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 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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
April 16, 1984Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
28Place of birth
Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UKAlso known as
Клер Фой, 클레어 포이, Κλερ Ελίζαμπεθ Φόι, Κλερ Φόι, Claire Elizabeth Foy, クレア・フォイCast credits
Season of the Witch
The GirlWreckers
DawnVampire Academy
Sonya KarpHacks
Kate LoyThe Night Watch
Helen GiniverUnsane
Sawyer ValentiniRosewater
PaolaPulse
Hannah CarterThe Lady in the Van
Lois, Social WorkerFrankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night
NarratorBreathe
Diana CavendishFirst Man
Janet ShearonThe Girl in the Spider's Web
Lisbeth SalanderThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Emily WainLungs
WMy Son
Joan RichmondCinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
SelfThe Pisces
LucyLetters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
SelfWomen Talking
Salome