Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins

Born: April 27, 1976
in London, England, UK
Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress who began her career on stage and then moved into film. She has received several awards including a Golden Globe Award and the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Actress, with nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, two Academy Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards.

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she started her career as a stage actress in productions such as Romeo and Juliet (playing Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her first major role was in Mike Leigh's All or Nothing in 2002. She continued working with Leigh, appearing in a supporting role in Vera Drake (2004) and taking the lead in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), for which she won several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Hawkins appeared in two Woody Allen films, Cassandra's Dream (2007) and Blue Jasmine (2013); for the latter, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to play the lead role in Made in Dagenham (2010), Paddington (2014), Maudie (2016), and Paddington 2 (2017), and appeared in Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). For starring as a mute cleaning woman in the romantic fantasy film The Shape of Water (2017), she earned acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

She has also appeared in stage productions with the Royal Court Theatre in London, and in 2010 made her Broadway debut in Mrs. Warren's Profession. In 2012 she starred in Constellations at the Royal Court Theatre, which later moved to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End. On television, she appeared in the BBC adaptations of Tipping the Velvet (2002) as Zena Blake, and Fingersmith (2005) as Sue Trinder. She also appeared as Anne Elliot in Persuasion (2007), ITV's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel.

Movies for Sally Hawkins...

Kensuke's Kingdom
Title: Kensuke's Kingdom
Character: Mum
Released: February 7, 2024
Type: Movie
A young boy Michael is taken by his family on a round-the-world sailing trip. But when a storm strikes, Michael and his dog Stella are swept overboard and washed up on a remote island. They struggle to survive, but one day Michael wakes to find fresh fish and coconut milk by his cave. He discovers his mysterious benefactor is Kensuke, a former Japanese soldier, creator of a treetop kingdom and protector of the orangutans. Slowly, communicating through drawings rather than words, Michael and Kensuke form a friendship. But something threatens to destroy the fragile world Kensuke has created.
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Wonka
Title: Wonka
Character: Willy's Mother
Released: December 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.
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The Smeds and the Smoos
Title: The Smeds and the Smoos
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 24, 2023
Type: Movie
In this animated intergalactic adventure, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos must learn to overcome their differences and work together to find young Janet and Bill – who eloped to escape their families’ long standing rivalries.
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Title: Mammals
Character: Lue
Released: November 11, 2022
Type: TV
The story of Jamie, a Michelin-starred chef whose world implodes when he discovers shocking secrets about his pregnant wife, Amandine. Jamie finds himself hunting for answers with the help of his brother-in-law Jeff. Through this hunt, the cracks in Jeff’s marriage to Jamie’s sister Lue also widen.
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The Lost King
Title: The Lost King
Character: Philippa Langley
Released: October 7, 2022
Type: Movie
An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
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The Phantom of the Open
Title: The Phantom of the Open
Character: Jean Flitcroft
Released: March 18, 2022
Type: Movie
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
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A Boy Called Christmas
Title: A Boy Called Christmas
Character: Mother Vodol
Released: November 24, 2021
Type: Movie
An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible…
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Spencer
Title: Spencer
Character: Maggie
Released: November 4, 2021
Type: Movie
During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
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The Snail and the Whale
Title: The Snail and the Whale
Character: Snail (voice)
Released: October 21, 2020
Type: Movie
A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Snail and the Whale is the much loved classic that shows us a restless young snail who has ambitions to travel the world. The other snails think she should stay put, but she puts out a call for a “Lift wanted around the world”. Eventually her call is answered by a great big grey-blue humpback whale! She sets off with him across the seas. On their journey the snail and the whale discover towering icebergs and far-off lands, fiery mountains and golden sands. The snail is delighted by the wonderful world around her, until she realises how small it makes her feel.
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Eternal Beauty
Title: Eternal Beauty
Character: Jane
Released: August 21, 2020
Type: Movie
When Jane is rejected by life, she spirals into a chaotic, schizophrenic world where love and normality collide with humorous consequences.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Title: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Character: Dr. Vivienne Graham
Released: May 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
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The Shape of Water
Title: The Shape of Water
Character: Elisa Esposito
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
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Paddington 2
Title: Paddington 2
Character: Mary Brown
Released: November 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
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Maudie
Title: Maudie
Character: Maud Lewis
Released: June 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
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Stick Man
Title: Stick Man
Character: Stick Lady & Others (voice)
Released: December 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's heading on an epic adventure across the seasons. Will he get back to his family in time for Christmas?
