Samantha Morton

ActorWriterProductionDirector May 13 (age 48) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 1991–2026 (35 year career)

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Biography

Samantha Jane Morton (born 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 19…

Known For

Film

The Walking Dead

Alpha

Film

Her

Associate Producer

Film

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Mary Lou Barebone

Film

Minority Report

Agatha

Film

The Whale

Mary

Film

John Carter

Sola

Film

Synecdoche, New York

Hazel

Film

Control

Debbie Curtis

Filmography

Acting (72)

Movies (50)

The Odyssey

2026 Upcoming

Jul 15

Anemone

as Nessa

2073

as Ghost

The Whale

as Mary

She Said

as Zelda Perkins

Save the Cinema

as Liz Evans

Two for Joy

as Aisha

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

as Mary Lou Barebone

The Harvest

as Katherine

Cider with Rosie

as Annie Lee

Miss Julie

as Kathleen

Decoding Annie Parker

2014

as Annie Parker

6.0

Angels & Ghosts

2013

as Amber Crick (voice)

John Carter

as Sola

Cosmopolis

as Vija Kinsky

Citizens of Cosmopolis

2012

as Self

6.1

Miliband of Brothers

2010

as Self - Narrator

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

as Self

The Messenger

as Olivia Pitterson

Synecdoche, New York

as Hazel

The Daisy Chain

as Martha Conroy

Mister Lonely

as Marilyn Monroe

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007

as Mary, Queen of Scots

6.7

Control

2007

as Debbie Curtis

7.5

Max & Ruby - A Merry Bunny Christmas

2007

as Ruby

Expired

as Claire Barney

Longford

as Myra Hindley

Lassie

as Sarah Carraclough

River Queen

as Sarah O'Brien

Max & Ruby's Halloween

as Ruby (voice)

The Libertine

as Elizabeth Barry

Enduring Love

as Claire

Max & Ruby's Christmas

as Ruby (voice)

Code 46

as Maria Gonzales

In America

as Sarah

Minority Report

as Agatha

Morvern Callar

as Morvern Callar

Eden

as Sam

Pandaemonium

as Sara Coleridge

Jesus' Son

as Michelle

Sweet and Lowdown

as Hattie

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

as Eva

The Last Yellow

as Jackie

Under the Skin

as Iris Kelly

Jane Eyre

as Jane Eyre

This Is the Sea

as Hazel Stokes

Emma

as Harriet Smith

The Future Lasts A Long Time

1996

as May

6.0

The Token King

1993

as Vicky Hooper

The Entertainment System Is Down

Television (22)

The Burning Girls

2023

as Reverend Jack Brooks

6.8

The Serpent Queen

2022

as Catherine de Medici

7.4

Tales of the Walking Dead

as Dee

Dead Talk Live

as Self - Guest

I Am...

as Kirsty

Harlots

as Margaret Wells

Rillington Place

as Ethel Christie

Artists in Love

as Host

The Last Panthers

as Naomi

The Frame

as Maria Gonzales

The Walking Dead

as Alpha

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Max & Ruby

as Ruby

V Graham Norton

as Self

The View

as Self

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

as Sophie Western

Band of Gold

as Tracy Richards

Peak Practice

as Abbey / Pauline Jones

Cracker

as Joanne Barnes

Soldier Soldier

as Clare Anderson

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

Her

Associate Producer

The Unloved

Director

The Unloved

Writer

Television (1)

I Am...

2019

Story

5.5