Almeida Theatre production directed by Jonathan Kent.His performance as Amon Goeth from his film Schindler's List (1993) was ranked #15 on the American Film Institute's Villains list in their compilation of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.His tattoo in Red Dragon (2002) took eight hours to apply.As of 2015, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Schindler's List (1993), Quiz Show (1994), The English Patient (1996), The Reader (2008), The Hurt Locker (2008) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Of those, Schindler's List (1993), The English Patient (1996) and The Hurt Locker (2008) are winners in the category.His performance as "Amon Goeth" in Schindler's List (1993) is ranked #61 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).Gained several pounds of muscle for his role in Red Dragon (2002).An Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).4th cousin of Lord Saye & Sele, owner of Broughton Castle, which appears in Shakespeare in Love (1998) as Viola's house.He has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Many of his recent ancestors lived in India, during the British colonial period. His maternal grandparents were born in Bengal and Madras, respectively. He has said that his surname, "Fiennes," is of Norman origin.Name rhymes with "Safe Signs".Is the oldest of 6 children - younger siblings; Martha Fiennes (b. 1964), Magnus Fiennes (b. 1965), Sophie Fiennes (b. 1967) and Jacob Mark Fiennes & Joseph Fiennes (b. 27 May 1970). He also has a foster brother, Michael Emery (b. 31 December 1952) who has been with the family since he was 11.When appearing on Inside the Actors Studio (1994), Julianne Moore named him as her favorite leading man. They appeared together in The End of the Affair (1999).Has shared two roles with Peter O'Toole. They have both played Hamlet on stage, and both played T.E. Lawrence.Has appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) with Gary Oldman. Both of them have played villains in the Hannibal Lecter films: Fiennes played Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon (2002), and Oldman played Mason Verger in Hannibal (2001).He was considered for the title role in Batman Forever (1995) before Val Kilmer was cast.He was considered for the role of Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code (2006), which went to Tom Hanks.On 3 March 2001, he received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. Past recipients include Mel Gibson, Patrick Stewart, Lynn Redgrave, Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline.Has appeared in three Best Picture winners (Schindler's List (1993), The English Patient (1996) and The Hurt Locker (2008)), and a Best Animated Feature winner (The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)).He has worked with 7 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford, Kathryn Bigelow, Anthony Minghella, Sam Mendes, and Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.His uncle, Nicholas Lash, is a former priest and Cambridge theology professor, and his great-uncle, Dom Patrick Moore, is a Benedictine monk.Makes a 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it', appearance in the video for Robert Palmer"s 1992, hit single, "Every Kinda' People".He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Schindler's List (1993) and The Hurt Locker (2008).He and his brother, Joseph Fiennes, have both worked with Cate Blanchett (Oscar and Lucinda (1997) and Elizabeth (1998)), Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener (2005) and Enemy at the Gates (2001)) and Liv Tyler (Onegin (1999) and Stealing Beauty (1996)).Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#33). (1995)The Hurt Locker (2008) marks the third best picture Oscar winning film that Ralph Fiennes has co-starred in. In addition, the other two, Schindler's List (1993); Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee) and The English Patient (1996); Best Actor Oscar nominee), were also dramas set during wartime.He was considered for the role of Simon Templar in The Saint (1997), which went to Val Kilmer.Has starred in 3 films with good friend Kristin Scott Thomas: The English Patient (1996), Chromophobia (2005) and The Invisible Woman (2013).Won the 1995 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Hamlet" and was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Faith Healer".Stars in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" as Mark Antony at London's Barbican Centre, in a production by Deborah Warner with Fiona Shaw (Calpurnia) and John Shrapnel (Caesar). The production will be on tour to France and Spain later this year with the same cast. (April 2005)Appeared in three movies with Tilda Swinton: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), A Bigger Splash (2015) and Hail, Caesar! (2016).New York, NY: It was announced that he, as well as Cate Blanchett, will be honored by gala tributes (separately) in October by the Film Society of Lincoln Center during its annual film festival. (August 2013)(1995 - 2006) Partner Francesca Annis.He and his The End of the Affair (1999) co-star Julianne Moore have acted in separate Hannibal Lecter films: he in Red Dragon (2002) and she in Hannibal (2001).Belgrade (Serbia), sightseeing locations for filming "Coriolanus", Shakespeare play set in modern time. (August 2008)Has appeared twice on the cover of GQ magazine: August '94 and July '98.Broke up with Francesca Annis [February 7, 2006].He was a guest of a Belgrade Film Festival - FEST 2009.Ranked #34 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. (October 1997)Currently appearing in the title role of Brian Friel's "Faith Healer", at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. The revival co-stars 'Cherry Jones' and Ian McDiarmid, who won a Tony for best supporting actor. Ralph received a Tony nomination. (June 2006)Was friends with Alan Rickman.Appearing in the London West End production of Oedipus as the title character (October 2008)London, UK: Playing lead role of Prospero in Trevor Nunn's production of The Tempest at the Royal Haymarket Theatre. (August 2011) |
