Samantha Morton

Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and director. She is known for her work in independent productions and has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a BIFA Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 1991. She appeared in the ITV series Band of Gold and the BBC miniseries The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling. Morton's early film roles include Emma, Jane Eyre, and Under the Skin. She received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, and the other for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan's In America.

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Samantha Morton says being replaced by Scarlett Johansson in Oscar-winning movie still 'hurts' as she's tipped for first Academy Award win for 10-minute performance in The Odyssey

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Samantha Morton Says Being Replaced by Scarlett Johansson in ‘Her’ Still ‘Does Hurt’

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Samantha Morton tipped for Oscar glory - despite only appearing in The Odyssey for ten minutes

Samantha Morton on Her Electrifying Performance as Circe in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’: ‘It Felt Like a Rebirth’

Zendaya is inspired by a Greek goddess in backless gown as she joins co-stars Lupita Nyong'o, Anne Hathaway and husband Tom Holland at The Odyssey London photocall

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Samantha Morton admits 'it's an absolute miracle I'm not dead' after childhood sexual abuse whilst she was in care, homelessness and trauma

Samantha Morton receives an OBE from Prince William for services to drama and charity at Windsor Castle - as suited star chats warmly to the Royal at star-studded investitures

Samantha Morton opens up about her 'complex' childhood in care and reveals she made herself homeless as a teenager to feel 'safer'

Samantha Morton narrowly avoids being run down by a motorbike as she films dramatic scenes for Daniel Day-Lewis' comeback film Anemone

Samantha Morton says she was branded 'difficult' for refusing to do sex scenes as a teenager after male director told her to 'take off' her bra

‘The Serpent Queen’ stars Minnie Driver and Samantha Morton on how Hollywood has evolved for women: ‘We’re allowed to be over 40 now’

Minnie Driver cuts a chic figure in an off-the-shoulder dress as she joins Samantha Morton at a screening of their series The Serpent Queen