born english actress acting debut stage london kevin play feature film debut film adaptation early roles british television programs doctor broadway debut revival critical acclaim received widespread recognition performance film education role based memoir journalist nominated won bafta award best actress leading role nominated tony award best lead actress play performance broadway revival known roles let drive shame far crowd ambassador society war child married british musician daughter early life born westminster london middle class family daughter née booth father irish descent originally liverpool mother wales older brother captain british_army served iraq afghanistan mother university lecturer father hotel manager parents met working hotel twenties years old family moved germany father hired manage hotel living germany brother attended family moved england teenager educated surrey interest acting sparked watching brother perform school production king rehearsals pleaded teachers let play let join chorus enrolled teen heavily involved theatre student head drama department performing plays musicals conducting workshops younger students helping productions attended production starring performance reinforced belief wanted pursue career acting wrote letter mail listing asking advice explained parents didn want act felt life said sister wrote saying kenneth says feel strong need actress actress parents disapproved acting ambitions wished attend university like brother age applied london drama schools instead universities expected submit application receive subsequent offer final year actor screenwriter delivered lecture school production film park briefly talked lecture asked advice acting career profession suggested marry lawyer instead later sent letter stated acting purpose life weeks later wife emma invited dinner young aspiring actors husband hosting offer advice dinner event facilitated introduction casting assistant led audition role pride prejudice auditioned occasions eventually attained role late teens early twenties worked pub runner acting jobs career age began acting career stage play london film debut following year film adaptation jane novel portraying later year auditioned won role orphan bafta award winning bbc adaption television debut projects starring features supporting role identified role daughter writer opposes brother going war earned award playing main character doctor episode rounded appearing acclaimed revival played daily_telegraph said performance observer called affecting middle production preventing able perform week debut broadway performance american transfer nominated drama desk award lost big breakthrough came cast leading role independent film education directed danish filmmaker written actresses auditioned audition impressed film performance received rave reviews nominated academy_award golden globe won bafta award entertainment_weekly variety compared performance rolling_stone described having given sensational performance today felt year best performances times felt anchored film writing guardian concluded gave wonderful performance recipient shooting stars award berlin international film festival received bafta rising star award nomination voted british public starred independent film greatest pregnant girlfriend boy dies involvement project helped according director selected join won british independent award let adaption novel starred narrated released september competing project film wall street money sleeps screened competition cannes film festival major studio project later year provided vocals song write love returned stage broadway play adaptation glass july played central character mentally unstable woman received glowing praise reviewers theater critic new_york_times wrote performance acting highest order described extraordinary finest actresses generation starred critically acclaimed neo noir thriller drive directed danish filmmaker nominated second bafta award best supporting actress film drive garnered total bafta award nominations including best director began filming sex addiction drama shame alongside new_york january drive debuted cannes film festival shame debuted venice film festival good reviews performance shame critic wrote way sensational starred opposite great released auditioned role late attending vogue fashion dinner new_york_city november wife told chair alongside themed met ball gala stars film adaptation novel far crowd director starred june revival play directed theatre london west end won evening standard theatre award revival year nominated award best revival returned broadway transferred april performance received critical acclaim received nomination tony award best performance play stars director screenwriter released october philanthropy aside acting actresses took safe project photographed place feels series raise awareness sex trafficking donated gown wore sells donations raise money ambassador goal raising awareness research funding grandmother suffers longer recognizes helped host participated society memory walk sponsored society runners run beat half marathon london carey ambassador charity war child visited role personal life married lead singer childhood pen lost touch adults married april weeks wrapping production film inside davis involved daughter born september filmography film television theatre discography awards nominations
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