Sally Hawkins

Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress. She made her film debut in Mike Leigh's All or Nothing in 2002. She continued working with Leigh, appearing in Vera Drake (2004) and in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), for which she won several awards including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, and the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. She next starred in Made in Dagenham (2010) and Paddington (2014). She appeared in two Woody Allen films, Cassandra's Dream (2007), and in Blue Jasmine (2013), the latter for which she received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the BAFTA and the Golden Globe. Hawkins has appeared in many stage productions with the Royal Court Theatre, and in 2010 she made her Broadway debut in Mrs Warren's Profession. On television, she starred in the BBC adaptations of Tipping The Velvet as Zena Blake, Fingersmith (2005) as Sue Trinder, and Persuasion (2007) as Anne Elliot.