Claire Foy
Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, and made her screen debut in the pilot of the supernatural comedy series Being Human, in 2008. Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries Little Dorrit (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama Season of the Witch (2011). Following leading roles in the television series The Promise (2011) and Crossbones (2014), Foy received praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015).
Foy was educated at Aylesbury High School from the age of 12 and later attended Liverpool John Moores University, studying drama and screen studies. She also trained in a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama. She graduated in 2007 and moved to London's Peckham district to share a house with five friends from drama school. While at the Oxford School of Drama, Foy appeared in the plays Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue, and Touched. After appearing on television, she made her professional stage debut in DNA and The Miracle, two of a trio of single acts directed by Paul Miller at the Royal National Theatre in London (the third was Baby Girl).
Foy gained international recognition for portraying the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series The Crown, for which she won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy, among other awards. In 2018, she starred in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Unsane and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's biopic First Man. For the latter role, she was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.
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Movies (31)
Ink
2026 · Jules Davies
Mog's Bad Thing
2026 · Mrs. Thomas (voice)
La ambición de los Savage
2026 · Lady Savage
El Árbol Mágico
2026 · Polly Thompson
H Is for Hawk
2025 · Helen, Executive Producer
On the Red Carpet Presents: All of Us Strangers
2024 · Self
Todos somos extraños
2023 · Mum
Mog's Christmas
2023 · Mrs. Thomas (voice)
Children of the Taliban
2023 · Narrator
Ellas hablan
2022 · Salome
La vida electrizante de Louis Wain
2021 · Emily Wain
Mi Hijo (My Son)
2021 · Joan Richmond
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021 · Self
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020 · Self
Lungs
2020 · W
La chica en la telaraña
2018 · Lisbeth Salander
El primer hombre en la Luna
2018 · Janet Shearon
Perturbada
2018 · Sawyer Valentini
Una razón para vivir
2017 · Diana Cavendish
Una dama sobre ruedas
2015 · Lois, Social Worker
Rosewater
2014 · Paola
Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night
2014 · Narrator
Academia de vampiros
2014 · Sonya Karp
Hacks
2012 · Kate Loy
Wreckers
2011 · Dawn
Going Postal 2in1
2011 · Adora Belle Dearheart
The Night Watch
2011 · Helen Giniver
Temporada de brujas
2011 · The Girl
Pulse
2010 · Hannah Carter
Migrations
· Franny Stone, Executive Producer
The Pisces
· Lucy
TV shows (27)
TFI Unplugged
2026
Un escándalo muy británico
2021 · Margaret Campbell
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018 · Self
The Crown
2016 · Queen Elizabeth II, Young Elizabeth / Young Queen Elizabeth II, Young Queen Elizabeth II (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Wolf Hall
2015 · Anne Boleyn
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
The Great War: The People's Story
2014 · Helen Bentwich
Crossbones
2014 · Kate Balfour
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
White Heat
2012 · Charlotte
The Promise
2011 · Erin Matthews
Upstairs Downstairs
2010 · Lady Persephone Towyn
Going Postal
2010 · Adora Belle Dearheart
10 Minute Tales
2009 · Woman
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
2009 · Self
Little Dorrit
2008 · Amy Dorrit
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Doctors
2000 · Chloe Webster
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Marlow
You Are Here
· Marnie, Executive Producer