Samantha Morton - Biography

Last Editor: hitomss				Samantha Morton Biography -   Name : Samantha Morton Birth Date : May 13, 1977 Birth Place : Nottingham, England, UK Height : 5' 3 Education : Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham, England Occupation : Actress Nationality : British Relationship : Charlie Creed-Miles (British; actor; born on March 24, 1972), Hans Matheson (actor; born in 1975) Fan Mail : Creative Artists Agency 9830 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825 USA

Samantha Morton Trivia -

Daughter, Esme, born 5 February 2000 in London. Father is actor Charlie Creed-Miles. Has eight siblings. Dropped out of school at 13. Moved to London from Nottingham at 16. Born in a Nottingham council estate. Turned down the role of Lisa in Girl, Interrupted (1999). Turned down the title role in Iris (2001/I). Wanted a role in Love Actually (2003) but was turned down in favor of Martine McCutcheon and Keira Knightley. Was actually the third choice to play Agatha in Minority Report (2002); Cate Blanchett and Jenna Elfman both turned it down. Attended The West Bridgford Comprehensive School, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham. The school has a book containing newspaper cuttings of her achievements in the reception. Was originally cast as Diane Arbus in Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) and as Harper Lee in Infamous (2006). Engaged to Ian Holm's son, Harry Holm. Turned down the role of Ophelia in Hamlet (2000) due to scheduling conflicts with Sweet and Lowdown (1999). In The Libertine (2004) , she played the actress Elizabeth Barry who, in the movie, played a stunning Ophelia on stage. Parents split up when she was three. The children stayed with their father. Gave birth to a baby girl on the 4th January 2008 and named her Edie. Edie weighed 7lb 8oz and was born in a London hospital. Cousin of the actor Daniel Morton yet they have never worked together. She has stated that, if she weren't an actress, she might work in social care or politics, and intends to combine her acting work with it some day. She has a reputation for being difficult on set, by her own admission: in an interview given with The Guardian Weekend magazine in 2009, she stated that it was fair enough to tell crew members to shut it if they were chatting away while she was giving it her all - she works hard and expects others to do so, too. In 2006, a piece of 17th century plaster fell on her head, causing a stroke. She spent time in physical and speech therapy, learning how to walk and remaster her speaking skills. She went straight from therapy into filming Synecdoche, New York (2008). She reports "I still have a slight dis-fluency, sentences are spaced differently, but I was given a clean bill of health.".

Samantha Morton Detailed Biography -

Samantha Morton was born May 13, 1977 in Nottingham, England to parents Pamela and Peter Morton . They split up when she was three and married other people. She has eight brothers and sisters. She left the school West Bridgford Comprehensive at the age of thirteen and joined England's Central Junior Television Workshop. She had been encouraged by a drama teacher and wrote to them until they accepted her. She left the workshop when she was 16 and joined the theater group The Royal Court. Morton has done radio plays. Samantha's first television work came at the age of 13. Since then she has played many minor TV roles in such dramas as "Cracker" (1993), "Peak Practice" (1993), "Boon" (1986), "Soldier Soldier" (1991) and "Medics" (1990), before reaching the big time with major roles in such TV movies and mini-series as "Band of Gold" (1995) (mini), Emma (1997) (TV), Jane Eyre (1997) (TV) and "History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, The" (1997) (mini). Under the Skin garned awards and lots of attention and critical praise for Morton led to other roles. Hollywood has come knocking on her door but she won't take just any role. She is very choosy and has said that she won't sell out.