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Sally Cecilia HawkinsΒ (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress of stage and screen. She began her career on stage and then moved into film, for which she has receivedΒ several accolades, including aΒ Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for twoΒ Academy AwardsΒ and twoΒ British Academy Film Awards.
After graduating from theΒ Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she started her career as a stage actress in productions such asΒ Romeo and Juliet (playingΒ Juliet),Β Much Ado About Nothing, andΒ A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her first major role was inΒ Mike Leigh'sΒ All or NothingΒ in 2002. She continued working with Leigh, appearing in a supporting role inΒ Vera DrakeΒ (2004) and taking the lead inΒ Happy-Go-LuckyΒ (2008), for which she won several awards, including theΒ Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture β Musical or ComedyΒ and theΒ Silver Bear for Best Actress.
Hawkins appeared in twoΒ Woody AllenΒ films,Β Cassandra's DreamΒ (2007) andΒ Blue Jasmine (2013); for the latter, she received anΒ Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to play lead roles inΒ Made in DagenhamΒ (2010),Β PaddingtonΒ (2014),Β Maudie (2016), andΒ Paddington 2Β (2017). She appeared inΒ GodzillaΒ (2014),Β Godzilla: King of the MonstersΒ (2019) andΒ WonkaΒ (2023). For starring as Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaning woman in the fantasy filmΒ The Shape of WaterΒ (2017), she earned critical acclaim. She was nominated for theΒ Academy Award for Best Actress.
She has also appeared in stage productions with theΒ Royal Court TheatreΒ in London, and in 2010 made herΒ BroadwayΒ debut inΒ Mrs. Warren's Profession. In 2012, she starred inΒ ConstellationsΒ at the Royal Court Theatre, which later moved to theΒ Duke of York's TheatreΒ in theΒ West End. On television, she appeared in theΒ BBCΒ adaptations ofΒ Tipping the VelvetΒ (2002) as Zena Blake andΒ FingersmithΒ (2005) as Sue Trinder. She also appeared asΒ Anne ElliotΒ inΒ PersuasionΒ (2007),Β ITV's adaptation ofΒ Jane Austen's novel. In 2025, Hawkins appeared inΒ Bring Her Back, an AustralianΒ supernatural horror filmΒ directed byΒ Danny and Michael Philippou.
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