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Claire Foy
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Person

Claire Foy

b. 1984

British actress (born 1984)

Born
16 Apr 1984 · Stockport

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 48 years
  1. 16 Apr 1984BornBorn in Stockport
  2. 2017AwardGolden Globes
  3. 2017AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
  4. 2018AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  5. 2018AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1984 – today).

  1. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  2. 1985Schengen Agreement
  3. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  4. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  5. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  7. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  9. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  10. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  11. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  12. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  13. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  14. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  15. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  16. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  17. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  18. 20112011 Norway attacks
  19. 2011Libyan civil war
  20. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  21. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  22. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  23. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  24. 2015Paris Agreement
  25. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  27. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  28. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  29. 2023Gaza war
  30. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  31. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown (2016–2017, 2020, 2022–2023), for which she received various accolades such as a Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Foy made her screen debut in the pilot episode of the supernatural comedy series Being Human (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 fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy earned praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the BBC miniseries Wolf Hall (2015), receiving a BAFTA Nomination.

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, she received Best Supporting Actress nominations from the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. She has since portrayed Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll in the Amazon Prime series A Very British Scandal (2021), and starred in the drama films Women Talking (2022) and All of Us Strangers (2023). The last of these earned her another BAFTA nomination.

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