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

0.0

2024

All of Us Strangers

All of Us Strangers

Mum

7.4

2023

Mog's Christmas

Mog's Christmas

Mrs. Thomas (voice)

7.3

2023

Children of the Taliban

Children of the Taliban

Narrator

7.0

2023

Women Talking

Women Talking

Salome

6.9

2022

A Very British Scandal

A Very British Scandal

Margaret Campbell · (3 episodes)

6.8

2021

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Emily Wain

7.0

2021

My Son

My Son

Joan Richmond

6.2

2021

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

Self

7.0

2021

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Self

6.4

2020

Lungs

Lungs

W

8.0

2020

The Girl in the Spider's Web

The Girl in the Spider's Web

Lisbeth Salander

6.1

2018

First Man

First Man

Janet Shearon

7.0

2018

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

Self · (1 episode)

7.5

2018

Unsane

Unsane

Sawyer Valentini

6.3

2018

Breathe

Breathe

Diana Cavendish

7.4

2017

The Crown

The Crown

Queen Elizabeth II · (21 episodes)

8.2

2016

The Crown

The Crown

Young Elizabeth / Young Queen Elizabeth II · (2 episodes)

8.2

2016

The Crown

The Crown

Young Queen Elizabeth II (archive footage) · (1 episode)

8.2

2016

The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

Lois, Social Worker

6.4

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self · (1 episode)

6.4

2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Self · (1 episode)

6.0

2015

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

Anne Boleyn · (10 episodes)

7.5

2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self · (1 episode)

5.0

2014

Rosewater

Rosewater

Paola

6.5

2014

Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night

Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night

Narrator

9.1

2014

The Great War: The People's Story

The Great War: The People's Story

Helen Bentwich · (2 episodes)

6.1

2014

Crossbones

Crossbones

Kate Balfour · (9 episodes)

6.1

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self · (2 episodes)

5.9

2014

Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy

Sonya Karp

6.3

2014

White Heat

White Heat

Charlotte · (6 episodes)

5.7

2012

Hacks

Hacks

Kate Loy

6.0

2012

Wreckers

Wreckers

Dawn

5.3

2011

The Night Watch

The Night Watch

Helen Giniver

5.9

2011

Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch

The Girl

5.5

2011

H Is for Hawk

H Is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

0.0

Savage House

Savage House

Lady Savage

0.0

Pulse

Pulse

Hannah Carter

4.8

2010

The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree

Polly Thompson

0.0

Migrations

Franny Stone

0.0

The Pisces

The Pisces

Lucy

0.0

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self · (1 episode)

5.3

2014

Upstairs Downstairs

Upstairs Downstairs

Lady Persephone Towyn · (9 episodes)

7.5

2010

Going Postal

Going Postal

Adora Belle Dearheart · (2 episodes)

7.2

2010

Marlow

(1 episode)

0.0

The Promise

The Promise

Erin Matthews · (4 episodes)

8.0

2011

10 Minute Tales

(1 episode)

7.5

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

5.1

2009

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

Amy Dorrit · (14 episodes)

7.8

2008

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

Self · (4 episodes)

7.2

2007

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are?

(1 episode)

6.7

2004

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host · (1 episode)

7.0

1975