Known for movies
Short Info
Date Of Birth | May 3, 1982 |
Spouse | Morgan Spector |
Fact | Rebecca Hall has appeared with many actors from the Marvel Universe in non Marvel films. She worked with Andy Serkis (Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)) and Hugh Jackman (the X-Men and Wolverine series) in The Prestige (2006). Hall worked with Toby Jones (Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)), Kevin Bacon (X: First Class (2011)) and Oliver Platt (X: First Class (2011)) in Frost/Nixon (2008). She also worked with Jeremy Renner (The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Thor (2011)) in The Town (2010). |
Rebecca Hall is an English actress. She was born on May 3, 1982, in London, England. Her father, Peter Hall, is a director and founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her mother, Maria Ewing, is a singer. She has two sisters, Lucy and Emma. She was educated at St Paul’s Girls’ School and Newnham College, Cambridge.
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She began her career in television, appearing in the British drama series “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” (1992) and “Taggart” (1993). She made her film debut in “The Camomile Lawn” (1992). She has appeared in such films as “The Prestige” (2006), “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (2008), “The Town” (2010), “Iron Man 3” (2013), and “The Gift” (2015). She won the London Film Critics’ Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year for her role in “The Prestige. ” She has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award.
She is married to actor Morgan Spector. They have one child.
General Info
Full Name | Rebecca Hall |
Date Of Birth | May 3, 1982 |
Height | 1.75 m |
Profession | Actor |
Education | Roedean School, University of Cambridge, Cumnor House School, St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
Family
Spouse | Morgan Spector |
Parents | Peter Hall, Maria Ewing |
Siblings | Jennifer Caron Hall, Christopher Hall, Edward Hall, Emma Hall, Lucy Hall |
Accomplishments
Awards | British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble |
Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, BAFTA Rising Star Award, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, The Bri... |
Movies | Iron Man 3, Christine, The Gift, The Town, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The BFG, Transcendence, The Awakening, Lay the Favorite, The Prestige, Tumbledown, Starter for 10, Closed Circuit, Please Give, Frost/Nixon, Everything Must Go, A Promise, Dorian Gray, A Bag of Hammers, Red Riding: 1974, Einstein a... |
TV Shows | Parade's End, Red Riding, The Camomile Lawn |
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Quotes
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1 | [on meeting Benedict Cumberbatch when she was age 8] Benedict was one of those boys that you met and you could already see what he was going to be like when he was middle-aged. He is a one-off, and it is the fate of people who are unique for others not to notice their talent straight off the bat. It's easy for people to say, "Wow, you are the next 'Johnny Depp'." Benedict was never going to be the next anybody. He was always going to be just who he is. |
2 | One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit. |
3 | There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'Hello, my name is Fifi and I'm a labrador and I think you're great. Paw paw!' |
4 | To read a character I'm not sympathizing with is generally quite a good, attractive proposition because I've got somewhere to go, I've got work to do, to try to understand why they behave like they behave, to relate entirely and understand them and to be completely emotionally connected. That is much more fun 99 percent of the time. |
5 | Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea. |
6 | I read everything. I've always got a book on the go and I'm really nerdy about it, I get through books and don't remember anything about them afterwards. But I read all sorts, from classic to contemporary. |
7 | I think for a long time it seemed like working in an art form and being a feminist meant portraying women in a perfect, angelic light. And there's nothing feminist about that. |
8 | I used to have the most visceral response to having my photo taken. I felt like instantly bursting into tears and running out of the room. I hated all the attention, which is such a stupid thing for an actor to say. |
9 | I would say that maybe directors who act as well are easier with actors. I'm not saying that all directors have this, but sometimes you'll come across a director who sort of looks at an actor a bit like a kind of untrained horse that's been let out of the stable, like they might buck him. |
10 | If pressed, I would say I feel British. It's where I grew up and where I choose to live, the culture that I love, but I feel perfectly at home in America, I don't feel like a tourist or anything. |
11 | No family is sane, is it? |
12 | 'Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show. |
13 | When I was 22, I thought I couldn't wear heels because of my height. |
14 | You either are a good director or you're not. |
15 | I quite enjoy cooking but I'm not consistent. I can't follow the recipe book. If something goes well, I'll never make it again, which is completely stupid. It's a one-shot kind of deal. |
16 | I've played an awful lot of repressed people. |
17 | It sounds trite, but I like telling stories. |
18 | Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook. |
19 | My childhood was very colourful, and I am very good friends with both my parents. We have no secrets. |
