Check out Samantha Morton’s mix, including some photos from her shots and events + screenshots and video from the film “Under the Skin”.
Samantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress and director. She is known for her work in independent productions, often with dark themes. She has received numerous accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a British Academy Film Award.
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Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and later began her career in British television in 1991. She guest-starred in Soldier Soldier and Cracker and had a bigger role in the ITV series Band of Gold. She made the transition to film with lead roles in the dramas Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997), and the well-received Under the Skin (1997). Morton also starred alongside Max Beesley in BBC’s mini-series production of ‘Tom Jones, A Foundling’ in 1997 to critical acclaim. The following year, Woody Allen cast Morton in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Established as a prominent force on the independent film scene by the early 2000s, Morton starred in Morvern Callar (2002), which garnered her the BIFA Award for Best Actress, and she received her second Academy Award nomination for her performance in In America (2003), this time for Best Actress. Her role in the commercially successful sci-fi thriller Minority Report (2002) was followed by biographical portrayals of Myra Hindley in Longford (2006), Deborah Curtis in Control (2007), and Mary, Queen of Scots in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for her role in Longford.
Morton made her directorial debut with The Unloved (2009) television film, which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama. She had also starred in films such as The Messenger (2009), John Carter (2012), Decoding Annie Parker (2013), and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). By the late 2010s, she often ventured back into television, starring in the series The Last Panthers (2015), Rillington Place (2016), Harlots (2017–2019), and The Walking Dead (2019–2020).
‘Under the Skin’
