Sally Cecilia Hawkins was born on 27 April 1976 and is an English actress who began her career on stage and then moved into film.
33 Facts About Sally Hawkins
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Sally Hawkins has received several awards including a Golden Globe Award in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.
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Sally Hawkins went on to play lead roles in Made in Dagenham, Paddington, Maudie, and Paddington 2, and appeared in Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
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Sally Hawkins has appeared in stage productions with the Royal Court Theatre in London, and in 2010 made her Broadway debut in Mrs Warren's Profession.
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Sally Hawkins appeared as Anne Elliot in Persuasion, ITV's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel.
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Sally Hawkins has a brother, Finbar, a television and film producer with Aardman Animations, who writes children's books.
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Sally Hawkins grew up in Blackheath in a National Trust-protected gingerbread house designed by Patrick Gwynne.
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Sally Hawkins developed an interest in acting at the age of three when she went to a circus show.
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Sally Hawkins intended to go into comedy but ended up doing theatre plays.
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Sally Hawkins attended James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998.
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Sally Hawkins started her career primarily as a stage actress in such productions as Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Romeo and Juliet, The Cherry Orchard, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Misconceptions.
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Sally Hawkins had small appearances on television series such as Casualty and Doctors.
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Sally Hawkins appeared as Slasher in the 2004 action film Layer Cake.
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Sally Hawkins then starred in another BBC adaptation, Patrick Hamilton's Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky.
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Sally Hawkins acted in David Hare's adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca's play The House of Bernarda Alba in 2005, at Royal National Theatre.
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Sally Hawkins has lent her voice to numerous radio series such as Concrete Cow, on which she was a writer, Ed Reardon's Week, Think the Unthinkable, Cash Cows, War with the Newts and The Party Line.
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In 2006, Sally Hawkins returned to the stage, appearing at the Royal Court Theatre in Jez Butterworth's The Winterling.
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Sally Hawkins was later directed by Ayoade in two of his films, The Double and Submarine.
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Sally Hawkins's performance was well received by critics and was awarded a Golden Nymph.
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Sally Hawkins had a supporting role in the Woody Allen film Cassandra's Dream, starring Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor.
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In 2008, Sally Hawkins had her breakthrough when reunited with Leigh for a third time in the 2008 comedy-drama film Happy-Go-Lucky, portraying Poppy Cross, a kindhearted primary school teacher.
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Three films starring Sally Hawkins, Made in Dagenham, Submarine and Never Let Me Go, all premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.
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All three received positive reviews and Sally Hawkins's performances were met with critical acclaim.
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Sally Hawkins had a small role as Mrs Joe in the 2012 adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations.
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In 2013, Sally Hawkins starred opposite Cate Blanchett and was directed by Woody Allen for the second time in the critically acclaimed film Blue Jasmine, a role for which she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as nods for the BAFTA, the Golden Globe and other accolades.
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Godzilla received positive reviews and grossed over $529 million to become Sally Hawkins's most seen film to that point.
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Sally Hawkins reprised the role in 2019's Godzilla: King of the Monsters, which grossed $177 million in its opening weekend and subsequently became one of the highest-grossing films of 2019.
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Sally Hawkins co-starred with John Hawkes and Michael Cera in the Charlie Kaufman television pilot How and Why, which was not picked up.
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Sally Hawkins portrayed the mother of Asa Butterfield's character in the drama film X+Y, which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Sally Hawkins reprised her role as Mrs Brown for the sequel, Paddington 2, which received acclaim.
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Sally Hawkins earned nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award and SAG Award for Best Actress.
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In 2023, Sally Hawkins is to star in Wonka, a film which serves as a prequel to the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, exploring Willy Wonka's origins.
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Sally Hawkins revealed in 2018 that she suffers from lupus, which can make it difficult for her to travel.