Samantha Jane Morton (born May 13, 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.

Filmography

• 2026The Odyssey — Circe
• 2025Anemone — Nessa
• 20242073 — Ghost
• The Burning Girls — Reverend Jack Brooks
• 2022Save the Cinema — Liz Evans
• 2022She Said — Zelda Perkins
• Tales of the Walking Dead — Dee
• The Serpent Queen — Catherine de Medici
• 2022The Whale — Mary
• I Am... — Kirsty, Story
• 2018Two for Joy — Aisha
• Harlots — Margaret Wells
• Artists in Love — Host
• 2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — Mary Lou Barebone
• Rillington Place — Ethel Christie
• 2015Cider with Rosie — Annie Lee
• 2015The Harvest — Katherine
• The Last Panthers — Naomi
• 2014Decoding Annie Parker — Annie Parker
• 2014Miss Julie — Kathleen
• 2013Angels & Ghosts — Amber Crick (voice)
• 2013Her — Associate Producer
• The Frame — Maria Gonzales, Vija Kinsky
• 2012Cosmopolis — Vija Kinsky
• 2012John Carter — Sola
• The Walking Dead — Alpha
• 2009The Messenger — Olivia Pitterson
• 2009The Unloved — Director, Writer
• 2008Mister Lonely — Marilyn Monroe
• 2008Synecdoche, New York — Hazel
• 2008The Daisy Chain — Martha Conroy
• 2007Control — Debbie Curtis
• 2007Elizabeth: The Golden Age — Mary, Queen of Scots
• 2007Expired — Claire Barney
• 2007Max & Ruby - A Merry Bunny Christmas — Ruby
• 2006Longford — Myra Hindley
• 2005Lassie — Sarah Carraclough
• 2005Max & Ruby's Halloween — Ruby (voice)
• 2005River Queen — Sarah O'Brien
• 2004Enduring Love — Claire
• 2004Max & Ruby's Christmas — Ruby (voice)
• 2004The Libertine — Elizabeth Barry
• 2003Code 46 — Maria Gonzales
• 2003In America — Sarah
• Max & Ruby — Ruby
• 2002Minority Report — Agatha
• 2002Morvern Callar — Morvern Callar
• 2001Eden — Sam
• 2001Pandaemonium — Sara Coleridge
• 2000Jesus' Son — Michelle
• 1999Dreaming of Joseph Lees — Eva
• 1999Sweet and Lowdown — Hattie
• 1999The Last Yellow — Jackie
• 1997Jane Eyre — Jane Eyre
• The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling — Sophie Western
• 1997This Is the Sea — Hazel Stokes
• 1997Under the Skin — Iris Kelly
• 1996Emma — Harriet Smith
• 1996The Future Lasts A Long Time — May
• Band of Gold — Tracy Richards
• The Vet — Amanda Mulholland
• Cracker — Joanne Barnes
• Peak Practice — Abbey / Pauline Jones
• 1993The Token King — Vicky Hooper
• Soldier Soldier — Clare Anderson
• Love and War
• The Entertainment System Is Down

Appearances as themselves (9)

• Dead Talk Live — Self - Guest
• 2012Citizens of Cosmopolis — Self
• 2010Miliband of Brothers — Self - Narrator
• 2009Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Would I Lie to You? — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• The View — Self
• The Oscars — Self