20 | My mum's American. She's from Detroit. |
21 | I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor. |
22 | I was a really pretentious teenager. |
23 | I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films. |
24 | I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either. |
25 | I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists. |
26 | As a child I loved ghost stories. |
27 | I always look for contradiction in a character. |
28 | I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level. |
29 | I don't like talking about myself, if I'm honest. |
30 | I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film. |
31 | I've never been desperate to please my father. |
32 | One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films. |
33 | There's always going to be a separate version of you that people will create, and you have no control over it. |
34 | I've always had horrible Valentine's Days. |
35 | If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline. |
Facts
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1 | (September 26, 2015) Married her boyfriend of a few months Morgan Spector. |
2 | Aunt of Stephanie Clive. |
3 | Rebecca Hall has appeared with many actors from the Marvel Universe in non Marvel films. She worked with Andy Serkis (Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)) and Hugh Jackman (the X-Men and Wolverine series) in The Prestige (2006). Hall worked with Toby Jones (Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)), Kevin Bacon (X: First Class (2011)) and Oliver Platt (X: First Class (2011)) in Frost/Nixon (2008). She also worked with Jeremy Renner (The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Thor (2011)) in The Town (2010). |
4 | She grew to be 5'10 at the age of 11. |
5 | Rebecca holds Dual Citizenship for the United States and the UK. |
6 | Currently in rehearsal for a National Theatre production of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", directed by her father, Peter Hall. [December 2010] |
7 | Stepsister-in-law of Issy Van Randwyck. |
8 | Her agent paid for the fares for their flight to New York to audition for The Town (2010) because she did not have the money. |
9 | Attended Cumnor House School in East Sussex from age 9 to 13. |
10 | She is the daughter of English theater director Peter Hall (who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company) and American opera singer Maria Ewing. Peter Hall is a white Englishman. Maria Ewing's paternal grandparents were both of part African ancestry. Maria's father, Norman Isaac Ewing, also had Scottish, and possible Sioux Native American, roots. Maria's mother, Hermina Maria Veraar, who was caucasian, was Dutch. |
11 | For her professional stage debut in "Mrs Warren's Profession" (dir. Peter Hall), she won the 2002 Sunday Times/ National Theatre 'Ian Charleson' Award which recognises performances in classical roles for actors and actresses under 30 in Britain. She was nominated for the same award in 2004 for her performance in "As You Like It" (dir. Peter Hall). |
12 | Her favorite film is Woody Allen's 1979 movie, Manhattan (1979). |
13 | She contributed a doodle for Epilepsy Action's National Doodle Day on Friday 23 February 2007. |
14 | Younger half sister of theatre director Edward Hall, theatre set designer Lucy Hall, producer Christopher Hall and Jennifer Caron Hall. |
15 | Attended Roedean School in East Sussex, where she was head girl. Then studied English at Cambridge University, but dropped out after her second year. |
16 | She is the daughter of Peter Hall and Maria Ewing. |
Pictures
Movies
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Holmes and Watson | 2018 | filming | Dr. Grace Hart |
Permission | 2017 | post-production | Anna |
The Dinner | 2017 | post-production | Katelyn Lohman |
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women | 2017 | post-production | Elizabeth Marston |
The BFG | 2016 | Mary | |
Horace and Pete | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Rachel |
Christine | 2016/I | Christine | |
The Gift | 2015/VI | Robyn | |
Bonobos: Back to the Wild | 2015 | Claudine | |
Tumbledown | 2015 | Hannah | |
Ruminate | 2014 | Short | Gemma |
Transcendence | 2014/I | Evelyn Caster | |
A Promise | 2013 | Lotte Hoffmeister | |
Closed Circuit | 2013 | Claudia Simmons-Howe | |
Iron Man Three | 2013 | Maya Hansen | |
Parade's End | 2012 | TV Mini-Series | Sylvia Tietjens |
Lay the Favorite | 2012 | Beth | |
The Awakening | 2011/I | Florence Cathcart | |
A Bag of Hammers | 2011 | Melanie | |
Everything Must Go | 2010 | Samantha | |
The Town | 2010 | Claire Keesey | |
Please Give | 2010 | Rebecca | |
Dorian Gray | 2009 | Emily Wotton | |
Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 | 2009 | TV Movie | Paula Garland |
Einstein and Eddington | 2008 | TV Movie | Winnie Eddington |
Frost/Nixon | 2008 | Caroline Cushing | |
Official Selection | 2008 | Short | Emily Dickinson |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona | 2008 | Vicky | |
Joe's Palace | 2007 | TV Movie | Tina |
Rubberheart | 2007 | Short | Maggie |
The Prestige | 2006 | Sarah Borden | |
Wide Sargasso Sea | 2006 | TV Movie | Antoinette Cosway |
Starter for 10 | 2006 | Rebecca Epstein | |
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | 1994 | TV Series | Lucie |
Don't Leave Me This Way | 1993 | TV Movie | Lizzie Neil |
The Camomile Lawn | 1992 | TV Mini-Series | Sophy |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Permission | 2017 | producer post-production |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Behind the Scenes of Please Give | 2010 | Video documentary short special thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Last Call with Carson Daly | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
