Rebecca Hall

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Rebecca Hall at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

Rebecca Maria Hall (born May 3, 1982 in London ) is a British actress .

Life

Hall, daughter of the director Peter Hall and the opera singer Maria Ewing , studied English at the University of Cambridge . She dropped out after two years. The actress began performing as a child, including starring Tara Fitzgerald in the 1992 miniseries The Camomile Lawn , directed by her father. In 2003 she received the Ian Charleson Award for her role in the play Mrs Warren's Profession . In 2004 she was also nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for her role in As You Like It . Both plays were performed under the direction of her father.

Hall played her first adult film role in the comedy Starter for 10 (2006). In the thriller Prestige - The Masters of Magic (2006) Hall played one of the larger roles alongside Hugh Jackman , Christian Bale , Piper Perabo and Scarlett Johansson . For this role she was nominated in 2007 for the Empire Award and for the London Critics' Circle Film Award . In the comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) by Woody Allen , she played one of the two title heroines together with Johansson and was nominated for the role of Vicky for the Golden Globe Award in the category Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical . In 2013, she starred alongside Robert Downey Jr. in the action and science fiction film Iron Man 3 .

In 2017 Hall was appointed to the competition jury of the 74th Venice International Film Festival .

Filmography (selection)

Rebecca Hall at the Berlinale 2010

Awards and nominations for film awards

  • The Prestige: Nominated for the Empire Award for best female newcomer
  • The Prestige: Nominated for the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Newcomer of the Year
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Gotham Award for Best Ensemble
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Nominated for the Gotham Award Best Breakthrough Performance
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Nominated for the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Actress of the Year
  • Frost / Nixon: Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble
  • Please Give: Robert Altman Award
  • Please Give: Special Award for the complete work ( also for Yorkshire Killer and The Town - City Without Mercy )
  • Please Give: Nominated for the Chlotrudis Award best ensemble
  • Please Give: Nominated for the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress
  • Please Give: Nominated for the Gotham Award for Best Ensemble
  • The Town: National Board of Review Award for best ensemble
  • The Town: Nominated for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
  • The Town: Nominated for the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
  • The Awakening: Nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress

Web links

Commons : Rebecca Hall  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography in the IMDb , accessed on March 18, 2010
  2. ↑ Dateline: April 20th, 2003. In: The British Theater Guide. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009 ; accessed on February 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hall, Rebecca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hall, Rebecca Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England , UK