| Name: |
Ralph Fiennes |
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Actor,Director,Producer (IMDB) |
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All World |
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Actor,Director,Producer |
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| Model rank: |
96 |
| Last update: |
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| Height: |
5' 11' (1.80 m) |
| Biography: |
Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is the eldest of six children. Four of his siblings are also in |
| Trivia: |
8th cousin of King Charles III.When he noticed that children watching the filming were scared of him as "Lord Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), he knew he had the character right.His nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, played the 11-year-old version of his character Tom Riddle a.k.a. "Lord Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).Fiennes was reluctant to take the role of Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). In a television interview on AMC's Shootout (2003) (November 20, 2005), he claimed to have been unimpressed with the previous three Harry Potter films. Fiennes was apparently nonplussed at the idea of appearing in the fourth film of a series and stated that he had "never bought into [the] world" of Harry Potter. Family members urged him to take the role while other friends counseled against it. He eventually changed his mind after Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell showed Fiennes preproduction conceptions of what the character of Voldemort might look like: "The little kid in me that likes to dress up and be bad went 'Yeah! I want to do it!'".Filmed his role as Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) in only two days.Friends with Liam Neeson and the late Natasha Richardson.Was considered for the role of James Bond years before being cast as Gareth Mallory in Skyfall (2012).Of the roughly one dozen actors to play "Hamlet" on Broadway, he is the first to win a Tony Award for doing so, in the 1995 Almeida Theatre production directed by Jonathan Kent.His performance as Amon Goeth from his film Schindler's List (1993) was ranked #15 on the American Film Institute's Villains list in their compilation of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.His tattoo in Red Dragon (2002) took eight hours to apply.As of 2015, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Schindler's List (1993), Quiz Show (1994), The English Patient (1996), The Reader (2008), The Hurt Locker (2008) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Of those, Schindler's List (1993), The English Patient (1996) and The Hurt Locker (2008) are winners in the category.His performance as "Amon Goeth" in Schindler's List (1993) is ranked #61 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).Gained several pounds of muscle for his role in Red Dragon (2002).An Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).4th cousin of Lord Saye & Sele, owner of Broughton Castle, which appears in Shakespeare in Love (1998) as Viola's house.He has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Many of his recent ancestors lived in India, during the British colonial period. His maternal grandparents were born in Bengal and Madras, respectively. He has said that his surname, "Fiennes," is of Norman origin.Name rhymes with "Safe Signs".Is the oldest of 6 children - younger siblings; Martha Fiennes (b. 1964), Magnus Fiennes (b. 1965), Sophie Fiennes (b. 1967) and Jacob Mark Fiennes & Joseph Fiennes (b. 27 May 1970). He also has a foster brother, Michael Emery (b. 31 December 1952) who has been with the family since he was 11.When appearing on Inside the Actors Studio (1994), Julianne Moore named him as her favorite leading man. They appeared together in The End of the Affair (1999).Has shared two roles with Peter O'Toole. They have both played Hamlet on stage, and both played T.E. Lawrence.Has appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) with Gary Oldman. Both of them have played villains in the Hannibal Lecter films: Fiennes played Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon (2002), and Oldman played Mason Verger in Hannibal (2001).He was considered for the title role in Batman Forever (1995) before Val Kilmer was cast.He was considered for the role of Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code (2006), which went to Tom Hanks.On 3 March 2001, he received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. Past recipients include Mel Gibson, Patrick