Sally Hawkins
52 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 27, 1976 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Sally Cecilia Hawkins
Biography
Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress of stage and screen. She began her career on stage and then moved into film, for which she has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.
After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she started her career as a stage actress in productions such as Romeo and Juliet (playing Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her first major role was in Mike Leigh's All or Nothing in 2002. She continued working with Leigh, appearing in a supporting role in Vera Drake (2004) and taking the lead in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), for which she won several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Silver Bear for Best Actress.
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Hawkins appeared in two Woody Allen films, Cassandra's Dream (2007) and Blue Jasmine (2013); for the latter, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to play lead roles in Made in Dagenham (2010), Paddington (2014), Maudie (2016), and Paddington 2 (2017). She appeared in Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Wonka (2023). For starring as Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaning woman in the fantasy film The Shape of Water (2017), she earned critical acclaim. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
She has also appeared in stage productions with the Royal Court Theatre in London, and in 2010 made her Broadway debut in Mrs. Warren's Profession. In 2012, she starred in Constellations at the Royal Court Theatre, which later moved to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End. On television, she appeared in the BBC adaptations of Tipping the Velvet (2002) as Zena Blake and Fingersmith (2005) as Sue Trinder. She also appeared as Anne Elliot in Persuasion (2007), ITV's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. In 2025, Hawkins appeared in Bring Her Back, an Australian supernatural horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou.
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Known for
Sally Hawkins: movies and TV shows
Acting (60)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Pretend I'm Not Here
as Marie
- Upcoming How and Why
as Yvonne Hesselman
- Upcoming
- 2025 Bring Her Back
as Laura
- 2024 Kensuke's Kingdom
as Mum (voice)
- 2023 Wonka
as Willy's Mother
- 2023 The Smeds and the Smoos
as Narrator (voice)
- 2022
- 2022 The Lost King
as Philippa Langley
- 2022 The Phantom of the Open
as Jean Flitcroft
- 2021 A Boy Called Christmas
as Mother Vodol
- 2021 Spencer
as Maggie
- 2020 The Snail and the Whale
as Snail (voice)
- 2020 Eternal Beauty
as Jane
- 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Dr. Vivienne Graham
- 2017 The Shape of Water
as Elisa Esposito
- 2017 Paddington 2
as Mary Brown
- 2016 Maudie
as Maud Lewis
- 2015 Stick Man
as Stick Lady & Others (voice)
- 2015 X+Y
as Julie Ellis
- 2014 Paddington
as Mary Brown
- 2014 Godzilla
as Dr. Vivienne Graham
- 2014 The Double
as Receptionist at Ball
- 2013 The Phone Call
as Heather
- 2013 All Is Bright
as Olga
- 2013 Blue Jasmine
as Ginger
- 2012 Room on the Broom
as Bird (voice)
- 2012 Great Expectations
as Mrs. Joe
- 2012
- 2011 Submarine
as Jill Tate
- 2011 Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Reed
- 2011 Love Birds
as Holly
- 2010 Made in Dagenham
as Rita O'Grady
- 2010 It's a Wonderful Afterlife
as Linda / Gitali
- 2010 Never Let Me Go
as Miss Lucy
- 2009 An Education
as Sarah Goldman
- 2009 Happy Ever Afters
as Maura
- 2009 Desert Flower
as Marylin
- 2008 Happy-Go-Lucky
as Poppy Cross
- 2007 Cassandra's Dream
as Kate
- 2007 WΔZ
as Elly Carpenter
- 2007 Persuasion
as Anne Elliot
- 2006
- 2006 HG Wells: War with the World
as Rebecca West
- 2006 Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
as Nathalie Winter
- 2006 Hollow China
as Terri
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004 Vera Drake
as Susan Wells
- 2004 Layer Cake
as Slasher
- 2003 The Young Visiters
as Rosalind
- 2003 Promoted to Glory
as Lisa
- 2003 Byron
as Mary Shelley
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002 All or Nothing
as Samantha
- 2000
- 1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Bystander (uncredited)
- 1986
Behind the camera (1)
- 2019 Cordelia
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2014
- 2010 Conan
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode