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Rebecca Hall
Hall at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in 2010
Born	Rebecca Maria Hall (1982-05-19) 19 May 1982 (age 42) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present
Parents	Peter Hall Maria Ewing

Rebecca Maria Hall (born 19 May 1982) is an English actress.

In 2003, Hall won the Ian Charleson Award for her debut stage performance in a production of Mrs. Warren's Profession. She has appeared in the films The Prestige, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, The Town and Frost/Nixon.

In June 2010, Hall won the Supporting Actress BAFTA for her portrayal of Paula Garland in the 2009 Channel 4 production Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974.

Early life

Hall was born in London, UK, the daughter of Peter Hall, a stage director and founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Maria Ewing, an opera singer. Her father is English and her mother, who is American, is of Dutch, Scottish and African origin. Her parents separated when she was still young, and they divorced in 1990. She has a half-brother, Edward Hall, who is a theatre director, and four other half-siblings, including theatre designer Lucy Hall, veteran TV drama producer Christopher Hall, and Jennifer Caron Hall, a writer and painter.

Hall attended Roedean School, where she became head girl. She studied English Literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, before dropping out in 2002 just before her final year. During her time at Cambridge, she appeared in a number of plays and set up a theatre company. She was a member of the Marlowe Society and starred alongside Dan Stevens in several critically acclaimed productions.

Career

Film and television

Hall's first role came in 1992, when she appeared as young Sophy in her father's television adaptation of Mary Wesley's The Camomile Lawn.

Hall's feature film debut came in 2006 as Rebecca Epstein in the film adaptation of David Nicholls's Starter for Ten. She got her breakthrough with the role of Sarah Borden in Christopher Nolan's film The Prestige. She then appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's Joe's Palace in 2007, as well as appearing in several other television films including Wide Sargasso Sea and Rubberheart.

Her Hollywood fame grew when she starred in the Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, playing one of the title characters, Vicky. Critics praised her performance. Hall was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

She also appeared in Frost/Nixon in 2008 as the girlfriend of Michael Sheen's David Frost.

Hall was cast with Ben Barnes in the film Dorian Gray in 2009.

Hall appeared in Please Give with Catherine Keener and Amanda Peet and The Town with Ben Affleck and Blake Lively. She is the female lead role in the British ghost film The Awakening, released in September 2011.

She has the role of Beth Raymer, in the 2012 film Lay the Favourite, in which one review commented that she "plays Raymer as an endearing force of nature who somehow manages to survive in a dangerous world through sheer force of character2.

She played the role of Sylvia Tietjens in the BBC/HBO production of Parade's End in 2012.

In 2012, it was announced that she will replace Jessica Chastain as Maya Hansen in upcoming superhero film Iron Man 3.

Stage

Hall's professional stage debut came in 2002 when she starred as Vivie in her father's production of Mrs Warren's Profession at the Strand Theatre in London. Her performance, described as "admirable" and "accomplished", earned her the Ian Charleson Award in 2003.

In 2003, Hall's father celebrated fifty years as a theatre director by staging a season of five plays at the Theatre Royal in Bath, Somerset. Hall starred in two of these plays; she appeared as Rosalind in her father's production of As You Like It, which gained her a second Charleson nomination and starred in the title role of Thea Sharrock's revival of D. H. Lawrence's The Fight for Barbara.

In 2004, Hall appeared in three plays for the Peter Hall Company at the Theatre Royal, two of which her father directed, namely Man and Superman in which she played Ann, and Galileo's Daughter in which she played Sister Maria Celeste. The third, Molière's Don Juan, in which she played the part of Elvira, was directed by Sharrock.

In 2005, Hall reprised the role of Rosalind in a touring production of As You Like It, again under the direction of her father. This tour took in the following venues: The Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames; The Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York; The Curran Theatre at San Francisco; The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and venues in New Haven, Connecticut, Columbus, Ohio, and the historic Wilbur Theater in Boston.

