Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall
Hall in 2010
Born Rebecca Maria Hall
(1982-05-03) 3 May 1982
London, England
Alma mater St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Occupation Actress
Years active 1992–present
Spouse(s)
Morgan Spector (m. 2015)
Parent(s)
Relatives

Rebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982) is a British-born American actress[1] who made her first onscreen appearance at age 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of The Camomile Lawn, directed by her father Peter Hall. Her professional stage debut came in her father's 2002 production of Mrs. Warren's Profession, which earned her enthusiastic reviews and the Ian Charleson Award.

Following her film debut in Starter for 10 (2006), Hall got her breakthrough role that same year in Christopher Nolan's thriller film The Prestige. In 2008, Hall starred as Vicky in Woody Allen's romantic comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She then appeared in a wide array of films, including Ron Howard's historical drama Frost/Nixon (2008), Ben Affleck's crime drama The Town (2010), the horror thriller The Awakening (2011), the superhero movie Iron Man 3 (2013), the science fiction film Transcendence (2014), the psychological thriller The Gift (2015) and the biographical drama Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017). In 2016, Hall was praised by critics for her portrayal of reporter Christine Chubbuck in the biographical drama Christine.[2]

Hall has also made several notable appearances on British television. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2009 Channel 4 miniseries Red Riding: 1974. In 2013, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her performance in BBC Two's Parade's End.

Early life and education

Hall was born on 3 May 1982 in London,[3] the daughter of English stage director and Royal Shakespeare Company founder Peter Hall and American opera singer Maria Ewing. Her mother is of Sioux, African-American, Scottish and Dutch origin.[4][5][6][7] Her parents separated when she was still young, eventually divorcing in 1990.[4] Hall has five half-siblings: stage director Edward Hall, producer Christopher Hall, actresses Jennifer Caron Hall and Emma Hall and set designer Lucy Hall.[4][8]

Hall attended Roedean School, where she became head girl.[4] She studied English Literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, before dropping out in 2002 just before her final year.[4][9][10] During her time at Cambridge, she was active in the student theatre scene and also set up her own theatre company.[11] She was a member of the Marlowe Society and starred alongside housemate Dan Stevens, who was an English literature student at Emmanuel College, in several productions.[12][13]

Career

Film and television

Hall at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival

Hall's first professional role came in 1992, when she appeared as young Sophy in her father's television adaptation of Mary Wesley's The Camomile Lawn at the age of nine.[14] Her feature film debut came in 2006 as Rebecca Epstein in the film adaptation of David Nicholls's Starter for Ten. She got her breakthrough with the role of Sarah Borden in Christopher Nolan's film The Prestige (2006). She then appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's Joe's Palace in 2007,[15] as well as appearing in several other television films including Wide Sargasso Sea and Rubberheart.

Hall's Hollywood fame grew when she starred in the Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) as one of the title characters, Vicky.[16] Her performance was well-received,[16] and she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2008, she appeared in Ron Howard's historical drama Frost/Nixon as the girlfriend of Michael Sheen's David Frost. The following year she was cast in the British fantasy-horror film Dorian Gray based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Following a small role in the indie film Please Give, Hall starred in Ben Affleck's crime drama The Town (2010) opposite Affleck and Jon Hamm.[16] In June 2010, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Paula Garland in the 2009 Channel 4 production Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974.[17] The following year she played the female lead in the British ghost film The Awakening, released in September 2011.[18][19]

In 2012, she took on the role of Beth Raymer in the comedy-drama film Lay the Favourite, based on Raymer's memoir of the same title; one review commented that she "plays Raymer as an endearing force of nature who somehow manages to survive in a dangerous world through sheer force of character."[20] She next starred in the BBC/HBO/VRT production of Parade's End (2012) opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, which earned her a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Best Actress.[21] In 2013, Hall replaced Jessica Chastain as Maya Hansen in the superhero film Iron Man 3. The same year she appeared in the political thriller Closed Circuit (2013). She then starred opposite Johnny Depp in Wally Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence (2014).[22] In 2015, Hall starred in the romantic comedy Tumbledown and Joel Edgerton's directorial debut The Gift.[23][24]

In the 2016 biographical drama Christine, Hall played the role of real-life news reporter Christine Chubbuck. Variety called her "discomfitingly electric in the best role she’s yet been offered".[25]

Stage

Hall at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

Hall's professional stage debut came in 2002 when she starred as Vivie in her father's production of Mrs Warren's Profession at the Strand Theatre in London. Her performance, described as "admirable"[26] and "accomplished",[27] earned her the Ian Charleson Award in 2003.[28][29]

In 2003, Hall's father celebrated fifty years as a theatre director by staging a season of five plays at the Theatre Royal in Bath, Somerset. Hall starred in two of these plays; she appeared as Rosalind in her father's production of As You Like It,[30] which gained her a second Charleson nomination[31] and starred in the title role of Thea Sharrock's revival of D. H. Lawrence's The Fight for Barbara.[32] In 2004, Hall appeared in three plays for the Peter Hall Company at the Theatre Royal, two of which her father directed, namely Man and Superman in which she played Ann, and Galileo's Daughter in which she played Sister Maria Celeste. The third, Molière's Don Juan, in which she played the part of Elvira, was directed by Sharrock.[33]

In 2005, Hall reprised the role of Rosalind in a touring production of As You Like It, again under the direction of her father. This tour took in the following venues: The Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames; The Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York; The Curran Theatre at San Francisco;[34] The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.[35] This was a second leg of the U.S. tour that began in 2003 with venues at the Shubert Theater[36] New Haven, Connecticut,[37] Columbus, Ohio, and the historic Wilbur Theater in Boston.[38]

In 2008–09, she appeared in Sam Mendes's first instalment of the Bridge Project, as Hermione in The Winter's Tale and Varya in The Cherry Orchard,[39] which gave performances with the same cast in Germany, Greece, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.[40] In 2010–11, she played Viola in a production of Twelfth Night at London's National Theatre, which her father directed.[41]

Hall made her Broadway debut in Sophie Treadwell's expressionist play Machinal in 2013. The Roundabout Theatre production, directed by Lyndsey Turner, began previews on 20 December 2013, with the official opening set for 16 January 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre.[42]

Personal life

Hall had a relationship with director Sam Mendes from 2011 until 2013.[43] She married actor Morgan Spector in New York City in September 2015; the couple met while co-starring in a Broadway production the previous year.[44] In January 2018 they announced they were expecting their first child.[45]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Starter for 10 Rebecca Epstein
2006 The Prestige Sarah Borden
2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Vicky
2008 Frost/Nixon Caroline Cushing
2008 Official Selection Emily Dickinson Short film
2009 Dorian Gray Emily Wotton
2010 Please Give Rebecca
2010 The Town Claire Keesey
2010 Everything Must Go Samantha
2011 A Bag of Hammers Mel
2011 The Awakening Florence Cathcart
2012 Lay the Favourite Beth Raymer
2013 Iron Man 3 Maya Hansen
2013 Closed Circuit Claudia Simmons-Howe
2013 A Promise Charlotte Hoffmeister
2014 Transcendence Evelyn Caster
2015 Tumbledown Hannah
2015 The Gift Robyn Callem
2016 Christine Christine Chubbuck
2016 The BFG Mary
2017 The Dinner Katelyn Lohman
2017 Permission Anna Also producer
2017 Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Elizabeth Holloway Marston
2018 Teen Spirit
2018 Holmes and Watson Dr. Grace Hart Post-production
2018 A Rainy Day in New York Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 The Camomile Lawn Young Sophie
1993 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends Lucie
1993 Don't Leave Me This Way Lizzie Neil
2006 Wide Sargasso Sea Antoinette Cosway
2007 Rubberheart Maggie
2007 Joe's Palace Tina
2008 Einstein and Eddington Winifred Eddington
2009 Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 Paula Garland
2012 Parade's End Sylvia Tietjens
2015 Codes of Conduct Rebecca Rotmensen Pilot
2016 Horace and Pete Rachel Episode #1.1
Music videos
Year Title Role Notes
2012 "A Case of You" Herself James Blake video

