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Irish actress Eva Birthistle has just made three spine-chilling ...

The Scotsman - Found 3 hours ago
The Daisy Chain, which stars Samantha Morton, is the story of a possessed orphan girl;

Posted on December 1, 2008, 6:40 am

Irish actress Eva Birthistle has just made three spine-chilling ...

The Scotsman - Found 4 hours ago
The Daisy Chain, which stars Samantha Morton, is the story of a possessed orphan girl;

Posted on December 1, 2008, 5:44 am

Synecdoche, New York

Michigan Public Radio - Found 7 hours ago
... himself on an unplanned journey to self-discovery Starring: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener...

Posted on December 1, 2008, 2:23 am

Beirut's European Film Festival screens both disappointment and ...

Lebanon Daily Star - Found 6 hours ago
It suffers, however, from fairly unconvincing acting by Riley, the usually stellar Samantha Morton as Debbie, his dumpy, spurned wife and...

Posted on December 1, 2008, 3:00 am

London Film Festival 2008

Iofilm - Found Nov. 30, 2008
... plays a theatre director trying to produce his masterwork and a decent cast includes the ubiquitous Catherine Keener and Samantha Morton.
Howard says 'Frost/Nixon' a memory lesson - UPI
How the Frost/Nixon interviews became a hit play and now a feature ... - National Post
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New York Post

Posted on November 30, 2008, 8:35 am

'Synecdoche, New York'

OhmyNews - Found Nov. 30, 2008
We get some relief from all the misery through Hazel (Samantha Morton), except that her house remains of fire for the duration of the story.

Posted on November 30, 2008, 7:08 am

PR: Synecdoche New York

CD Insight - Found Nov. 29, 2008
YORK stars Academy Award®-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, two-time Academy Award®-nominee Samantha Morton, Academy Award®-nominee Michelle...

Posted on November 29, 2008, 11:27 am

Synecdoche, New York (U.S., 2008)

Kamera.co.uk - Found Nov. 28, 2008
Samantha Morton is Hazel, the box-office assistant who worships him and Michelle Williams plays Claire, the admiring actress who marries him...

Posted on November 28, 2008, 10:04 am

Movie Review - Synecdoche, New York

Tonight South Africa - Found Nov. 27, 2008
Director: Charlie Kaufman Cast: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener Classification: 16 LSN Running time: ...

Posted on November 27, 2008, 11:32 am

Robert Carlyle on Stone of Destiny

The Times - Found Nov. 28, 2008
... of Frank McCourt in the film of Angela's Ashes, he is just about to do another one for Samantha Morton in her directing debut The Unloved.
90-year-old stone 'note' revealed to be written by Canadian soldier - NewKerala.com
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The Times

Posted on November 28, 2008, 3:00 am

Samantha Morton Biography

Samantha Morton
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Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton, February 2008
Born May 13, 1977 (1977-05-13) (age 31)
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

Samantha Morton (born May 13, 1977) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated English actress.

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Biography

Personal life

Morton was born in Clifton Nottingham, England, the daughter of Pamela Freebury, a factory worker, and Peter Morton.12 Her parents divorced in 1979.3 She attended West Bridgford Comprehensive School and spent part of her childhood in care.

Morton was reported to have had a stroke in 2006, as a result she was said to be close to death and had to relearn how to walk and talk4, although the truth of this is debated.5

Morton has a daughter, Esme (born in 2000), with actor Charlie Creed-Miles. Morton is engaged to filmmaker Harry Holm, son of actor Ian Holm. Their daughter, Edie, was born January 4, 2008 in London weighing 7 lbs, 8 oz.

Career

Morton began her career as a child actor. At 13 she joined the Central Junior Television Workshop. At 16 she moved to London and appeared in plays at the Royal Court Theatre, also securing an early break as a guest star in an episode of Cracker. Although she applied to institutions such as RADA, she received no further formal training.6 She went on to star in television productions like Jane Eyre and The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.

Starring roles in Band of Gold (1995), and the film Under the Skin in 1997, raised her profile in the UK. The latter impressed Woody Allen so much he cast her in his film Sweet and Lowdown for which she would receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1999. She is the first actress nominated for the Oscar for roles in a film in which she does not utter even a single word. In 2002 she won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for her work in Morvern Callar, followed by a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for In America in 2003.

Morton played the Moors Murderess Myra Hindley in a television film Longford (2006). Set between 1967 and 1997, the film depicts the relationship between the infamous child killer and Lord Longford, the politician who spent years campaigning for her release. Morton was severely criticised by the relatives of the children who were killed by Hindley and Ian Brady but she insisted, "It is my duty as a performer to raise issues...we're afraid to look at".7 Morton received a 2007 Emmy nomination and won a Golden Globe for her performance in the film, both for Best Supporting Actress.

She plans to make her directorial debut in 2008 with the semi-autobiographical piece The Unloved, a collaboration with screenwriter Tony Grisoni.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

  • Academy Awards
  • BAFTA
    • 2007 - BAFTA TV Award / Best Actress - Longford (nominee)
    • 2008 - BAFTA Film Award / Best Supporting Actress - Control (nominee)
  • Golden Globe
    • 2000 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Sweet and Lowdown (nominee)
    • 2008 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Longford (winner)
Awards and achievements
Golden Globe Award
Preceded by
Emily Blunt
for Gideon's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
2008
for Longford
Succeeded by
TBD

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Persondata
NAME Morton, Samantha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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