Claire Foy
Known for Acting · 52 credits
- Born
- 1984-04-16 (age 42)
- Place of birth
- Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as
- Claire Elizabeth Foy
Biography
Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, and made her screen debut in the pilot of the supernatural comedy series Being Human, in 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 historical fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015).
Foy was educated at Aylesbury High School from the age of 12 and later attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama. She graduated in 2007 and moved to London's Peckham district to share a house with five friends from drama school. While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue, and Touched. After appearing on television, she made her professional stage debut in DNA and The Miracle, two of a trio of single acts directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London (the third was Baby Girl).
Foy gained international recognition for portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy, among other awards. 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 role, she was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.
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Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TV Shows (23)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
The Crown
2016
as Queen Elizabeth II / Young Elizabeth / Young Queen Elizabeth II / Young Queen Elizabeth II (archive footage)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Wolf Hall
2015
as Anne Boleyn
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
as Self
Little Dorrit
2008
as Amy Dorrit
10 Minute Tales
2009
as Woman
Going Postal
2010
as Adora Belle Dearheart
Crossbones
2014
as Kate Balfour
Upstairs Downstairs
2010
as Lady Persephone Towyn
The Great War: The People's Story
2014
as Helen Bentwich
White Heat
2012
as Charlotte
A Very British Scandal
2021
as Margaret Campbell
The Promise
2011
as Erin Matthews
Marlow
Movies (29)
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as Polly Thompson
First Man
2018
as Janet Shearon
Season of the Witch
2011
as The Girl
The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
as Lisbeth Salander
Savage House
2026
as Lady Savage
All of Us Strangers
2023
as Mum
Vampire Academy
2014
as Sonya Karp
Women Talking
2022
as Salome
Unsane
2018
as Sawyer Valentini
My Son
2021
as Joan Richmond
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Emily Wain
Breathe
2017
as Diana Cavendish
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Lois, Social Worker
H Is for Hawk
2025
as Helen Macdonald
Rosewater
2014
as Paola
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020
as Self
Wreckers
2011
as Dawn
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Mrs. Thomas (voice)
Lungs
2020
as W
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
as Self
The Night Watch
2011
as Helen Giniver
Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night
2014
as Narrator
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
2024
as Self
Ink
as Joyce Hopkirk
Pulse
2010
as Hannah Carter
Hacks
2012
as Kate Loy
Migrations
as Franny Stone
Children of the Taliban
2023
as Narrator
The Pisces
as Lucy
About Claire Foy
Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, and made her screen debut in the pilot of the supernatural comedy series Being Human, in 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 historical fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (… With 52 credits spanning from 1975 to 2026, Claire Foy has appeared in 29 films and 23 TV shows.
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- The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) — as Polly Thompson
- First Man (2018) — as Janet Shearon
- Season of the Witch (2011) — as The Girl
- The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) — as Lisbeth Salander
- Savage House (2026) — as Lady Savage
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