Claire Foy

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 illfated 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 oneyear course at the Oxford School of Drama She graduated in 2007 and moved to Londons 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 Soderberghs psychological thriller Unsane and portrayed Janet Shearon wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelles biopic First Man For the latter role she was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Description above from the Wikipedia Claire Foy licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia