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 Sally Cecilia Hawkins was born in 1976 in Lewisham hospital, London, England, to Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, authors and illustrators of children's books. She is of English and Irish descent. Hawkins was brought up in Greenwich, in southeast London. She attended James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998. Hawkins' theatre appearances include Much Ado About Nothing (2000), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2000), Misconceptions (2001), Country Music (2004), and David Hare's adaptation of Federico Garc��a Lorca's play The House of Bernarda Alba in 2005. Hawkins made her first notable screen performance as Samantha in the 2002 Mike Leigh film All or Nothing (2002). She also appeared as Slasher in the 2004 film Layer Cake (2004). She played the role of Zena Blake in the BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel, Tipping the Velvet (2002) in 2002. Her first major television role came in 2005, when she played Susan Trinder in the BAFTA-nominated BBC drama Fingersmith (2005), an adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel of the same name, in which she co-starred with Imelda Staunton, as she had in Vera Drake (2004). Since then she has gone on to star in another BBC adaptation, Patrick Hamilton's Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky. Hawkins appeared in three episodes of the BBC comedy series Little Britain (2003), in addition to Ed Reardon's Week on BBC Radio 4. She has also contributed to the BBC Radio 4 series Concrete Cow. In 2006, Hawkins returned to the stage, appearing at the Royal Court Theatre in Jez Butterworth's The Winterling. In 2007, she played the lead in a new film of Jane Austen's Persuasion, and followed this with her critically acclaimed performance in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008). Questions and a minor controversy arose when Hawkins was not nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Poppy. It was the first year since 2000-01 that the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was not nominated for an Academy Award, and the first year since 1995-96 that no one from the category was nominated. During 2006 she also made uncredited appearances in Richard Ayoade's Man to Man with Dean Learner where she played various uncredited roles from Personal Assistant to Wife of Steve Pising in various deleted scenes included on the DVD. Hawkins' 2009-10 films included Desert Flower (2009), Never Let Me Go (2010), and Happy Ever Afters (2009). In November 2010, she appeared on Broadway as Vivie in Mrs. Warren's Profession. In 2011, Hawkins appeared in Submarine (2010) and had a supporting role in the film adaptation of Jane Eyre (2011).In 2017, Sally was highly critically acclaimed for her role as Elisa, a mute janitor, in director Guillermo del Toro fantasy drama The Shape of Water (2017).
Bio:
Sally Cecilia Hawkins was born in 1976 in Lewisham hospital, London, England, to Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, authors and illustrators of children's books. She is of English and Irish descent. Hawkins was brought up in Greenwich, in southeast London. She attended James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998. Hawkins' theatre appearances include Much Ado About Nothing (2000), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2000), Misconceptions (2001), Country Music (2004), and David Hare's adaptation of Federico Garc��a Lorca's play The House of Bernarda Alba in 2005. Hawkins made her first notable screen performance as Samantha in the 2002 Mike Leigh film All or Nothing (2002). She also appeared as Slasher in the 2004 film Layer Cake (2004). She played the role of Zena Blake in the BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel, Tipping the Velvet (2002) in 2002. Her first major television role came in 2005, when she played Susan Trinder in the BAFTA-nominated BBC drama Fingersmith (2005), an adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel of the same name, in which she co-starred with Imelda Staunton, as she had in Vera Drake (2004). Since then she has gone on to star in another BBC adaptation, Patrick Hamilton's Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky. Hawkins appeared in three episodes of the BBC comedy series Little Britain (2003), in addition to Ed Reardon's Week on BBC Radio 4. She has also contributed to the BBC Radio 4 series Concrete Cow. In 2006, Hawkins returned to the stage, appearing at the Royal Court Theatre in Jez Butterworth's The Winterling. In 2007, she played the lead in a new film of Jane Austen's Persuasion, and followed this with her critically acclaimed performance in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008). Questions and a minor controversy arose when Hawkins was not nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Poppy. It was the first year since 2000-01 that the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was not nominated for an Academy Award, and the first year since 1995-96 that no one from the category was nominated. During 2006 she also made uncredited appearances in Richard Ayoade's Man to Man with Dean Learner where she played various uncredited roles from Personal Assistant to Wife of Steve Pising in various deleted scenes included on the DVD. Hawkins' 2009-10 films included Desert Flower (2009), Never Let Me Go (2010), and Happy Ever Afters (2009). In November 2010, she appeared on Broadway as Vivie in Mrs. Warren's Profession. In 2011, Hawkins appeared in Submarine (2010) and had a supporting role in the film adaptation of Jane Eyre (2011).In 2017, Sally was highly critically acclaimed for her role as Elisa, a mute janitor, in director Guillermo del Toro fantasy drama The Shape of Water (2017).
