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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Bring Her Back
2025
as Laura
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
2024
as Mum (voice)
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
2023
as Willy's Mother
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
2023
as Narrator (voice)
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
2022
as Philippa Langley
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
2022
as Jean Flitcroft
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
2021
as Mother Vodol
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
2021
as Maggie
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
2020
as Snail (voice)
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
2020
as Jane
When Jane is rejected by life, she spirals into a chaotic, schizophrenic world where love and normality collide with humorous consequences.
Cordelia
2019
Executive Producer
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
2019
as Dr. Vivienne Graham
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
2017
as Elisa Esposito
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
2017
as Mary Brown
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
2016
as Maud Lewis
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
Stick Man
2015
as Stick Lady & Others (voice)
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
2014
as Mary Brown
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
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
2014
as Dr. Vivienne Graham
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
2014
as Receptionist at Ball
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
2014
as Julie Ellis
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
2013
as Heather
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
2013
as Olga
Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees.
Blue Jasmine
2013
as Ginger
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
2012
as Bird (voice)
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
2012
as Mrs. Joe
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
2011
as Jill Tate
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
2011
as Mrs. Reed
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
2011
as Holly
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
2010
as Rita O'Grady
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
2010
as Linda / Gitali
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
2010
as Miss Lucy
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
2009
as Sarah Goldman
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
2009
as Maura
Two weddings collide when both receptions are held at one hotel.
Desert Flower
2009
as Marylin
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
2008
as Poppy Cross
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
2007
as Kate
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
2007
as Elly Carpenter
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
2007
as Anne Elliot
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
2006
as (Credited but deleted)
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
2006
as Rebecca West
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
2006
as Nathalie Winter
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
2006
as Terri
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
2004
as Susan Wells
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
2004
as Slasher
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
2003
as Rosalind
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
2003
as Lisa
An alcoholic falls in love with a Salvation Army captain who is trying to help him.
Byron
2003
as Mary Shelley
Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen years
All or Nothing
2002
as Samantha
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
1999
as Bystander (uncredited)
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
N/A
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
During Nazi-occupied Netherlands, a couple shelters a Jewish perfume salesman in their home. Living with an unknown person brings unforeseen developme...