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Paddington
Title: Paddington
Character: Mary Brown
Released: November 24, 2014
Type: Movie
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a new home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family.
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The One and Only Mike Leigh
Title: The One and Only Mike Leigh
Character: Herself
Released: November 24, 2014
Type: Movie
In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about a unique body of work and a lifelong struggle to make films on his own terms. On day one of a Mike Leigh film, there is no script, no story and the actors do not know if they will even be in the final film. It is a process that has yielded some of cinema's most celebrated performances, and Leigh's new film Mr Turner is already winning critical acclaim. Actors including Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins, Lesley Manville and James Corden give fascinating insights into the director and his distinctive method of working.
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Godzilla: Force of Nature
Title: Godzilla: Force of Nature
Character: Herself
Released: September 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Cast and crew look back on the franchise's origins, the parallels with modern history, building a serious film, creature design, photographic style and the importance of perspective, digital effects construction, ensuring proper scale, the film's drama, Gareth Edwards' style, and more.
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Godzilla
Title: Godzilla
Character: Dr. Vivienne Graham
Released: May 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
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The Double
Title: The Double
Character: Receptionist at Ball
Released: April 3, 2014
Type: Movie
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
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X+Y
Title: X+Y
Character: Julie Ellis
Released: March 13, 2014
Type: Movie
A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
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The Phone Call
Title: The Phone Call
Character: Heather
Released: October 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.
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All is Bright
Title: All is Bright
Character: Olga
Released: September 10, 2013
Type: Movie
Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees.
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Blue Jasmine
Title: Blue Jasmine
Character: Ginger
Released: August 1, 2013
Type: Movie
After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.
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Room on the Broom
Title: Room on the Broom
Character: Bird (voice)
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
Animated film based on the wonderful children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The story of a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the frustration of her cat. The gang ultimately saves the witch from a fearsome dragon, and in gratitude she rewards them with a magnificent new broom which has room for everyone. A magical tale about friendship and family from Magic Light Pictures, the producers of the hugely successful The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child.
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Great Expectations
Title: Great Expectations
Character: Mrs. Joe
Released: November 30, 2012
Type: Movie
Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's Uncle Pumblechook to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love, then Pip—a humble orphan—suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
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Title: The Hollow Crown
Character: Eleanor
Released: June 30, 2012
Type: TV
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
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Title: Honest Trailers
Character: Willy Wonka's Mother / Mary Brown (archive footage)
Released: February 13, 2012
Type: TV
Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These are the hilarious trailers the producers don't want you to see...
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Submarine
Title: Submarine
Character: Jill Tate
Released: March 18, 2011
Type: Movie
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
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Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Mrs. Reed
Released: March 11, 2011
Type: Movie
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
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Love Birds
Title: Love Birds
Character: Holly
Released: February 24, 2011
Type: Movie
Sometimes the best things in life happen on the fly. From the moment an injured duck crash-lands on Doug's roof, everything changes. Recently dumped and wallowing in self pity, Doug decides to nurse Pierre back to health with the assistance of an eccentric vet and bird specialist, Holly.
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Title: Conan
Character: Self - Guest
Released: November 8, 2010
Type: TV
A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.
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Made in Dagenham
Title: Made in Dagenham
Character: Rita O'Grady
Released: October 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
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It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Title: It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Character: Linda / Gitali
Released: May 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.
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Never Let Me Go
Title: Never Let Me Go
Character: Miss Lucy
Released: March 18, 2010
Type: Movie
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.
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An Education
Title: An Education
Character: Sarah Goldman
Released: October 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
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Happy Ever Afters
Title: Happy Ever Afters
Character: Maura
Released: October 9, 2009
Type: Movie
Two weddings collide when both receptions are held at one hotel.
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Desert Flower
Title: Desert Flower
Character: Marylin
Released: September 24, 2009
Type: Movie
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
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Happy-Go-Lucky
Title: Happy-Go-Lucky
Character: Poppy Cross
Released: April 18, 2008
Type: Movie
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
