Biography
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 lea...
Known For
Complete Filmography
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
2024
as Self
On The Red Carpet presents an in-depth look at the making of All of Us Strangers.
All of Us Strangers
2023
as Mum
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhyt...
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Mrs. Thomas (voice)
Mog feels a little ignored during the Thomas family's Christmas preparations. When she spots the huge Christmas tree, she freaks out and climbs to the...
Children of the Taliban
2023
as Narrator
The story of four kids in Afghanistan whose lives changed dramatically after US troops completed their withdrawal and the Taliban swept to power
Women Talking
2022
as Salome
A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Emily Wain
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public...
My Son
2021
as Joan Richmond
When a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by myster...
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
as Self
Since 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the same.
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020
as Self
Olivia Colman leads a stellar cast of actors, entertainers and comedians in a very special ‘stay-at-home’ adaptation of Cinderella for Comic Relief.
Lungs
2020
as W
The ice caps are melting, there’s overpopulation, political unrest; everything’s going to hell in a handcart – why on earth would someone bring a baby...
The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
as Lisbeth Salander
After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web ...
First Man
2018
as Janet Shearon
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July ...
Unsane
2018
as Sawyer Valentini
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.
Breathe
2017
as Diana Cavendish
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Lois, Social Worker
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van ...
Rosewater
2014
as Paola
In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country...
Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night
2014
as Narrator
A drama-documentary telling the story of the celebrated gathering in Geneva, 1816 which led to the creation of both Frankenstein and the first modern ...
Vampire Academy
2014
as Sonya Karp
Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run ...
Hacks
2012
as Kate Loy
A satirical swipe at the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the British newspaper industry.
Wreckers
2011
as Dawn
A married couple move back to his childhood village to start a family but a surprise visit from the husband's brother ignites sibling rivalry and expo...
The Night Watch
2011
as Helen Giniver
Four Londoners are inseparably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexuality and social convention have been broken do...
Season of the Witch
2011
as The Girl
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witc...
Pulse
2010
as Hannah Carter
A year after her mother's death, Hannah resumes her training at one of the country's top teaching hospitals. She is soon terrified by strange visions ...
H Is for Hawk
N/A
as Helen Macdonald
After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubbor hawk named Mabel. Through the bond, Helen rediscov...
Savage House
N/A
as Lady Savage
Set against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – this is a timely and darkly satirical story of Sir C...
The Magic Faraway Tree
N/A
as Polly Thompson
Soon after the Thompson family’s arrival in the countryside, the three children – Beth, Joe, and Fran – discover a magical tree and its extraordinary ...
Migrations
N/A
as Franny Stone
Franny Stone's dark past of love, loss, crime and motherhood unfolds on an odyssey through stormy seas with a team of misfit fishermen.
The Pisces
N/A
as Lucy
An exploration of the boundaries between pleasure and possession, fantasy vs reality and the way women choose the men in their lives.
Migrations
N/A
Executive Producer
Franny Stone's dark past of love, loss, crime and motherhood unfolds on an odyssey through stormy seas with a team of misfit fishermen.