Lara Belmont
Lara Belmont (* 1980 in Oxford , England ) is a British actress .
Life
Belmont was discovered by a casting expert while she was shopping in London's Portobello Road Market. She made her debut alongside her mother-playing Tilda Swinton in the 1999 film drama The War Zone , in which she plays the role of a young girl who has an incestuous relationship with her own father ( Ray Winstone ). For this role she received the British Independent Film Award for Best Newcomer in 1999 and was nominated for Best Actress . She also won the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival's Spirit of Independence in 1999 and was nominated for the 2000 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress .
Belmont played one of the bigger roles in the drama Ashes and Sand (2002), as well as in the thriller Long Time Dead (2002) and in the comedy Oh Marbella! (2003). In the television drama Henry VIII (2003) she played the role of Maria I on the side of Ray Winstone, Joss Ackland , Helena Bonham Carter and Emily Blunt .
Filmography (selection)
- 1999: The War Zone
- 2002: Ashes and Sand
- 2002: Long Time Dead
- 2002: Crime and Punishment
- 2003: Oh Marbella!
- 2003: Killing Hitler
- 2003: Henry VIII
- 2005: Take Me Back (short film)
- 2006: Someone Else
- 2006: Lump (short film)
- 2007: Rise of the Footsoldier
Web links
- Lara Belmont in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alex Todorov: About the film , in: The War Zone (DVD booklet), Kinowelt Home Entertainment, Leipzig 2010, p. 5f.
- ↑ film.guardian.co.uk accessed on 12 February, 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Belmont, Lara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Belmont, Laura |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford , England |