Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton
Morton at the 2008 Edinburgh Film Festival.
Born	Samantha Jane Morton (1977-05-13) 13 May 1977 (age 39) Clifton, Nottingham, England
Alma mater	West Bridgford School Central Junior Television Workshop
Occupation	Actress screenwriter director
Years active	1991–present
Partner(s)	Charlie Creed-Miles (1999–2000) Harry Holm (2005–present)
Children	3

Samantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress, screenwriter and director. She has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades throughout her career, including one BAFTA Award, one BIFA Award, one Golden Globe Award and has been nominated twice for an Academy Award and once for an Emmy Award. Acclaimed for her versatility, she has been described as one of the greatest actresses of her generation.

Brought up in Nottingham, Morton joined the Central Junior Television Workshop, and soon began her career in British television in 1991. She guest-starred in Soldier Soldier and Cracker and appeared from 1995 to 1996 in the ITV series Band of Gold. She made the transition to film with lead roles in the dramas Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997) and the well-received Under the Skin (1997). The latter made director Woody Allen cast Morton in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

In the 2000s, Morton continued to draw critical praise for her performances in numerous arthouse and independent films. Her role in Morvern Callar (2002) garnered her the BIFA Award for Best Actress, and she received her second Academy Award nomination, this time in the Best Actress category, for In America (2003). She also found mainstream success with the science fiction thriller Minority Report (2002). For her role in 2006's television biopic Longford, she received an Emmy Award nomination and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress – Television Film. Morton starred in the dramas Control (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008) and The Messenger (2009), and she made her directorial debut with the British television film The Unloved (2009), winning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama.