Samantha Morton Movies and Career Information

Samantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress and film director. Morton has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, twice for a BAFTA Award, twice for a Golden Globe and once each for an Emmy Award and SAG Award. Morton's acting has been recognised by several organizations, including the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award, the Evening Standard British Film Awards, the London Critics Circle and the Toronto Film Critics Association. She made her film debut in This Is the Sea (1997). She received worldwide attention and an Academy Award nomination for her role in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown (1999). She appeared in Minority Report (2002) and In America (2003), for which she received her second Academy Award nomination. She starred in the television film Longford (2007), for which she received an Emmy nomination and won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley. She appeared in the 2009 drama The Messenger. Morton is the third child born in Nottingham, England to Peter Morton and Pamela Freebury, a factory worker. She has a brother and a sister — Marcus (born 1971) is a Royal Marine, Penny