Tivia:
Was an extra on Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) while attending drama school.Cate Blanchett and Hawkins became good friends after they co-starred in Blue Jasmine (2013). Blanchett won the Oscar for her performance in the film and mentioned Hawkins in her speech twice. First she thanked "the sublime Sally Hawkins" and then she thanked Carla Meyer "for getting Sally and I together".Suffered from a concussion while filming a scene for Paddington (2014), because she walked into a crane during a night shoot. However, she continued working and didn't see a doctor until the scene was wrapped.The role of Poppy in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) was written specially for her. Prior to filming, she prepared for the role by staying in character one day, while visiting the streets of London.Was writing her own screenplay for a short film about a woman turning into a mermaid when she received the script for The Shape of Water (2017).Was originally unable to star in the short film The Phone Call (2013), due to a scheduling issue. However, the director Mat Kirkby decided to push the entire production, instead of finding another actress, because he eagerly wished for Hawkins to play the part. She completed her work in three days. Kirby eventually won an Oscar for "Best Short Film, Live Action", and in his speech, he dedicated the award to Hawkins.The part of Elisa in The Shape of Water (2017) was written with her in mind. Guillermo del Toro wanted to work with her upon seeing Fingersmith (2005). After Hawkins received critical acclaim for Blue Jasmine (2013) he decided to hurry up and offered her the part at The 2014 Golden Globes, where he approached her while being drunk.Has the rare feat of appearing in a short film that was Oscar-nominated, two consecutive years in a row: First, the animated Room on the Broom (2012) and subsequently The Phone Call (2013).She was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child. She has stated that acting lessons helped her to understand and pronounce words correctly.Found out about her Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Blue Jasmine (2013) while she was grocery shopping.Plays the piano, as seen in All Is Bright (2013). Her character's brief piano-act by was performed by herself.During filming Maudie (2016) she had to do stretching and yoga in the evening in order to physically and mentally get out of the character of Maud Lewis.Ethan Hawke, her co-star in Maudie (2016), said it was a privilege to co-star opposite her; "I've had a few times in my life where you feel it's a privilege to be in the room, because you're the first person to see the performance. I felt that with Denzel Washington in Training Day (2001) as well. If you love acting and love what you do it's amazing and I felt that way with Sally, she's funny and brilliant.".Her entrance to the stage, where she accepted her Golden Globe win, was briefly interrupted by fellow nominee Meryl Streep. Hawkins was awarded in favor of Streep, and on her way to the stage, she was stopped by Streep, who asked: "Are you happy now?".Graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. (1998)Good friends with James Corden. They once had a deal that if they were both singles at 35, they would have babies and get married.Was cast in Godzilla (2014), almost three weeks after filming had begun on the production.Her films Maudie (2016) and The Shape of Water (2017) were released in 2017, which marked the first time Hawkins has been the lead actress in two theatrical releases within the same year. In both films, she portrays a woman with a disability; In "Maudie" her character suffers from a result of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and in "Shape of Water" her character has a speech impediment.With her Golden Globe victory for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), she joined a small group of actresses, who won a Golden Globe for a performance that was not nominated by the Academy Awards. Other actresses include Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet.Has one brother. He's five years older than she is and works as a web designer and illustrator.Her brother was the first to inform her when she received her first Golden Globe nomination and the first to inform her about her Oscar nomination.Contributed her writing skills to the BBC Radio 4 comedy show "Concrete Cow".Spokesperson for Oxfam's East Africa Appeal.Was obsessed with 1940s black and white films in her childhood.In 2006, she told a reporter for The Independent that she had been diagnosed with a "chronic condition" (which she did not disclose) that required treatment and which seemed to be responding to treatment.Was on a lot of painkillers, when she attended the red carpet of the Golden Globes, for the first time in 2009. This was due to a painful scar she received after she broke her collarbone on a film set.At the 86th Academy Awards in 2014, she was the only nominated actor in