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Cassandra's Dream
Title: Cassandra's Dream
Character: Kate
Released: June 18, 2007
Type: Movie
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
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WΔZ
Title: WΔZ
Character: Elly Carpenter
Released: May 19, 2007
Type: Movie
There is something horribly wrong with the bodies found in the dark city streets. Some are mutilated while others have the Price equation (wΔz = Cov (w,z) = βwzVz) carved into their flesh. Detective Eddie Argo and his new partner Helen Westcott unearth the meaning of the odd equation and realise each victim is being offered a gruesome choice: kill your loved ones, or be killed. Before long it becomes clear that the perpetrator has suffered a similar fate and is now coping by seeking a way to solve this philosophical dilemma.
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Persuasion
Title: Persuasion
Character: Anne Elliot
Released: April 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Royal Navy captain Wentworth was haughtily turned down eight years ago as suitor of pompous baronet Sir Walter Elliot's daughter Anne, despite true love. Now he visits their former seaside country estate, rented by his brother-in-law, admiral Croft, so the financially stressed baronet can afford a fashionable, cheaper residence in trendy Bath. First the former lovers meet again on the estate, where they feel vibes again, but neither dares admit them until it seems too late.
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HG Wells: War with the World
Title: HG Wells: War with the World
Character: Rebecca West
Released: September 30, 2006
Type: Movie
BBC docudrama telling the story of the father of science fiction, HG Wells, and his ambition to avert mankind's headlong course towards self-destruction.
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Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Title: Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Character: Nathalie Winter
Released: July 26, 2006
Type: Movie
Drama about a woman who works as a personal shopper in a glamorous department store who becomes seduced by the opulent lives of her clients, with devastating consequences.
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Hollow China
Title: Hollow China
Character: Terri
Released: March 15, 2006
Type: Movie
Sam, a successful entrepreneur will do anything to avoid confronting his inner feelings. As his relationship deteriorates, he is immersed in a world where his brutal subconscious is in control.
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Title: Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky
Character: Ella
Released: April 19, 2005
Type: TV
A story of unrequited love set in 1930s London, against the backdrop of grimy streets and public houses.
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Title: Fingersmith
Character: Sue Trinder
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
A young woman is hired as a maid to an heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a gentleman to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.
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Vera Drake
Title: Vera Drake
Character: Susan Wells
Released: October 22, 2004
Type: Movie
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
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Layer Cake
Title: Layer Cake
Character: Slasher
Released: September 30, 2004
Type: Movie
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
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The Young Visiters
Title: The Young Visiters
Character: Rosalind
Released: December 26, 2003
Type: Movie
The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadvertent social satire.
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Promoted to Glory
Title: Promoted to Glory
Character: Lisa
Released: December 21, 2003
Type: Movie
An alcoholic falls in love with a Salvation Army captain who is trying to help him.
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Byron
Title: Byron
Character: Mary Shelley
Released: September 27, 2003
Type: Movie
Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen years
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character: Self - Guest
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Title: Byron
Character: Mary Shelley
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: TV
Byron revolutionized English poetry and died a hero. He became famous overnight when the poetic record of his adventures abroad was received with rapture. This rich historical drama explores the true identity of the wild poetic genius who broke every taboo in the book. Byron's affairs and his unconventionality, however, were always destined to bring him down.
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Title: Tipping the Velvet
Character: Zena Blake
Released: December 9, 2002
Type: TV
A tempestuous tale of love and life as a naïve girl discovers both romance and pain in the hidden, decadent world of bohemian London in the 1890s. Nan Astley embarks on a voyage of emotional and sexual discovery with Kitty Butler, a music hall male impersonator.
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All or Nothing
Title: All or Nothing
Character: Samantha
Released: May 17, 2002
Type: Movie
Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.
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Title: Doctors
Character: Sarah Carne
Released: March 27, 2000
Type: TV
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Title: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Character: Bystander (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1999
Type: Movie
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Emma Lister
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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The Semplica-Girl Diaries
Title: The Semplica-Girl Diaries
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Family man Lloyd Turner (Ayoade) is facing up to his 40th birthday with the prospect of a new decade mouldering in debt and mediocrity. After attending yet another party hosted by the rich parents of his daughter’s friend, and in a bid to give his daughters the happiness he thinks they deserve, Lloyd and his wife Sarah (Fox) makes the financially crippling decision to invest in what has become the elite’s new favourite status symbol: a set of ‘Semplica Girls’ to decorate their front lawn. Yet when Lloyd’s youngest daughter, Ida, discovers what’s happening in her name, on her very own doorstep, she threatens to plunge her family into a chaos deeper than they’ve ever known…