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 Roy ... al 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.
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The Crown
as Queen Elizabeth II
Episodes: 21
First Aired: Nov 04, 2016
Little Dorrit
as Amy Dorrit
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Oct 26, 2008
Wolf Hall
as Anne Boleyn
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jan 21, 2015
Crossbones
as Kate Balfour
Episodes: 9
First Aired: May 30, 2014
Upstairs Downstairs
as Lady Persephone Towyn
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Dec 26, 2010
White Heat
as Charlotte
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 08, 2012
The Promise
as Erin Matthews
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Feb 06, 2011
A Very British Scandal
as Margaret Campbell
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 26, 2021
Going Postal
as Adora Belle Dearheart
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 30, 2010
The Great War: The People's Story
as Helen Bentwich
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 10, 2014
The Crown
as Young Elizabeth / Young Queen Elizabeth II
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 04, 2016
Being Human
as Julia
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 25, 2009
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
Marlow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Who Do You Think You Are?
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 12, 2004
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
10 Minute Tales
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 21, 2009
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 2018
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
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