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Claire Foy

Claire Foy

Actor · Born 1984-04-16 · Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK

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Biography

Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, and made her screen debut in the pilot of the supernatural comedy series Being Human, in 2008. Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries Little Dorrit (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015). Foy was educated at Aylesbury High School from the age of 12 and later attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama. She graduated in 2007 and moved to London's Peckham district to share a house with five friends from drama school. While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue, and Touched. After appearing on television, she made her professional stage debut …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. First Man (2018) — Janet Shearon
  2. Season of the Witch (2011) — The Girl
  3. The Crown (2016) — Queen Elizabeth II
  4. Vampire Academy (2014) — Sonya Karp
  5. Unsane (2018) — Sawyer Valentini
  6. The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) — Lisbeth Salander
  7. All of Us Strangers (2023) — Mum
  8. The Lady in the Van (2015) — Lois, Social Worker
  9. Breathe (2017) — Diana Cavendish
  10. Women Talking (2022) — Salome
  11. The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) — Emily Wain
  12. My Son (2021) — Joan Richmond
  13. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  14. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
  15. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
  16. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
  17. Going Postal (2010) — Adora Belle Dearheart
  18. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
  19. Rosewater (2014) — Paola
  20. Wolf Hall (2015) — Anne Boleyn
  21. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
  22. Crossbones (2014) — Kate Balfour
  23. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest
  24. Little Dorrit (2008) — Amy Dorrit
  25. Wreckers (2011) — Dawn
  26. A Very British Scandal (2021) — Margaret Campbell
  27. The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) — Polly Thompson
  28. Upstairs Downstairs (2010) — Lady Persephone Towyn
  29. The Night Watch (2011) — Helen Giniver
  30. H Is for Hawk (2025) — Helen Macdonald
  31. Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
  32. The Promise (2011) — Erin Matthews
  33. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  34. Savage House (2026) — Lady Savage
  35. Mog's Christmas (2023) — Mrs. Thomas (voice)
  36. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) — Self
  37. White Heat (2012) — Charlotte
  38. Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas (2020) — Self
  39. Pulse (2010) — Hannah Carter
  40. Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night (2014) — Narrator