Stewart, Lynn Redgrave, Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline.Has appeared in three Best Picture winners (Schindler's List (1993), The English Patient (1996) and The Hurt Locker (2008)), and a Best Animated Feature winner (The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)).He has worked with 7 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford, Kathryn Bigelow, Anthony Minghella, Sam Mendes, and Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.His uncle, Nicholas Lash, is a former priest and Cambridge theology professor, and his great-uncle, Dom Patrick Moore, is a Benedictine monk.Makes a 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it', appearance in the video for Robert Palmer"s 1992, hit single, "Every Kinda' People".He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Schindler's List (1993) and The Hurt Locker (2008).He and his brother, Joseph Fiennes, have both worked with Cate Blanchett (Oscar and Lucinda (1997) and Elizabeth (1998)), Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener (2005) and Enemy at the Gates (2001)) and Liv Tyler (Onegin (1999) and Stealing Beauty (1996)).Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#33). (1995)The Hurt Locker (2008) marks the third best picture Oscar winning film that Ralph Fiennes has co-starred in. In addition, the other two, Schindler's List (1993); Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee) and The English Patient (1996); Best Actor Oscar nominee), were also dramas set during wartime.He was considered for the role of Simon Templar in The Saint (1997), which went to Val Kilmer.Has starred in 3 films with good friend Kristin Scott Thomas: The English Patient (1996), Chromophobia (2005) and The Invisible Woman (2013).Won the 1995 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Hamlet" and was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Faith Healer".Stars in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" as Mark Antony at London's Barbican Centre, in a production by Deborah Warner with Fiona Shaw (Calpurnia) and John Shrapnel (Caesar). The production will be on tour to France and Spain later this year with the same cast. (April 2005)Appeared in three movies with Tilda Swinton: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), A Bigger Splash (2015) and Hail, Caesar! (2016).New York, NY: It was announced that he, as well as Cate Blanchett, will be honored by gala tributes (separately) in October by the Film Society of Lincoln Center during its annual film festival. (August 2013)(1995 - 2006) Partner Francesca Annis.He and his The End of the Affair (1999) co-star Julianne Moore have acted in separate Hannibal Lecter films: he in Red Dragon (2002) and she in Hannibal (2001).Belgrade (Serbia), sightseeing locations for filming "Coriolanus", Shakespeare play set in modern time. (August 2008)Has appeared twice on the cover of GQ magazine: August '94 and July '98.Broke up with Francesca Annis [February 7, 2006].He was a guest of a Belgrade Film Festival - FEST 2009.Ranked #34 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. (October 1997)Currently appearing in the title role of Brian Friel's "Faith Healer", at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. The revival co-stars 'Cherry Jones' and Ian McDiarmid, who won a Tony for best supporting actor. Ralph received a Tony nomination. (June 2006)Was friends with Alan Rickman.Appearing in the London West End production of Oedipus as the title character (October 2008)London, UK: Playing lead role of Prospero in Trevor Nunn's production of The Tempest at the Royal Haymarket Theatre. (August 2011) |
| Trademarks: |
Rich mellifluous voice
Often plays mysterious characters with equally mysterious pasts
Often plays menacing, sadistic villains |
| Quotes: |
It's 'Rafe', actually.
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When children were introduced to Lord Voldemort, they looked suitably terrified. Which gave me great gratification.
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As an actor, a part of you expects to be looked at. A part of you wants to be looked at. But when I'm playing a part, in my imagined world, I feel I'm not me. I may be using bits of me, but I love the sense that I'm being someone else.
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Awards are like applause, and every actor likes to hear applause.
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The process of making a film is a mad lottery. Whenever you get the feeling that you're making something special, you have to quickly squash it because you are so often proved wrong. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Director,Producer |
| Others works: |
His credits at London's Regent's Park Open Air Theatre: a footman in "Ring Around The Moon" by Jean Anouilh, Curio in "Twelfth Night", Cobweb in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (all 1985), Lysander in "A Midsu |
| Spouse: |
Alex Kingston (September 5, 1993 - October 28, 1997) (divorced) |
| Children: |
No Children |
| Parents: |
Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Lash
Mark Fiennes |
| Relatives: |
Sibling (Sibling)
Martha Fiennes (Sibling)
Magnus Fiennes (Sibling)
Sophie Fiennes (Sibling)
Joseph Fiennes (Sibling)
Jacob Fiennes (Sibling)
Alberic Fiennes (A |
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