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Occupation(s) | Actress; former fashion designer |
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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.
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.
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]
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 ]
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 ]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Tonight Is Cancelled | Nesmir | |
2009 | Bright Star | Abigail O'Donaghue Brown | |
2009 | Once Upon a Time in Dublin | Marina | |
2010 | Five Day Shelter | Paula | |
2011 | The Task | Angel | |
2011 | Lotus Eaters | Alice | |
2011 | The Other Side of Sleep | Arlene 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 | |
2015 | Swansong | Jamie | |
2015 | MindGamers | Agnes | |
2015 | Andron | Valerie | |
2015 | Fading Away | Leila | |
2015 | The Chameleon | Margaret | |
2016 | Split | Shelley | |
2018 | Black '47 | Brigid Ní Dhomhnaill | |
2018 | Paul, Apostle of Christ | Irenica | |
2018 | Zoo | Emily | |
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 Daly | Directorial debut |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Casualty | Avril Skinner | "Enough's Enough" |
2006 | Blackbeard | Louis Arrot | TV miniseries |
2006 | Silent Witness | Fenella Lee | "Schism: Parts 1 & 2" |
2006–2011 | Lead Balloon | Sam Spleen | Regular role |
2007 | Damage | Lauren Ward | TV film |
2007 | The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | Abigail Wilson | Regular role |
2007 | Coming Up | Carly | "Scapegoat" |
2008 | Delta Forever | Miranda | "Pilot" |
2009 | Free Agents | Lucy | "1.2" |
2009 | Not Safe for Work | Claire Campbell | TV film |
2009 | Bluebell Welch | Bluebell Welch | TV series |
2009 | Spooks | Nina Gevitsky | "8.3" |
2010 | Material Girl | Plum | "1.4" |
2010 | When Harvey Met Bob | Marsha Hunt | TV film |
2011 | Lewis | Chloe Brooks | "Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things" |
2013 | Doll & Em | Miranda | "Six" |
2013 | The Vatican | Violetta | TV film |
2014 | Butterfly | Teri | TV short |
2015 | London Spy | Magician | "I Know" |
2016 | My Mother and Other Strangers | Kettie Brady | Regular role |
2024 | Black Doves | George | 1 episode |
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