Claire Foy
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The ThumbScore for Claire Foy (68.0%) is the average audience approval rating across 10 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Claire's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2016–2017, 2020, 2022–2023), for which she received various accolades such as a Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Foy made her screen debut in the pilot episode of the supernatural comedy series Being Human (2008).
Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries Little Dorrit (2008) and made her film debut in the American fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy earned praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the BBC miniseries Wolf Hall (2015), receiving a BAFTA Nomination nomination. In 2018, she starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man. For the latter, she received Best Supporting Actress nominations from the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs.
While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue, and Touched. After appearing in small roles on television, she made her professional stage debut in DNA (part of a triptych of plays including The Miracle and Baby Girl), directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre. Foy's screen debut was as Julia Beckett in the pilot episode of the supernatural comedy series Being Human (2008). The role was recast for the remainder of the series.
Foy starred as the title character Amy Dorrit in the 2008 BBC series Little Dorrit, for which she was nominated for an RTS Award. She went on to appear in the television serial Going Postal (2010), based on the novel by Terry Pratchett. Foy also starred in the 2010 BBC revival of Upstairs Downstairs as Lady Persephone, and co-starred in the Channel 4 serial The Promise, broadcast in February 2011. In 2011, she made her feature film debut opposite Nicolas Cage in the American fantasy adventure film Season of the Witch. The same year she appeared alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the British drama film Wreckers.
Born 1984-04-16 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
On ThumbScore, Claire Foy appears in 10 films with an average audience score of 68.0%, most frequently in the Drama genre.
