Samantha Morton
Year Title Role
1997 This Is the Sea Hazel Stokes
1997 Under the Skin Iris Kelly
1999 Sweet and Lowdown Hattie
1999 Jesus ' Son Michelle
1999 Dreaming of Joseph Lees Eva
2000 Pandaemonium Sara Coleridge
2002 Minority Report Agatha
2002 Morvern Callar Morvern Callar
2003 In America Sarah
2003 Code 46 Maria Gonzáles
2004 Enduring Love Claire
2005 River Queen Sarah O'Brian
2005 The Libertine Elizabeth Barry
2005 Lassie Sarah Carraclough
2006 Free Jimmy Sonia
2007 Expired Claire
2007 Control Deborah Curtis
2007 Elizabeth : The Golden Age Mary , Queen of Scots
2007 Mister Lonely Marilyn Monroe
2008 Synecdoche , New York Hazel
Filmography -- Film
Samantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress and director. She has received numerous accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a British Academy Film Award. 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). The latter led director Woody Allen to 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). For her role in Longford, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Morton made her directorial debut with the television film The Unloved (2009), 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-present), and The Walking Dead (2019-present).