Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton first garnered international attention in 1997 starring in Carine Adler's Under the Skin, earning her the Boston Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She has since gone on to work with acclaimed directors including Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar), Steven Spielberg (Minority Report), Jim Sheridan (In America), Michael Winterbottom (Code 46), Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Harmony Korine (Mister Lonely), Anton Corbijn (Control), Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche, New York), David Cronenberg (Cosmopolis), Andrew Stanton (John Carter), Spike Jonze (Her), and David Yates (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). In a highly decorated career, Morton has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, twice nominated for a BAFTA Award, and in 2007 she received a Best Actress Golden Globe for her portrayal of notorious child-murderer Myra Hindley in the NBC/Channel 4 film Longford. In 2009, Morton made her directorial debut with The Unloved, a semi-autobiographical film based in the British children's care system, winning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama. Recent credits include the Dominic Savage drama I Am Kirsty, all three seasons of the hit Hulu television show Harlots, and AMC's award-winning The Walking Dead, playing the villain Alpha. SCAD honored Morton with the Virtuoso Award at the 2019 SCAD Savannah Film Festival. Follow @samanthamorton.