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result
2006 Empire Awards Best Female Newcomer The Prestige Nominated
London Film Critics Circle Awards British Newcomer of the Year Nominated
2008 Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Cast Vicky Cristina Barcelona Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musica Nominated
Gotham Awards Breakthrough Performance Nominated
London Film Critics Circle Awards British Actress of the Year Nominated
2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Frost/Nixon Nominated
2010 British Academy Television Awards Best Supporting Actress Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 Won
2010 Independent Spirit Awards Robert Altman Award Please Give Won
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Body of Work Won
Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actress Nominated
Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Cast Nominated
2010 National Board of Review Awards Best Acting by an Ensemble The Town Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Acting Ensemble Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Acting Ensemble Nominated
2011 British Independent Film Awards Best Actress The Awakening Nominated
2013 British Academy Television Awards Best Actress Parade's End Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated
2016 Chicago International Film Festival Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress Christine Won
Women Film Critics Circle Awards Courage in Acting Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress Nominated
IndieWire Critics Poll Best Actress Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle Awards British Actress of the Year Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actress Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle Awards The Invisible Woman Award Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Rozen, Leah (8 September 2010). "Rebecca Hall, in 'The Town' and Off and Running". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2017. Thanks to her mother, she holds dual citizenship and spent childhood vacations in New York and Los Angeles, where Ms. Ewing often was performing.
  2. ↑ M. Smith, Nigel (January 24, 2016). "Christine review: Rebecca Hall astonishes in real-life horror story". The Guardian. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005. Gives name at birth as "Rebecca Maria Hall".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Hattenstone, Simon (12 June 2010). "Who, me? Why everyone is talking about Rebecca Hall". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Isenberg, Barbara (8 November 1992). "MUSIC No-Risk Opera? Not Even Close Maria Ewing, one of the most celebrated sopranos in opera, leaps again into the role of Tosca, keeping alive her streak of acclaimed performances while remaining true to herself". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  6. ↑ McLellan, Joseph (15 November 1990). "Article: Extra-Sensuous Perception;Soprano Maria Ewing, a Steamy `Salome'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  7. ↑ Marsh, Robert C. (18 December 1988). "Growth of Maria Ewing continues with `Salome' // Role of princess proves crowning achievement". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Rebecca Hall Relationships:". TV Guide. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Former Cambridge student takes her first leading role" (PDF). The Cambridge Student. 3 November 2011. p. 06.
  10. ↑ Farber, Jim (20 February 2005). "For Rebecca Hall, it's all in the family business". U-T San Diego. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "The Prestige production notes" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
  12. ↑ "Macbeth". Marlowe Society. 2002.
  13. ↑ "Rebecca Hall takes the lead". The Daily Telegraph. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Hall of fame: Rebecca Hall". The Daily Telegraph. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  15. ↑ Grant, J. "BBC, HBO unite for Poliakoff copro", C21 Media, 9 November 2006.
  16. 1 2 3 Nugent, Benjamin (30 April 2010). "Rated 'R' for Rebecca". gq. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
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  18. ↑ "It's Time for StudioCanal's Awakening". Dread Central.
  19. ↑ Optimum Releasing website.. Retrieved 19 August 2011
  20. ↑ "Lay the Favourite – review". London Evening Standard. 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012. plays Raymer as an endearing force of nature who somehow manages to survive in a dangerous world through sheer force of character
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  22. ↑ "Rebecca Hall Joins Transcendence With Johnny Depp & Paul Bettany". Empire. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  23. ↑ Pamela McClintock. "Berlin: Rebecca Hall to Star Opposite Jason Sudeikis in 'Tumbledown'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  24. ↑ "Joel Edgerton Receives The Gift". Dread Central. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  25. ↑ Lodge, Guy (24 January 2016). "Sundance Film Review: 'Christine'". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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  27. ↑ Loveridge, L. "Mrs Warren's Profession: A CurtainUp London Review", CurtainUp, ~11 October 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
  28. ↑ Lathan, P. (20 April 2003). "Another Hall Hits the Heights". The British Theatre Guide. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
  29. ↑ Paddock, Terri (14 April 2003). "Rebecca Hall & Tempest Two Win Charleson Awards". whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  30. ↑ Brantley, Ben (15 December 2003). "THEATER REVIEW; Actress Finds Shadows in Shakespearean Spunk". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  31. ↑ Paddock, Terri (29 March 2004). "Dillon Wins Ian Charleson Award for Master Builder". whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  32. ↑ Spencer, Charles (10 July 2003). "Long-lost – but no masterpiece". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  33. ↑ Cripps, Charlotte (15 July 2004). "Rebecca Hall: My art belongs to Daddy". The Independent. London. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  34. ↑ Connema, Richard (15 April 2005). "Sir Peter Hall's Production of The Bard's As You Like It is Stimulating". talkinbroadway.com. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  35. ↑ Haithman, Diane (25 February 2005). "Taking the fast lane to success". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  36. ↑ "The Shubert Theatre – Shows". The Shubert Theatre.
  37. ↑ "CAPA Touring Productions". capa.com.
  38. ↑ Review theatermania.com, 2003
  39. ↑ "Mendes and Spacey in theatre link". BBC News. 3 April 2007.
  40. ↑ Bridge project info at BAM Archived 14 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. bam.org
  41. ↑ Benedict, David (23 January 2011). "Twelfth Night". Variety. New York.
  42. ↑ Gioia, Michael (20 December 2013). "Broadway Revival of Sophie Treadwell's Machinal, Starring Rebecca Hall, Begins Previews Dec. 20". Playbill. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  43. ↑ Marc Jackson (28 September 2015). "Rebecca Hall 'weds her Broadway co-star Morgan Spector' over a year after splitting from Bond director Sam Mendes". Daily Mail. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  44. ↑ "Rebecca Hall marries in New York". Hello. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  45. ↑ "Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector announce pregnancy with matching 'baby bump' snaps". independent.ie. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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