Sally Hawkins is one of the UK’s most respected actresses. The Academy Awards, BAFTA and Golden Globes have widely lauded her extensive and impressive body of work.
She is perhaps best known for playing Mrs. Brown in Paul King’s Paddington films alongside Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. Her latest release, Eternal Beauty, written and directed by Craig Roberts, in which she stars alongside David Thewlis and Penelope Wilton, premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2019 and was released in 2020 to wide acclaim. &nbs
Sally Hawkins is one of the UK’s most respected actresses. The Academy Awards, BAFTA and Golden Globes have widely lauded her extensive and impressive body of work.
She is perhaps best known for playing Mrs. Brown in Paul King’s Paddington films alongside Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. Her latest release, Eternal Beauty, written and directed by Craig Roberts, in which she stars alongside David Thewlis and Penelope Wilton, premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2019 and was released in 2020 to wide acclaim.
Currently, she is working with Stephen Frears, playing Philippa Langley in The Lost King, telling the tale of the woman who discovered Richard III’s remains in Leicester.
Before this, she returned to working with Craig Roberts on his most recent feature, The Fantastic Flitcrofts, in which Hawkins stars with Mark Rylance in the title roles. She then went on to star opposite Kristen Stewart in Pablo Larrain’s Spencer.
Hawkins will soon be seen in A Boy Called Christmas, directed by Gil Kenan, which also stars Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent, Kristen Wig, Toby Jones and Michiel Huisman.
In 2017, Hawkins starred in Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water alongside Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer and Richard Jenkins. Hawkins received Best Actress nominations from Academy Awards, BAFTA and Golden Globes.
In 2017 she starred opposite Ethan Hawke in director Aisling Walsh’s Maudie, the story of Maud Lewis, the disabled Nova Scotian folk artist. She starred in the second series of the highly acclaimed miniseries The Hollow Crown, based on Shakespeare’s history plays. She played the role of Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, amongst a cast that included Benedict Cumberbatch and Judi Dench.
In 2013, Hawkins starred opposite Cate Blanchett in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, for which she received Best Supporting Actress nominations from the Academy Awards, BAFTA and Golden Globes. She went on to win an Empire Award for her critically acclaimed performance. Hawkins additionally won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of the playful Poppy in Mike Leigh’s Happy Go Lucky.
Her other feature film credits include Richard Ayoade’s quirky Submarine, X+Y, Made in Dagenham, dystopian thriller Never Let Me Go, An Education, Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dread and gangster thriller Layer Cake, as well as Mike Leigh’s All or Nothing and Vera Drake.
Her notable TV appearances include ITV’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion and BBC series’ Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart, Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet.
In theatre, Hawkins originated the lead role in Nick Payne’s Constellations at the Royal Court Theatre and West End. Her further work includes Romeo and Juliet in the West End; Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; The Wintering and Country Music at the Royal Court Theatre; House of Bernada Alba at National Theatre; and Mrs. Warren’s Profession on Broadway.