Name
Samantha Morton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1977-05-13 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Biography
Samantha Jane Morton (born May 13, 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 1991. She appeared in the ITV series Band of Gold (1995–1996) and the BBC miniseries The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (1997). Morton's early film roles include Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997), and Under the Skin (1997). She received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown(1999) and the other for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan's In America (2003). Other notable film credits include Morvern Callar (2002), Minority Report (2002), The Libertine (2004), Control(2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Messenger (2009), John Carter (2012), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and The Whale (2022).
For her portrayal of Myra Hindley in the Channel 4 and HBO film Longford (2006), she received a Primetime Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award nominations. Morton made her directorial debut with the television film The Unloved (2009), which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama. She has starred in various programmes, such as The Last Panthers (2015), Rillington Place (2016), Harlots (2017–2019), The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and The Serpent Queen (2022–2024).
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- 2002 Minority Report as Agatha
- 2003 In America as Sarah
- 2003 Code 46 as Maria Gonzales
- 2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Mary, Queen of Scots
- 2004 Max & Ruby's Christmas as Ruby (voice)
- 2007 Max & Ruby - A Merry Bunny Christmas as Ruby
- 2008 Synecdoche, New York as Hazel
- 2007 Control as Debbie Curtis
- 2005 River Queen as Sarah O'Brien
- 2000 Jesus' Son as Michelle
- 1996 Emma as Harriet Smith
- 2004 Enduring Love as Claire
- 1999 Sweet and Lowdown as Hattie
- 2009 The Messenger as Olivia Pitterson
- 2001 Pandaemonium as Sara Coleridge
- 2006 Longford as Myra Hindley
- 2005 Lassie as Sarah Carraclough
- 2008 The Daisy Chain as Martha Conroy
- 2008 Mister Lonely as Marilyn Monroe
- 1997 Jane Eyre as Jane Eyre
- 1997 This Is the Sea as Hazel Stokes
- 2012 Cosmopolis as Vija Kinsky
- 2002 Morvern Callar as Morvern Callar
- 2012 John Carter as Sola
- 2007 Expired as Claire Barney
- 2010 Miliband of Brothers as Self - Narrator
- 1997 Under the Skin as Iris Kelly
- 2001 Eden as Sam
- 1999 Dreaming of Joseph Lees as Eva
- 2022 She Said as Zelda Perkins
- 2014 Decoding Annie Parker as Annie Parker
- 2014 Miss Julie as Kathleen
- 2015 The Harvest as Katherine
- 2004 The Libertine as Elizabeth Barry
- 2015 Cider with Rosie as Annie Lee
- 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Mary Lou Barebone
- Soon The Entertainment System Is Down
- 2024 2073 as Ghost
- 2018 Two for Joy as Aisha
- 2013 Angels & Ghosts as Amber Crick (voice)
- 2012 Citizens of Cosmopolis as Self
- 1996 The Future Lasts A Long Time as May
- 2022 Save the Cinema as Liz Evans
- 1999 The Last Yellow as Jackie
- 2022 The Whale as Mary
- 2025 Anemone as Nessa
- 2009 Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn as Self
- 1993 The Token King as Vicky Hooper
- 2005 Max & Ruby's Halloween as Ruby (voice)
- 2026 The Odyssey as Circe
- Soon Love and War
- 1993 Cracker ( 2 episodes ) as Joanne Barnes
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 Would I Lie to You? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling ( 5 episodes ) as Sophie Western
- 2002 Max & Ruby ( 78 episodes ) as Ruby
- 2022 The Serpent Queen ( 16 episodes ) as Catherine de Medici
- 2002 V Graham Norton ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1993 Peak Practice ( 1 episode ) as Abbey / Pauline Jones
- 2015 The Last Panthers ( 6 episodes ) as Naomi
- 2016 Artists in Love ( 10 episodes ) as Host
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Harlots ( 16 episodes ) as Margaret Wells
- 2016 Rillington Place ( 3 episodes ) as Ethel Christie
- 2023 The Burning Girls ( 6 episodes ) as Reverend Jack Brooks
- 2022 Tales of the Walking Dead ( 1 episode ) as Dee
- 2013 The Frame ( 1 episode ) as Maria Gonzales
- 2013 The Frame ( 1 episode ) as Vija Kinsky
- 2010 The Walking Dead ( 38 episodes ) as Alpha
- 2020 Dead Talk Live ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1991 Soldier Soldier ( 4 episodes ) as Clare Anderson
- 2019 I Am... ( 1 episode ) as Kirsty
- 1995 Band of Gold ( 12 episodes ) as Tracy Richards
- 1995 The Vet ( 7 episodes ) as Amanda Mulholland
