Claire Foy (born 16 April 1984, Stockport) is a British actress, best-known for playing the title role in the BBC1 production of "Little Dorrit"

Personal life

Foy was born in Stockport, and she grew up in Manchester and Leeds, the youngest of three children. Her family later moved to Longwick, Buckinghamshire. She attended Aylesbury High School, a girls' grammar school, from the age of twelve; she then 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 currently lives in Peckham "with five friends from drama school".

Career

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 one acts directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London; the other one act was Baby Girl. She starred as the main protagonist Amy Dorrit in BBC mini-series Little Dorrit, and was nominated for an RTS Award. She went on to appear in TV movie Going Postal, and is set to appear in the upcoming medieval adventure film, Season of the Witch, alongside Nicolas Cage, and also starred in the BBC remake of Upstairs, Downstairs as Lady Persephone.

Filmography

2008

- Being Human Julia TV series (1 episode: "Pilot")
- Doctors Chloe Webster TV series (1 episode: "The Party's Over")
- Little Dorrit Amy Dorrit TV mini-series (14 episodes)
- Nominated - RTS Television Award - Best Actor (Female)

2009

- 10 Minute Tales Woman TV series short (1 episode: "Through the Window")

2010

- Going Postal Adora Belle Dearheart TV movie
- Pulse Hannah Carter TV pilot
- Wreckers Dawn (post-production)
- The Promise Erin Matthews TV mini-series (post-production)
- Upstairs, Downstairs Lady Persephone TV series

2011

- Season of the Witch The Girl (completed)