Antonia Campbell-Hughes

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Antonia Campbell-Hughes is an actress, writer, director, and former fashion designer from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Natascha Kampusch in 3096 Days , Marie-Antoinette in Dangerous Liaisons and the title role in Cordelia.

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She first gained notability as a fashion designer while in her teens. After an early career in comedy, she moved on to more serious acting roles, alongside writing for the screen. Her debut feature film as director, the thriller It Is In Us All , was released in 2022.

Early life and education

Antonia Campbell-Hughes was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, living there until the age of two. Until the age of 16 she moved between the United States, Switzerland, Germany, and England, due to her father’s job with chemical firm DuPont. [1]

After experimenting with short film, she went to art school in Dublin. During this time, as a teenager, she started her own fashion label. [2] Her clothing line would sell internationally under her own name, and a diffusion line for high street store Topshop. [3]

screen career

Television

Campbell-Hughes' first role was in Jack Dee's sitcom Lead Balloon, which ran for four series, where she played his daughter.[ citation needed ] Her early career was mostly in comedy, with roles in a variety of comedy shows on British television, alongside Jennifer Saunders and Alex Macqueen, in Sharon Horgan and Stephen Mangan's series Free Agents , among others.[ citation needed ] In 2009, she created her own show, Bluebell Welch, for MTV, where she played an overzealous, [4] obsessive MTV presenter. [5]

Alongside her comedy projects, she performed smaller, serious roles in popular UK TV series such as Silent Witness , Casualty , Blackbeard: Terror at Sea , and Spooks . [ citation needed ] She was co-lead in an episode of Channel 4's anthology series Coming Up .[ citation needed ]

Later, alongside a film career, she took on occasional TV roles, in series such as Lewis, Doll & Em , and London Spy .[ citation needed ] In 2016 she was a series regular on My Mother and Other Strangers .[ citation needed ] She played Marie Antoniette in the 2022 STARZ series adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons.[ citation needed ]

Film

Her first notable film role was in the Jane Campion feature film Bright Star in 2010. [6] Her first starring role was the 2011 indie drama Lotus Eaters. This was followed by the lead role in the 2012 film Kelly + Victor . [7]

The following year she played Natascha Kampusch in 3096 Days . Natascha, an Austrian, was abducted at age 10 and held captive for eight years, escaping in 2006, a case that made headlines worldwide. Other notable roles followed in movies like Les Cowboys , The Canal and Never Grow Old. She co-starred in the 2022 David Lynch production The Other Me, written and directed by Georgian Giga Agladze.[ citation needed ]

In 2022, she released her directorial debut It Is In Us All , a thriller that she wrote and in which she plays a supporting role.[ citation needed ] It was nominated for a pair of British Independent Film Awards and was selected for a number of festivals. [8] [ better source needed ]

Awards

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007Tonight Is CancelledNesmir
2009 Bright Star Abigail O'Donaghue Brown
2009Once Upon a Time in DublinMarina
2010Five Day ShelterPaula
2011 The Task Angel
2011 Lotus Eaters Alice
2011The Other Side of SleepArlene Kelly
2011 Albert Nobbs Emmy
2012 Storage 24 Shelley
2012 Kelly + Victor Kelly
2013 3096 Days Natascha Kampusch
2013 Under the Skin The Shadow Alien
2014 The Canal Claire
2015 Les Cowboys Emma
2015SwansongJamie
2015 MindGamers Agnes
2015 Andron Valerie
2015Fading AwayLeila
2015The ChameleonMargaret
2016 Split Shelley
2018 Black '47 Brigid Ní Dhomhnaill
2018 Paul, Apostle of Christ Irenica
2018ZooEmily
2019 She's Missing Marina
2019 Never Grow Old Maria Pike
2019 Rare Beasts Cathy
2019 Cordelia Cordelia / Caroline [10]
2020 Zone 414 Jaden
2022 It Is In Us All Cara DalyDirectorial debut

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Casualty Avril Skinner"Enough's Enough"
2006 Blackbeard Louis ArrotTV miniseries
2006 Silent Witness Fenella Lee"Schism: Parts 1 & 2"
2006–2011 Lead Balloon Sam SpleenRegular role
2007DamageLauren WardTV film
2007 The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle Abigail WilsonRegular role
2007 Coming Up Carly"Scapegoat"
2008Delta ForeverMiranda"Pilot"
2009 Free Agents Lucy"1.2"
2009Not Safe for WorkClaire CampbellTV film
2009Bluebell WelchBluebell WelchTV series
2009 Spooks Nina Gevitsky"8.3"
2010 Material Girl Plum"1.4"
2010 When Harvey Met Bob Marsha HuntTV film
2011 Lewis Chloe Brooks"Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things"
2013 Doll & Em Miranda"Six"
2013The VaticanViolettaTV film
2014ButterflyTeriTV short
2015 London Spy Magician"I Know"
2016 My Mother and Other Strangers Kettie BradyRegular role
2024 Black Doves George1 episode

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