Sally Hawkins

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 Festivals 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 Nights Dream Her first major role was in Mike Leighs All or Nothing in 2002 She continued working with Leigh appearing in a supporting role in Vera Drake 2004 and taking the lead in HappyGoLucky 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 Cassandras 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 Warrens Profession In 2012 she starred in Constellations at the Royal Court Theatre which later moved to the Duke of Yorks 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 ITVs adaptation of Jane Austens novel