Claire Foy
Born
April 16, 1984 (41 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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 Royal 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.
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On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
Self
2024

All of Us Strangers
Mum
2023

Mog's Christmas
Mrs. Thomas (voice)
2023

Children of the Taliban
Narrator
2023

Women Talking
Salome
2022

A Very British Scandal
Margaret Campbell · (3 episodes)
2021

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Emily Wain
2021

My Son
Joan Richmond
2021

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Self
2021

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Self
2020

Lungs
W
2020

The Girl in the Spider's Web
Lisbeth Salander
2018

First Man
Janet Shearon
2018

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self · (1 episode)
2018

Unsane
Sawyer Valentini
2018

Breathe
Diana Cavendish
2017

The Crown
Queen Elizabeth II · (21 episodes)
2016

The Crown
Young Elizabeth / Young Queen Elizabeth II · (2 episodes)
2016

The Crown
Young Queen Elizabeth II (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2016

The Lady in the Van
Lois, Social Worker
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015

Wolf Hall
Anne Boleyn · (10 episodes)
2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Rosewater
Paola
2014

Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night
Narrator
2014

The Great War: The People's Story
Helen Bentwich · (2 episodes)
2014

Crossbones
Kate Balfour · (9 episodes)
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (2 episodes)
2014

Vampire Academy
Sonya Karp
2014

White Heat
Charlotte · (6 episodes)
2012

Hacks
Kate Loy
2012

Wreckers
Dawn
2011

The Night Watch
Helen Giniver
2011

Season of the Witch
The Girl
2011

H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald

Savage House
Lady Savage

Pulse
Hannah Carter
2010

The Magic Faraway Tree
Polly Thompson
Migrations
Franny Stone

The Pisces
Lucy

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Upstairs Downstairs
Lady Persephone Towyn · (9 episodes)
2010

Going Postal
Adora Belle Dearheart · (2 episodes)
2010
Marlow
(1 episode)

The Promise
Erin Matthews · (4 episodes)
2011
10 Minute Tales
(1 episode)
2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009

Little Dorrit
Amy Dorrit · (14 episodes)
2008

The Graham Norton Show
Self · (4 episodes)
2007

Who Do You Think You Are?
(1 episode)
2004

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975