In 2008–09, she appeared in Sam Mendes's first instalment of the Bridge Project, as Hermione in The Winter's Tale and Varya in The Cherry Orchard, which gave performances with the same cast in Germany, Greece, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. In 2010–11, she played Viola in a production of Twelfth Night at London's National Theatre, which her father directed.

Personal life

During 2003–04, Hall was in a relationship with her As You Like It co-star Freddie Stevenson.

In November 2011, it was confirmed that Hall has been in a relationship with director Sam Mendes "for some time".

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005. Gives name at birth as "Rebecca Maria Hall".
2. Lathan, P. (20 April 2003). "Another Hall Hits the Heights". The British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
3. "Awards Database – The BAFTA site". Bafta.org. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
4. Isenberg, Barbara (8 November 1992). "MUSIC No-Risk Opera? Not Even Close Maria Ewing, one of the most celebrated sopranos in opera, leaps again into the role of Tosca, keeping alive her streak of acclaimed performances while remaining true to herself". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
5. McLellan, Joseph (15 November 1990). "Article: Extra-Sensuous Perception;Soprano Maria Ewing, a Steamy `Salome'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
6. Marsh, Robert C. (18 December 1988). "Growth of Maria Ewing continues with `Salome' // Role of princess proves crowning achievement". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
7. ^ Hattenstone, Simon (12 June 2010). "Who, me? Why everyone is talking about Rebecca Hall". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 September 2010. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
8. "Former Cambridge student takes her first leading role" (PDF). The Cambridge Student. 3 November 2011. p. 06.
9. Farber, Jim (20 February 2005). "For Rebecca Hall, it's all in the family business". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 8 May 2011. {{cite news}}: Text "The San Diego Union-Tribune" ignored (help)
10. "The Prestige production notes" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
11. "Macbeth". Marlowe Society. 2002.
12. "Rebecca Hall takes the lead". Daily Telegraph. 29 October 2011.
13. Grant, J. "BBC, HBO unite for Poliakoff copro", C21 Media, 9 November 2006.
14. ^ Nugent, Benjamin (30 April 2010). "Rated 'R' for Rebecca". gq. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
15. It's Time for StudioCanal's Awakening
16. Optimum Releasing website. Retrieved 19 August 2011
17. "Lay the Favourite - review - Film - Arts - Evening Standard". standard.co.uk. 2012 . Retrieved 23 June 2012. plays Raymer as an endearing force of nature who somehow manages to survive in a dangerous world through sheer force of character {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
18. Billington, M. "Mrs Warren's Profession", Guardian Unlimited: Arts, 11 October 2002, retrieved 9 November 2006.
19. Loveridge, L. "Mrs Warren's Profession: A CurtainUp London Review", CurtainUp, ~11 October 2002, retrieved 9 November 2006.
20. Paddock, Terri (14 April 2003). "Rebecca Hall & Tempest Two Win Charleson Awards". whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
21. Brantley, Ben (15 December 2003). "THEATER REVIEW; Actress Finds Shadows In Shakespearean Spunk". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
22. Paddock, Terri (29 March 2004). "Dillon Wins Ian Charleson Award for Master Builder". whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
23. Spencer, Charles (10 July 2003). "Long-lost – but no masterpiece". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
24. ^ Cripps, Charlotte (15 July 2004). "Rebecca Hall: My art belongs to Daddy". The Independent. London. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
25. "Mendes and Spacey in theatre link". BBC News. 3 April 2007.
26. Bridge project info at BAM
27. Benedict, David (23 January 2011). "Twelfth Night". Variety. New York.
28. Gould, Lara (28 November 2011). "Kate Winslet's ex-husband Sam Mendes admits: I am dating Rebecca Hall". Daily Mail. London.

External links

• Rebecca Hall at IMDb
• Rebecca Hall at the TCM Movie Database
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