Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

Actor (b. 1977)
18
Movies
69.6%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Samantha Morton’s films lower than 68% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Synecdoche, New York (Fawesome) · Sweet and Lowdown (YouTube, Roku Channel, Fandango at Home, Plex, Prime Video (free), Tubi, Fawesome) · Minority Report (Kanopy) · Control (YouTube, Plex, Tubi, Kanopy) · Elizabeth: The Golden Age (YouTube) · The Libertine (Tubi, Fawesome) and 7 more.

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The ThumbScore for Samantha Morton (69.6%) is the average audience approval rating across 18 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Samantha's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Samantha Jane Morton (born 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 1991. She appeared in the ITV series Band of Gold (1995–1996) and the BBC miniseries The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (1997).

Morton's early film roles include Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997), and Under the Skin (1997). She received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown(1999) and the other for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan's In America (2003). Other notable film credits include  Morvern Callar (2002),  Minority Report (2002), The Libertine (2004), Control(2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Messenger (2009), John Carter (2012), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and The Whale (2022). For her portrayal of Myra Hindley in the Channel 4 and HBO film Longford (2006), she received a Primetime Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award nominations. Morton made her directorial debut with the television film The Unloved (2009), which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama. She has starred in various programmes, such as The Last Panthers (2015), Rillington Place (2016), Harlots (2017–2019), The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and The Serpent Queen (2022–2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Samantha Morton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1977-05-13 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.

On ThumbScore, Samantha Morton appears in 18 films with an average audience score of 69.6%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Samantha Morton movie, ranked by audience score

Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York
2008
👍 87%
Sweet and Lowdown
Sweet and Lowdown
1999
👍 84%
Minority Report
Minority Report
2002
👍 82%
The Whale
The Whale
2022
👍 82%
Control
Control
2007
👍 82%
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
👍 75%
John Carter
John Carter
2012
👍 72%
In America
In America
2003
👍 72%
The Libertine
The Libertine
2004
👍 71%
Emma
Emma
1996
👍 70%
Morvern Callar
Morvern Callar
2002
👍 68%
The Messenger
The Messenger
2009
👍 67%
Lassie
Lassie
2005
👍 66%
Code 46
Code 46
2003
👍 65%
Enduring Love
Enduring Love
2004
👍 60%
Anemone
Anemone
2025
👍 56%
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012
👍 52%
2073
2073
2024
👍 41%