Andrea Riseborough | |
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Born | Andrea Louise Riseborough 20 November 1981 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England |
Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2001–present |
Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 20 November 1981) is an English actress. She made her film debut with a small part in Venus (2006), and has since appeared in more prominent roles in Brighton Rock (2010), W.E. (2011), Shadow Dancer (2012), Oblivion (2013), Birdman (2014), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Battle of the Sexes , The Death of Stalin (both 2017), Mandy , Nancy (both 2018), The Grudge , Possessor (both 2020), and To Leslie (2022). For the latter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Riseborough was nominated for a BAFTA her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the television film The Long Walk to Finchley (2008), and won critical acclaim for her performances in the Channel 4 miniseries The Devil's Whore (2008) and National Treasure (2016), as well as the BBC One miniseries The Witness for the Prosecution (2016). Her stage credits include Miss Julie , Measure for Measure (both 2006), and Anton Chekhov's Ivanov (2008).
Riseborough was born on 20 November 1981 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the daughter of Isabel, a secretary and beautician, and George, a car dealer. [1] She grew up in Whitley Bay. In reference to The Long Walk to Finchley , she has described her parents as "working-class Thatcherites." [2]
She appeared at the People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, in the play Riding England Sidesaddle by Christopher Goulding, as Celia Fiennes, and was a member of the Young People's Theatre for five years. Riseborough spent her schooldays at the independent school, Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School. She was a student of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 2005 with a BA in Acting Degree (H Level). [3]
Riseborough portrayed Margaret Thatcher in the BBC Four film The Long Walk to Finchley (2008). She appeared in the 2010 films Made in Dagenham and Mark Romanek's adaptation of Never Let Me Go . She starred in the American premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell's The Pride at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in January 2010. [4] The production was directed by Joe Mantello. She appears in Rowan Joffé's film adaptation of Brighton Rock . She worked with The Devil's Mistress author Peter Flannery on his screenplay based on the life of Angelica Fanshawe. [1] She played the role of Wallis Simpson in W.E. , a film directed by Madonna. She stars in Resistance , an adaptation of an Owen Sheers novel. The film was released on 25 November 2011. [1]
She writes with her creative partner, actor Tom Burke, and with Mike Leigh. Riseborough starred in the thriller Hidden , [5] a low-budget film directed by the Duffer Brothers. [6] Hidden was released for streaming September 2015. [7] She appeared in Oblivion (2013), in a supporting role. [8] She co-starred in the acting ensemble of the Alejandro González Iñárritu's showbusiness drama film Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) , which won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards. Riseborough shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for the film.
In 2016 she co-starred in apartheid drama Shepherds and Butchers and the Tom Ford directed psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals . [9] [10] She joined the cast of Netflix's Bloodline for season 2, as a series regular character, Evangeline. [11] [12] She acted as Emma Stone's love interest in the biographical sports film Battle of the Sexes , based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. [13] She portrayed Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Stalina in the 2017 comedy-drama film The Death of Stalin and was praised by Variety for the "shrewd, multi-layered complexity" of her performance. [14]
She was cast in Waco , a six-part television series about the Waco siege. The first episode was released on 24 January 2018. [15] That same year she acted in three films, the horror film Mandy , the mystery drama Nancy (which she also produced), and the historical drama Burden . [16] Riseborough has been cast in Lone Scherfig's The Kindness of Strangers as an ER nurse who runs an eclectic therapy group. The film started shooting at the Russian Tea Room in the spring of 2018. [17] [18] [19] She starred in a Sony remake of The Grudge . The film was released on 3 January 2020. [20] Riseborough starred in the international cocaine trade drama ZeroZeroZero , an eight-part series adapted from the book by Roberto Saviano, which had its debut on Sky in the UK and Amazon Prime in the US in 2020. [21] [22] She starred in Possessor —written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg—as Tasya Vos, an agent for a secretive organization who uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies, driving them to commit assassinations for the benefit of high-paying clients. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020. [23]
