Samantha Morton

Samantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress. She has won a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award. in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a British Academy Film Award. A native of Nottingham, Morton joined the Central Junior Television Workshop, and soon began her career in British television in 1991. She guest-starred in Soldier Soldier and Cracker and appeared from 1995 to 1996 in the ITV series Band of Gold. She made the transition to film with lead roles in the dramas Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997) and the well-received Under the Skin (1997).The latter made director Woody Allen cast Morton in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supp... ()