Romola Garai

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Romola Garai in Toronto (2007)

Romola Sadie Garai (born August 6, 1982 in Hong Kong , British Crown Colony ) is a British actress .

life and career

Garai - who has Jewish and Hungarian ancestors - grew up in Singapore and Hong Kong , among others .

Originally discovered as a singer and musician , Garai started her feature film career in 2000 with the television film The Legendary Blonde Bombshells . In the award-winning drama , she acted alongside Judi Dench , Leslie Caron and Olympia Dukakis . There were other roles like in cinema productions on both sides of the Atlantic , including historical films as Nicholas Nickleby (2002), as well as contemporary dramas like Inside I'm Dancing (2004), in which it the object of desire of a spastic paralyzed young people - played by Steven Robertson - mimes. The part of Siobhan brought her the 2005 prize of the London Film Critics Circle as Best Supporting Actress of the Year a. She became known to a large US audience in 2004 through the female lead alongside Diego Luna in the dance film Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights , which is loosely based on the plot of the world hit Dirty Dancing (1987). In 2007 she played the role of the adult Briony in Atonement alongside James McAvoy and Keira Knightley . For the title role in the television multi-part series Emma (2009) - a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jane Austen - she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Mini-TV Series or TV Movie in 2011 .

Garai has been married to her compatriot and fellow actor Sam Hoare since 2014 and has two children with him.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Romola Garai  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ telegraph.co.uk
  2. ↑ Biography in the IMDb , accessed on July 2, 2020 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Garai, Romola
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Garai, Romola Sadie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong , British Crown Colony