attendance, not to be given a reaction shot, following her "Oscar clip". Following her clip, the monitor broke down, and a black screen was shown. When the monitor was resurrected a few seconds later, it had cut to fellow nominee June Squibb instead.Good friends with Colin Farrell.Enjoys painting.She has portrayed the mother of Craig Roberts's character twice. First in Submarine (2010), then in Jane Eyre (2011).Experienced her first desire to act at the age of 3, when she visited a circus for the first time and was subsequently inspired to perform.She was introduced as "The Best Actress You've Never Heard of" when she visited The Early Show on CBS in 2009.Her character in Made in Dagenham (2010) was later taken to stage at West End, London, by Gemma Arterton in 2014.Cate Blanchett and she jokingly considered wearing crocs and plastic bags to The Oscars (2014), if the weather was bad.Served as the inspiration for the title character in her parents' children's book "The Crazy Cow".Competed in swimming in school, doing the butterfly stroke.Has a fear of snakes.Born to Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, noted authors and illustrators of children's books. While Sally has never written any children's book like her parents, she portrayed an author of children's literature in Paddington (2014).Three of the original Dagenham seamstresses invited her for tea, prior to the filming of Made in Dagenham (2010), as they wished to inform her properly about mindset behind the strike, that she was set to portray in the film. Hawkins' grandmother also worked as a seamstress, although not at the Dagenham factory.Was attached to "The Roaring Girl" for a long time, but production on the film never developed. The film was set to be a biopic of Bernadette Devlin, the woman who became, at 21, Northern Ireland's youngest female Member of Parliament.Has been in nine films nominated for an Oscar, two of them being short films. The most common category among her represented films are 'Best Actress in a Leading Role' and 'Best Original Screenplay', for which her films have received four nominations.Grew up in southeast London.Attended James Allen's Girls' School.Her films Submarine (2010), Never Let Me Go (2010) and Made in Dagenham (2010) all premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010. Having three films premier at TIFF is a record-high number of films for an actress, and following this, she was entitled "Toronto's Belle of the Ball" by USA Today.Good friends with Richard Ayoade, who has directed her several times.Member of the jury at the London Film Festival in 2014.Has starred in two short film adaptations of a Julia Donaldson book, Room on the Broom (2012) and Stick Man (2015).She and Rafe Spall originated the lead roles of Marianne and Roland in Nick Payne's acclaimed play "Constellations". The play later was set up various places around the world and eventually hit Broadway, with Ruth Wilson and Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead roles.As of 2018, she has been 2 films that were Oscar nominated for Best Picture: An Education (2009) and The Shape of Water (2017). The Shape of Water is a Best Picture winner.One of the first acting jobs she did was performing the title character in a school production of "The Emperor's New Clothes'. |
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Sally Hawkins |
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Actress,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
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All World |
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| Height: |
5' 2' (1.57 m) |
| Biography: |
Sally Cecilia Hawkins was born in 1976 in Lewisham hospital, London, England, to Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, authors and illustrators of children\'s books. She is of English and Irish descent. Hawkins was brought up in Greenwich, in southeast London. S |
| Trivia: |
Was an extra on Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) while attending drama school.Cate Blanchett and Hawkins became good friends after they co-starred in Blue Jasmine (2013). Blanchett won the Oscar for her performance in the film and mentioned Hawkins in her speech twice. First she thanked "the sublime Sally Hawkins" and then she thanked Carla Meyer "for getting Sally and I together".Suffered from a concussion while filming a scene for Paddington (2014), because she walked into a crane during a night shoot. However, she continued working and didn't see a doctor until the scene was wrapped.The role of Poppy in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) was written specially for her. Prior to filming, she prepared for the role by staying in character one day, while visiting the streets of London.Was writing her own screenplay for a short film about a woman turning into a mermaid when she received the script for The Shape of Water (2017).Was originally unable to star in the short film The Phone Call (2013), due to a scheduling