Catherine McCormack
Catherine Jane McCormack (born April 3, 1972 in Epsom , Surrey ) is a British actress and film producer .
life and career
Catherine McCormack trained as an actor at the Oxford School of Drama and initially starred in various theater productions before getting her first film role in the psychodrama Bloody Weekend in 1994 . In Oscar -prämierten history - war film Braveheart she played the wife of the main character William Wallace , in turn, by Mel Gibson was represented. Although this made her famous in Hollywood , she continued to work as a waitress in London before eventually taking on other roles. Among other things, she played in Dangerous Beauty - The Courtesan of Venice with Jacqueline Bisset and Oliver Platt and in Dance into Freedom with Meryl Streep . In 2000 she was seen four times in the cinema, including in Shadow of the Vampire , a drama with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe and the thriller The Weight of Water alongside Sean Penn . In 2001 she starred in The Tailor of Panama with Pierce Brosnan and Jamie Lee Curtis and in Spy Game - The Final Countdown with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt . After 2001 she was seen in several television and cinema films. In addition, she also took part in a number of plays.
Filmography (selection)
- 1994: Bloody Weekend (Loaded)
- 1995: Braveheart
- 1996: Tashunga - Merciless Persecution (Tashunga)
- 1997: Deacon Brodie (TV movie)
- 1998: Blackberry Time (The Land Girls)
- 1998: Dangerous Beauty - The courtesan of Venice (Dangerous Beauty)
- 1998: Tanz in die Freiheit (Dancing at Lughnasa)
- 1999: Lover or Loser (This Year's Love)
- 2000: Shadow of the Vampire
- 2000: The Truth About Angels (A Rumor of Angels)
- 2000: The weight of water (The Weight of Water)
- 2000: Born Romantic
- 2001: The Tailor of Panama (The Tailor of Panama)
- 2001: Spy Game - The Final Countdown (Spy Game)
- 2004: Maria Stuart - Blood, Terror and Treason (Gunpowder, Treason & Plot)
- 2005: A Sound of Thunder
- 2006: Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (TV movie)
- 2006: Renaissance (voice)
- 2007: The Moon and the Stars
- 2007: 28 Weeks Later
- 2011: Lights Out (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2013: The Fold
- 2016: Sherlock - The bride of horror (The Abominable Bride , TV movie)
- 2016: The Journey
- 2017: Early Promise (La promesse de l'aube)
- 2020: The Song of Names
Web links
- Catherine McCormack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | McCormack, Catherine |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McCormack, Catherine Jane (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress and film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Epsom , Surrey , England , UK |