Sally Hawkins Biography

Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress. Her performance as Poppy in the 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky won her several international awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Other significant roles include Susan in Vera Drake (2004), Sue Trinder in the BBC serial Fingersmith (2005), Anne Elliot in Persuasion (2007), Rita O'Grady in Made in Dagenham (2010), and Ginger in the Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine (2013).

Early life

The daughter of Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, authors and illustrators of children's books, Hawkins was born in Dulwich, and brought up in Blackheath, in southeast London. She attended James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998.

Career

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 García 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. She also appeared as Slasher in the 2004 film Layer Cake. She played the role of Zena Blake in the BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel, Tipping the Velvet in 2002. Her first major television role came in 2005, when she played Susan Trinder in the BAFTA-nominated BBC drama Fingersmith, an adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel of the same name, in which she co-starred with Imelda Staunton, as she had in Vera Drake. 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, 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. 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, Never Let Me Go, and Happy Ever Afters. In November 2010, she appeared on Broadway as Vivie in Mrs. Warren's Profession.

In 2011, Hawkins appeared in Submarine and had a supporting role in the film adaptation of Jane Eyre.

Hawkins will appear in Godzilla in 2014.

Awards

At the 2007 Monte Carlo TV Festival, Hawkins won the Golden Nymph for Best Performance by an Actress for her role as Anne Elliot in Persuasion.

In addition to the Golden Globe, Hawkins received numerous awards for her starring role in Happy-Go-Lucky, including the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.

Partial credits

Theatre

• Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1998)
• Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, York Theatre Royal (1998)
• Leah'le in The Dybbuk, Battersea Arts Centre (1999)
• Anya in The Cherry Orchard (1999)
• Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2000)
• Zoe in Misconceptions (2001)
• Lynsey Sargeant in Country Music (2004)
• Adela in The House of Bernarda Alba, Royal National Theatre (2005)
• Lue in The Winterling, Royal Court Theatre (2006)
• Vivie in Mrs. Warren's Profession, American Airlines Theatre (2010)
• Marianne in Constellations by Nick Payne, Royal Court Theatre (2012)

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	All or Nothing	Samantha
2004	Vera Drake	Susan
	Layer Cake	Slasher
2006	The Painted Veil	Mary	scenes deleted
2007	W"?Z	Elly Carpenter
	Cassandra's Dream	Kate
2008	Happy-Go-Lucky	Poppy Cross	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actress Evening Standard British Film Awards - Peter Sellers Award for Comedy Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Hollywood Film Festival Award for Breakthrough Actress of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Online Award for Breakthrough Performer Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Silver Bear for Best Actress Village Voice Film Poll - Best Actress Nominated "? British Independent Film Award for Best Actress Nominated "? Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated "? Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress Nominated "? Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated "? European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated "? London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year Nominated "? Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated "? Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
2009	An Education	Sarah	Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
	Happy Ever Afters	Maura
	Desert Flower	Marylin
2010	Never Let Me Go	Miss Lucy
	It's a Wonderful Afterlife	Linda / Geetali
	Made in Dagenham	Rita O'Grady	Nominated "? British Independent Film Award for Best Actress Nominated "? Satellite Award for Best Actress " Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2011	Submarine	Jill Tate	Nominated "? British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Jane Eyre	Mrs. Reed
	Love Birds	Holly
2012	Great Expectations	Mrs. Joe
2013	Blue Jasmine	Ginger
2014	Godzilla		filming

Television

Title	Year	Character
Tipping the Velvet	(2002)	Zena Blake
Little Britain	(2003"05)	Kenny Craig's girlfriend
Fingersmith	(2005)	Susan Trinder
20,000 Streets Under the Sky (BBC)	(2005)	Ella
H G Wells: War with the World	(2006)	Rebecca West
Man to Man with Dean Learner	(2006)	Various - deleted scenes only
Persuasion	(2007)	Anne Elliot
Room on the Broom	(2012)	Bird (voice)

Radio

• Concrete Cow (2002)
• Think the Unthinkable (2004)
• The Cenci Family (2004)
• War with the Newts (2005)
• The Party Line (2005)
• Ed Reardon's Week (2005)
• Cut to the Heart (2007)