Claire Foy

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 in DNA and The Miracle, two of a trio of single acts directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London (the third was Baby Girl). Foy gained international recognition for portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy, among other awards. In 2018, she starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man. For the latter role, she was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia Claire Foy licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Crown

Late Night with Seth Meyers

All Movies (29)

Savage House2026 · as Lady Savage
The Magic Faraway Tree2026 · as Polly Thompson
H Is for Hawk2025 · as Helen Macdonald
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers2024 · as Self
All of Us Strangers2023 · as Mum
Mog's Christmas2023 · as Mrs. Thomas (voice)
Children of the Taliban2023 · as Narrator
Women Talking2022 · as Salome
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain2021 · as Emily Wain
My Son2021 · as Joan Richmond
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel2021 · as Self
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas2020 · as Self
Lungs2020 · as W
The Girl in the Spider's Web2018 · as Lisbeth Salander
First Man2018 · as Janet Shearon
Unsane2018 · as Sawyer Valentini
Breathe2017 · as Diana Cavendish
The Lady in the Van2015 · as Lois, Social Worker
Rosewater2014 · as Paola
Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night2014 · as Narrator
Vampire Academy2014 · as Sonya Karp
Hacks2012 · as Kate Loy
Wreckers2011 · as Dawn
The Night Watch2011 · as Helen Giniver
Season of the Witch2011 · as The Girl
Pulse2010 · as Hannah Carter
Migrations— · as Franny Stone
The Pisces— · as Lucy
Ink— · as Joyce Hopkirk

All TV Shows (26)

A Very British Scandal2021 · as Margaret Campbell
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters2018 · as Self
The Crown2016 · as Queen Elizabeth II
The Crown2016 · as Young Elizabeth / Young Queen Elizabeth II
The Crown2016 · as Young Queen Elizabeth II (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
Wolf Hall2015 · as Anne Boleyn
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
The Great War: The People's Story2014 · as Helen Bentwich
Crossbones2014 · as Kate Balfour
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
White Heat2012 · as Charlotte
The Promise2011 · as Erin Matthews
Upstairs Downstairs2010 · as Lady Persephone Towyn
Going Postal2010 · as Adora Belle Dearheart
10 Minute Tales2009 · as Woman
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
Little Dorrit2008 · as Amy Dorrit
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
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