In 2022, Riseborough appeared in the film To Leslie , for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Numerous celebrities praised her performance publicly and on social media, and hosted screenings during the voting period for the Academy Award nominations in January 2023. [24] [25] Her unexpected To Leslie nomination has generated some questions, and without referring to her, the Board of Governors has pledged to "review of the campaign procedures around this year's nominees, to ensure that no guidelines were violated, and to inform us whether changes to the guidelines may be needed in a new era of social media and digital communication." [26] [27] [28] Also that year she had supporting roles as Mrs. Wormwood in the musical Matilda the Musical and Beatrice Vandenheuvel in David O. Russell's Amsterdam . In 2023, she acted opposite Kate Winslet portraying Vogue editor Audrey Withers in the biographical war drama Lee which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2024, Riseborough acted opposite Winslet again, portraying the latter's character's right-hand woman, in the HBO political satire miniseries The Regime , for which she earned a nomination at the inaugural Gotham TV Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series. [29]
Riseborough in 2020 revealed that she met Karim Saleh while working on the set of Luxor . [30] Previously she was in a long term relationship with Joe Appel between 2009 and 2016. [31]
† | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Venus | Period Film Lover | |
2007 | Magicians | Dani | |
2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Dawn | |
Love You More | Georgia | Short film | |
2009 | Mad, Sad & Bad | Julia | |
2010 | Made in Dagenham | Brenda | |
Never Let Me Go | Chrissie | ||
Brighton Rock | Rose | ||
2011 | Resistance | Sarah | |
W.E. | Wallis Simpson | ||
2012 | Shadow Dancer | Colette McVeigh | |
Disconnect | Nina Dunham | ||
2013 | Welcome to the Punch | Sarah Hawks | |
Oblivion | Victoria Olsen | ||
2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Laura Aulburn | |
The Silent Storm | Aislin | [32] | |
2015 | Hidden | Claire | |
2016 | Shepherds and Butchers | Kathleen Marais | |
Nocturnal Animals | Alessia Holt | [33] | |
Mindhorn | DS Baines | [34] | |
2017 | Battle of the Sexes | Marilyn Barnett | |
The Death of Stalin | Svetlana Stalina | ||
2018 | Mandy | Mandy Bloom | |
Nancy | Nancy Freeman | Also producer [35] | |
Burden | Judy | ||
2019 | The Kindness of Strangers | Alice | |
2020 | The Grudge | Detective Muldoon | |
Possessor | Tasya Vos | ||
Luxor | Hana | ||
2021 | Here Before | Laura | |
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Caroline Wain | ||
2022 | Please Baby Please | Suze | |
To Leslie | Leslie Rowlands | ||
Amsterdam | Beatrice Vandenheuvel | ||
Matilda the Musical | Mrs. Wormwood | ||
What Remains | Anna Rudebeck | ||
2023 | Lee | Dame Audrey Withers | |
TBA | Geechee † | Wren | Suspended |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | A Very Social Secretary | Amanda | Television film |
Whatever Love Means | Anna Wallace | ||
Doc Martin | Samantha | Episode: "The Family Way" | |
2006 | The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton | Myra | Television film |
2007 | Party Animals | Kirsty | Main role (8 episodes) |
2008 | Being Human | Annie | Episode: "Pilot" |
The Long Walk to Finchley | Margaret Thatcher | Television film | |
The Devil's Whore | Angelica Fanshawe | Miniseries (4 episodes) | |
2016 | Bloodline | Evangeline Radosevich | Main role (8 episodes) |
National Treasure | Dee Finchley | Miniseries (4 episodes) [36] | |
The Witness for the Prosecution | Romaine Heilger | Miniseries (2 episodes) [37] | |
2017 | Black Mirror | Mia Nolan | Episode: "Crocodile" |
2018 | Waco [15] | Judy Schneider | Miniseries (6 episodes) |
2020 | ZeroZeroZero | Emma Lynwood | Lead role (8 episodes) |
2024 | Alice & Jack | Alice | Miniseries [38] |
The Regime | Agnes | Miniseries |
Year | Title | Role | Venue |
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2001 | A Cat in the Road | Daughter | The Customs House, South Shields |
2005 | A Brief History of Helen of Troy | Charlotte | Soho Theatre |
Burn | Linda | Royal National Theatre | |
2006 | Chatroom | Emily | |
Citizenship | Chantel | ||
Measure for Measure | Isabella | Theatre Royal, Bath | |
Miss Julie | Miss Julie | ||
2007 | The Pain and the Itch | Kalina | Royal Court Theatre |
2008 | A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians | Dzina | Soho Theatre |
Ivanov | Sasha | Wyndhams Theatre | |
2010 | The Pride [39] | Sylvia | MCC Theater |
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