Made in Hollywood | 2010-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
Access Hollywood Live | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
Good Morning America | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Transcendence: A Singular Vision | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
Transcendence: Guarding the Threat | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
What Is 'Transcendence'? | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2007-2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2014 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Reel Junkie | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
Vivir de cine | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Parade's End: Featurette | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Iron Man 3: Sky Movies Special | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Awakening: BAFTA Q&A | 2012 | Video short | Herself |
Cinema 3 | 2008-2012 | TV Series | Herself |
The Awakening: A Time for Ghosts | 2012 | Video documentary short | Herself / Florence Cathcart |
The Awakening: Behind the Scenes | 2012 | Video documentary short | Herself / Florence Cathcart |
MSN Exclusives | 2012 | TV Series | Herself (2014) |
The Big Picture | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
Ben's Boston | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary short | Herself / Claire Keesey |
Behind the Scenes of Please Give | 2010 | Video documentary short | Herself / Rebecca |
Please Give: Outtakes | 2010 | Video short | Herself / Rebecca (uncredited) |
Breakfast | 2010 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Días de cine | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
Discovering Secrets | 2009 | Video documentary short | Herself |
The Making of Frost/Nixon | 2009 | Video documentary short | Herself |
Resumen - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Herself |
Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Herself |
Entertainment Tonight | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan | 2007 | Video documentary short | Herself |
The Prestige: Now That's Magic | 2006 | TV Special documentary | Sarah |
The South Bank Show | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Lennon or McCartney | 2014 | Documentary short | Herself |
Movie Guide | 2013 | TV Series | Claudia |
Chelsea Lately | 2013 | TV Series | Maya Hansen in 'Iron Man 3' |
Ben's Boston | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary short | Claire Keesey |
Buscando a Penélope | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Vicky |
University Challenge: The Story So Far | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Rebecca Epstein (uncredited) |
Awards
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2016 | Silver Hugo | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Actress | Christine (2016) |
2013 | Broadcasting Press Guild Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Best Actress | Parade's End (2012) |
2011 | Robert Altman Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Please Give (2010) | |
2010 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009) |
2010 | NBR Award | National Board of Review, USA | Best Acting by an Ensemble | The Town (2010) |
2010 | Special Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009) | |
2010 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | The Town (2010) |
2008 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Ensemble Performance | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2013 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Leading Actress | Parade's End (2012) |
2013 | Critics' Choice TV Award | Critics Choice Television Awards | Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Parade's End (2012) |
2013 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Parade's End (2012) |
2013 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Parade's End (2012) |
2011 | British Independent Film Award | British Independent Film Awards | Best Actress | The Awakening (2011) |
2011 | Evening Standard British Film Award | Evening Standard British Film Awards | Best Actress | Please Give (2010) |
2010 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Ensemble Performance | Please Give (2010) |
2010 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Supporting Actress | Please Give (2010) |
2009 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
2009 | Rising Star Award | BAFTA Awards | ||
2009 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | British Actress of the Year | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
2009 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Breakthrough Performance - Female | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
2009 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Frost/Nixon (2008) |
2008 | EDA Female Focus Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Breakthrough Performance | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
2008 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Newcomer | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
2008 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Breakthrough Actor | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
2007 | Empire Award | Empire Awards, UK | Best Female Newcomer | The Prestige (2006) |
2007 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | British Newcomer of the Year | The Prestige (2006) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia