Sally Hawkins Profiles

Sally Cecilia Hawkins[1] (born 27 April 1976) is a British Golden Globe Award-winning actress,[2] known mainly for her performance as Poppy in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), a role for which she has won several international awards, including the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.

Other significant roles include Susan in Vera Drake (2004), Sue Trinder in the BBC's Fingersmith (2005), and Anne in Persuasion (2007).

The daughter of well known authors and illustrators of children's books, Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, she was raised in Dulwich, south-east London where she attended James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS), leaving in 1994. Hawkins then went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), graduating in 1998.

Career

Her theatre appearances include Much Ado About Nothing (2000), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2000), Misconceptions (2001), Country Music (2004) and as Adela in David Hare's version of Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba in 2005.

Hawkins made her first notable big screen performance as Samantha in another Mike Leigh film, All or Nothing in 2002. She also appeared as Slasher in the 2004 production of Layer Cake. Her first major television role came in 2005 when she played Susan Trinder in the BAFTA-nominated BBC drama Fingersmith, an adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel of the same name; she co-starred with Imelda Staunton, as she had in Vera Drake. Since then she has gone on to star in another BBC adaptation, Patrick Hamilton's Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky.

Professing a love for comedy, Hawkins has appeared in three episodes of the hit BBC comedy series Little Britain, plus Ed Reardon's Week on BBC Radio 4. She has also contributed her writing skills and voice to the BBC Radio 4 series Concrete Cow.

In 2006, Hawkins returned to the theatre, appearing at the Royal Court Theatre in Jez Butterworth's play The Winterling. In 2007, she played the lead in a new film of Jane Austen's Persuasion. And in 2008, she gave a Golden Globe-winning performance as the star of the film Happy-Go-Lucky.

Hawkins' 2009 films include Desert Flower and Happy Ever Afters. Her next project, playing Bernadette Devlin in The Roaring Girl, has been announced.

Personal life

In 2006, Hawkins mentioned to The Independent that she had been diagnosed with a "chronic condition" (which she did not disclose) that required treatment and which seemed to be responding to treatment.^[3]

Awards

At the 2007 Monte-Carlo TV Festival, she won the 'Golden Nymph' award in the 'Best Performance by an Actress' category for her role as Anne Elliot in Persuasion.

For the 2008/09 Award Season, she received many awards for her portrayal as Poppy in the film Happy-Go-Lucky including:

Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical - 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Best Actress - National Society of Film Critics

Best Actress - L.A. Film Critics

Best Actress - N.Y. Film Critics

Best Actress - Boston Film Critics

Best Actress Comedy/Musical - Golden Satellite Awards

Best Actress - N.Y. Critics Online

Best Actress - Women Film Critics

Best Actress - San Francisco Film Critics

Best Actress - Oklahoma Film Critics

Best Actress Comedy/Musical - Golden Globe

Best Actress - Berlin Film Festival

Hollywood Best Breakthrough Actress

Breakthrough Performance - Chicago Film Critics

Breakthrough Award - Womens Film Critics

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Hawkins