issue. However, the director Mat Kirkby decided to push the entire production, instead of finding another actress, because he eagerly wished for Hawkins to play the part. She completed her work in three days. Kirby eventually won an Oscar for "Best Short Film, Live Action", and in his speech, he dedicated the award to Hawkins.The part of Elisa in The Shape of Water (2017) was written with her in mind. Guillermo del Toro wanted to work with her upon seeing Fingersmith (2005). After Hawkins received critical acclaim for Blue Jasmine (2013) he decided to hurry up and offered her the part at The 2014 Golden Globes, where he approached her while being drunk.Has the rare feat of appearing in a short film that was Oscar-nominated, two consecutive years in a row: First, the animated Room on the Broom (2012) and subsequently The Phone Call (2013).She was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child. She has stated that acting lessons helped her to understand and pronounce words correctly.Found out about her Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Blue Jasmine (2013) while she was grocery shopping.Plays the piano, as seen in All Is Bright (2013). Her character's brief piano-act by was performed by herself.During filming Maudie (2016) she had to do stretching and yoga in the evening in order to physically and mentally get out of the character of Maud Lewis.Ethan Hawke, her co-star in Maudie (2016), said it was a privilege to co-star opposite her; "I've had a few times in my life where you feel it's a privilege to be in the room, because you're the first person to see the performance. I felt that with Denzel Washington in Training Day (2001) as well. If you love acting and love what you do it's amazing and I felt that way with Sally, she's funny and brilliant.".Her entrance to the stage, where she accepted her Golden Globe win, was briefly interrupted by fellow nominee Meryl Streep. Hawkins was awarded in favor of Streep, and on her way to the stage, she was stopped by Streep, who asked: "Are you happy now?".Graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. (1998)Good friends with James Corden. They once had a deal that if they were both singles at 35, they would have babies and get married.Was cast in Godzilla (2014), almost three weeks after filming had begun on the production.Her films Maudie (2016) and The Shape of Water (2017) were released in 2017, which marked the first time Hawkins has been the lead actress in two theatrical releases within the same year. In both films, she portrays a woman with a disability; In "Maudie" her character suffers from a result of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and in "Shape of Water" her character has a speech impediment.With her Golden Globe victory for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), she joined a small group of actresses, who won a Golden Globe for a performance that was not nominated by the Academy Awards. Other actresses include Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet.Has one brother. He's five years older than she is and works as a web designer and illustrator.Her brother was the first to inform her when she received her first Golden Globe nomination and the first to inform her about her Oscar nomination.Contributed her writing skills to the BBC Radio 4 comedy show "Concrete Cow".Spokesperson for Oxfam's East Africa Appeal.Was obsessed with 1940s black and white films in her childhood.In 2006, she told a reporter for The Independent that she had been diagnosed with a "chronic condition" (which she did not disclose) that required treatment and which seemed to be responding to treatment.Was on a lot of painkillers, when she attended the red carpet of the Golden Globes, for the first time in 2009. This was due to a painful scar she received after she broke her collarbone on a film set.At the 86th Academy Awards in 2014, she was the only nominated actor in attendance, not to be given a reaction shot, following her "Oscar clip". Following her clip, the monitor broke down, and a black screen was shown. When the monitor was resurrected a few seconds later, it had cut to fellow nominee June Squibb instead.Good friends with Colin Farrell.Enjoys painting.She has portrayed the mother of Craig Roberts's character twice. First in Submarine (2010), then in Jane Eyre (2011).Experienced her first desire to act at the age of 3, when she visited a circus for the first time and was subsequently inspired to perform.She was introduced as "The Best Actress You've Never Heard of" when she visited The Early Show on CBS in 2009.Her character in Made in Dagenham (2010) was later taken to stage at West End, London, by Gemma Arterton in 2014.Cate Blanchett and she jokingly considered wearing crocs and plastic bags to The Oscars (2014), if the weather was bad.Served as the inspiration for the title character in her parents' children's book "The Crazy Cow".Competed in swimming in school, doing the butterfly stroke.Has a fear of snakes.Born to Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, noted authors and illustrators of children's books. While Sally has never written any children's book like her parents, she portrayed an author of children's literature in Paddington (2014).Three of the original Dagenham seamstresses invited her for tea, prior to the filming of Made in Dagenham (2010), as they wished to inform her properly about mindset behind the strike, that she was set to portray in the film. Hawkins' grandmother also worked as a seamstress, although not at the Dagenham factory.Was attached to "The Roaring Girl" for a long time, but production on the film never developed. The film was set to be a biopic of Bernadette Devlin, the woman who became, at 21, Northern Ireland's youngest female Member of Parliament.Has been in nine films nominated for an Oscar, two of them being short films. The most common category among her represented films are 'Best Actress in a Leading Role' and 'Best Original Screenplay', for which her films have received four nominations.Grew up in southeast London.Attended James Allen's Girls' School.Her films Submarine (2010), Never Let Me Go (2010) and Made in Dagenham (2010) all premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010. Having three films premier at TIFF is a record-high number of films for an actress, and following this, she was entitled "Toronto's Belle of the Ball" by USA Today.Good friends with Richard Ayoade, who has directed her several times.Member of the jury at the London Film Festival in 2014.Has starred in two short film adaptations of a Julia Donaldson book, Room on the Broom (2012) and Stick Man (2015).She and Rafe Spall originated the lead roles of Marianne and Roland in Nick Payne's acclaimed play "Constellations". The play later was set up various places around the world and eventually hit Broadway, with Ruth Wilson and Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead roles.As of 2018, she has been 2 films that were Oscar nominated for Best Picture: An Education (2009) and The Shape of Water (2017). The Shape of Water is a Best Picture winner.One of the first acting jobs she did was performing the title character in a school production of "The Emperor's New Clothes'. |
| Trademarks: |
Often works with Mike Leigh
An apologetic and grateful presence, with a shy and nervous demeanor. |
| Quotes: |
You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself; [laughs] and failing really badly.
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[on her part in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)]: Oh, I don't even know if I made the final cut. It was one day many years ago. I was still in drama school. A friend was working on it and got me in. I was in a huge audience scene. We were replicated about a thousand times. I wore a chiffon costume. It was quite a look. And I saw Ewan McGregor. He would not remember me. I never told him. I just passed by him. He was playing football, and I was on my way to set. I was just an extra in the village. I got paid 100 quid, I think.
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[on Cate Blanchett, her co-star in Blue Jasmine (2013)]: I was very lucky with Cate. She's incredible, and she's a theater actress as well. She thinks and works - I'm flattering myself by saying this - in a similar way as me. She comes from that training and we had time together in New York to get to know each other. Luckily, she was performing "Uncle Vanya" to great acclaim. That was the first time I saw her in the flesh. Then we had time to just talk and unravel the script. That was invaluable for me. It created such grounding.
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I love Woody Allen because you are there to work and do your job. There is no time for the pleasantries. There's no time for chit-chat. I like that. He is very right to it. I never thought that I'd be lucky enough to work with him once let alone twice. He's incredibly precise and economical with his words. He doesn't want to hang around. He's sometimes incredibly specific. And sometimes he just lets you get on with it, and he steps away. He works incredibly economically and fast, and he doesn't smooth it over. Does that make sense? He doesn't tell you, "Oh that's amazing."
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My family went to Universal Studios and did a Star Trek video spoof. My mum and dad were Klingons. I was Mr. Spock with the ears, and my brother was Captain Kirk. It's one of my most treasured possessions. |
| Job title: |
Actress,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
Appeared in "Accidental Death of An Anarchist" by Dario Fo (1998).
Played Juliet in Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" and Anya in Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" - Theatre Royal, York (1999).
Played a kidnapped dog in |
| Parents: |
Jacqui Hawkins
Colin Hawkins |
| Relatives: |
Finbar Hawkins (Sibling) |
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