Sally Hawkins is an English actress. Beginning her collaboration with Mike Leigh on All or Nothing in 2002, she would also appear in Vera Drake (2004) and star as Poppy Cross in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008). Her breakout role, Hawkins would win several awards for her performance, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

In 2005, Hawkins co-starred in the BBC mini-series Fingersmith, playing a Victorian thief who falls in love with the woman she is conning. For her performance in the romantic drama Blue Jasmine (2013), Hawkins earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received another Academy Award nomination for starring as a mute cleaning woman in the American romantic supernatural film The Shape of Water (2017).

Other notable performances include as the leads in Made in Dagenham (2010) and Maudie (2016) in addition to appearing in franchise films Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017) as Mrs Brown, and as Vivienne Graham in Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).

Filmography

Film Year TitleRoleNotes 1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Villager Uncredited extra 2002 All or Nothing Samantha 2004 Vera Drake Susan Wells Layer Cake Slasher 2006 Hollow China Terri Short film 2007 Cassandra's Dream Kate WΔZ Elly Carpenter 2008 Happy-Go-Lucky Poppy Cross 2009 An Education Sarah Goldman Desert Flower Marylin Happy Ever Afters Maura 2010 It's a Wonderful Afterlife Linda / Gitali Never Let Me Go Miss Lucy Made in Dagenham Rita O'Grady Submarine Jill Tate 2011 Love Birds Holly Jane Eyre Mrs Reed 2012 Great Expectations Mrs Joe 2013 All Is Bright Olga Blue Jasmine Ginger The Double Receptionist at Ball Cameo The Phone Call Heather Short film 2014 Godzilla Dr. Vivienne Graham X+Y Julie Ellis Paddington Mary Brown 2016 Maudie Maud Lewis 2017 The Shape of Water Elisa Esposito Paddington 2 Mary Brown 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Dr. Vivienne Graham Eternal Beauty Jane 2021 Spencer Maggie The Phantom of the Open Jean Flitcroft A Boy Called Christmas Mother Vodol 2022 The Lost King Philippa Langley 2023 Kensuke's Kingdom Mum Voice Wonka Mrs. Wonka 2025 Bring Her Back Laura 2027 Eloise Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Casualty Emma Lister Episode: "To Have and to Hold" 2000 Doctors Sarah Carne Episode: "Pretty Baby" 2002 Tipping the Velvet Zena Blake 2 episodes 2003–2005 Little Britain Cathy 3 episodes 2003 Promoted to Glory Lisa Television film The Young Visiters Rosalind Byron Mary Shelley 2004 Bunk Bed Boys Helen 2005 Fingersmith Susan Trinder 2 episodes 2005 Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky Ella 3 episodes 2006 Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart Nathalie Television film H. G. Wells: War with the World Rebecca West Man to Man with Dean Learner Various characters 3 episodes 2007 Persuasion Anne Elliot Television film The Everglades Television short, also writer 2011 Little Crackers Mummy Episode: "Barbara Windsor's Little Cracker: My First Brassiere" 2012 Room on the Broom Bird (voice) Television short 2014 How and Why Yvonne Hesselman Pilot 2015 Stick Man Stick Lady (voice) Television short 2016 The Hollow Crown Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester Episode: "Henry VI, Part I" 2019 The Snail and the Whale Sea Snail (voice) Television short2022 Mammals Lue 5 episodes The Smeds and The Smoos Narrator (voice) Television short

Theatre Year Title Role Venue 1998 Accidental Death of an Anarchist Battersea Arts Centre Romeo and Juliet Juliet Capulet York Theatre Royal 1999 The Dybbuk Leah Battersea Arts Centre The Cherry Orchard Anya Ranevskaya York Theatre Royal Svejk Kidnapped Dog Gate Theatre 2000 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Open Air Theatre Much Ado About Nothing Hero Open Air Theatre 2001 Misconceptions Zoe Octagon Theatre 2004 Country Music Lynsey Sargeant Royal Court Theatre 2005 The House of Bernarda Alba Adela Alba Royal National Theatre 2006 The Winterling Lue Royal Court Theatre 2010 Mrs. Warren's Profession Vivie Warren American Airlines Theatre 2012 Constellations Marianne Royal Court Theatre Duke of York's Theatre 2015 Letters Live Reader Freemasons' Hall

Radio Year Title Role Notes 2002 Concrete Cow Various roles BBC Radio 4 Also writer 2004 Think the Unthinkable BBC Radio 4 The Cenci Family Beatrice Cenci 2004–2005, 2007 Ed Reardon's Week Ping 2005 Cash Cows Kerry War with the Newts Olga The Party Line Afternoon Romancers Liz 2006 Salome Joanna BBC Radio 3 2007 Cut to the Heart Alice BBC Radio 4 Demonstrating Grace Narrator 2010 Greed All About It Alice 2011 Revolution Therese 2015 Book at Bedtime: The Girl on the Train Narrator

References

External links Sally Hawkins at the Internet Movie Database