Sally Cecilia Hawkins
(born 27 April 1976) is a British, Golden Globe-winning actress known for her performances as Susan in Vera Drake (2004), as Sue Trinder in the BBC's Fingersmith (2005) and for her Silver Bear and Golden Globe winning performance as Poppy in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008).
Career
Her theatre appearances include Much Ado About Nothing (2000), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2000), Misconceptions (2001), Country Music (2004) and as Adela in David Hare's version of Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba in 2005. Hawkins made her first notable big screen performance as Samantha in another Mike Leigh film, All or Nothing in 2002. She also appeared as Slasher in the 2004 production of Layer Cake. Her first major television role came in 2005 when she played Susan Trinder in the BAFTA-nominated BBC drama Fingersmith, an adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel of the same name; she co-starred with Imelda Staunton, as she had in Vera Drake. Since then she has gone on to star in another BBC adaptation, Patrick Hamilton's Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky. In 2006, Hawkins returned to the theatre, appearing at the Royal Court Theatre in Jez Butterworth's play The Winterling.
Professing a love for comedy, Hawkins has appeared in three episodes of the hit BBC comedy series Little Britain. She has also contributed her writing skills and voice to the BBC Radio 4 series Concrete Cow.
In 2008, she will work on the films The Roaring Girl (as Bernadette Devlin), Desert Flower, Happy Ever Afters and and ITV adaptation of A Passage To India.
Early life
The daughter of well known authors and illustrators of children's books, Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, she was raised in Dulwich, south-east London where she attended James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS), leaving in 1994. Hawkins then went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), graduating in 1998.
Awards
At the 2007 Monte-Carlo TV Festival, she won the 'Golden Nymph' award in the 'Best Performance by an Actress' category for her role as Anne Elliot in Persuasion.
For the 2008/09 Award Season, she received many awards for her portrayal as Poppy in the film Happy-Go-Lucky including:
Best Actress - 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress - National Society of Film Critics
Best Actress - L.A. Film Critics
Best Actress - N.Y. Film Critics
Best Actress - Boston Film Critics
Best Actress Comedy/Musical - Golden Satellite Awards
Best Actress - N.Y. Critics Online
Best Actress - Women Film Critics
Best Actress - San Francisco Film Critics
Best Actress - Oklahoma Film Critics
Best Actress Comedy/Musical- Golden Globe
Best Actress - Berlin Film Festival
Hollywood Best Breakthrough Actress
Breakthrough Performance - Chicago Film Critics
Breakthrough Award - Womens Film Critics
