Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins

1976-04-27 London, England, UK 52 Credits

Biography

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 nominations for two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she became 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...

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Bring Her Back

Bring Her Back

2025

as Laura

7.3
Acting

Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are introduced to their new sibling by their foster mother, only to learn that she has a ter...

Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

2024

as Mum (voice)

6.8
Acting

A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing...

Wonka

Wonka

2023

as Willy's Mother

7.1
Acting

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 ...

The Smeds and the Smoos

The Smeds and the Smoos

2023

as Narrator (voice)

6.8
Acting

In this animated intergalactic adventure, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos must learn to overcome their differences and work together to find young Ja...

The Lost King

The Lost King

2022

as Philippa Langley

6.5
Acting

An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.

The Phantom of the Open

The Phantom of the Open

2022

as Jean Flitcroft

6.7
Acting

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently...

A Boy Called Christmas

A Boy Called Christmas

2021

as Mother Vodol

7.3
Acting

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...

Spencer

Spencer

2021

as Maggie

6.8
Acting

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charl...

The Snail and the Whale

The Snail and the Whale

2020

as Snail (voice)

6.4
Acting

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...

Eternal Beauty

Eternal Beauty

2020

as Jane

6.1
Acting

When Jane is rejected by life, she spirals into a chaotic, schizophrenic world where love and normality collide with humorous consequences.

Cordelia

Cordelia

2019

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

Cordelia ia a troubled, damaged soul who is only just recovering after some unnamed trauma; she is an actor rehearsing a play and comes to stay in a c...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019

as Dr. Vivienne Graham

6.7
Acting

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the migh...

The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

2017

as Elisa Esposito

7.2
Acting

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 amphi...

Paddington 2

Paddington 2

2017

as Mary Brown

7.5
Acting

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.

Maudie

Maudie

2016

as Maud Lewis

7.7
Acting

Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.

Stick Man

Stick Man

2015

as Stick Lady & Others (voice)

6.8
Acting

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. ...

Paddington

Paddington

2014

as Mary Brown

7.1
Acting

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, w...

The One and Only Mike Leigh

2014

as Self

9.0
Acting

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...

Godzilla

Godzilla

2014

as Dr. Vivienne Graham

6.3
Acting

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....

The Double

The Double

2014

as Receptionist at Ball

6.5
Acting

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman ...

X+Y

X+Y

2014

as Julie Ellis

6.7
Acting

A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathem...

The Phone Call

The Phone Call

2013

as Heather

7.3
Acting

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 ...

All Is Bright

All Is Bright

2013

as Olga

5.4
Acting

Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees.

Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine

2013

as Ginger

7.0
Acting

After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger...

Room on the Broom

Room on the Broom

2012

as Bird (voice)

6.5
Acting

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 ...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

2012

as Mrs. Joe

6.4
Acting

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 ...

Submarine

Submarine

2011

as Jill Tate

7.4
Acting

15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classm...

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

2011

as Mrs. Reed

7.2
Acting

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 mee...

Love Birds

Love Birds

2011

as Holly

5.9
Acting

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 a...

Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham

2010

as Rita O'Grady

6.7
Acting

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010

as Linda / Gitali

4.8
Acting

Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick...

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

2010

as Miss Lucy

6.9
Acting

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...

An Education

An Education

2009

as Sarah Goldman

6.9
Acting

Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When ...

Happy Ever Afters

Happy Ever Afters

2009

as Maura

5.5
Acting

Two weddings collide when both receptions are held at one hotel.

Desert Flower

Desert Flower

2009

as Marylin

7.5
Acting

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 n...

Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky

2008

as Poppy Cross

6.6
Acting

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.

Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream

2007

as Kate

6.3
Acting

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.

WΔZ

WΔZ

2007

as Elly Carpenter

5.5
Acting

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 (...

Persuasion

Persuasion

2007

as Anne Elliot

7.3
Acting

Royal Navy Captain Wentworth was haughtily turned down eight years ago as suitor of pompous baronet Sir Walter Elliot's daughter Anne, despite true lo...

The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

2006

as (Credited but deleted)

7.3
Acting

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithfu...

HG Wells: War with the World

HG Wells: War with the World

2006

as Rebecca West

6.5
Acting

BBC docudrama telling the story of the father of science fiction, HG Wells, and his ambition to avert mankind's headlong course towards self-destructi...

Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart

Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart

2006

as Nathalie Winter

5.0
Acting

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 deva...

Hollow China

Hollow China

2006

as Terri

Acting

Sam, a successful entrepreneur will do anything to avoid confronting his inner feelings. As his relationship deteriorates, he is immersed in a world w...

Vera Drake

Vera Drake

2004

as Susan Wells

7.2
Acting

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

Layer Cake

Layer Cake

2004

as Slasher

6.9
Acting

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 an...

The Young Visiters

The Young Visiters

2003

as Rosalind

5.4
Acting

The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadverten...

Promoted to Glory

Promoted to Glory

2003

as Lisa

Acting

An alcoholic falls in love with a Salvation Army captain who is trying to help him.

Byron

Byron

2003

as Mary Shelley

4.6
Acting

Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen years

All or Nothing

All or Nothing

2002

as Samantha

7.1
Acting

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, ...

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

as Bystander (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for reve...

The Semplica Girl Diaries

The Semplica Girl Diaries

N/A

Acting

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 attendin...

Pretend I'm Not Here

N/A

Acting

During Nazi-occupied Netherlands, a couple shelters a Jewish perfume salesman in their home. Living with an unknown person brings unforeseen developme...