Samantha Morton (Actor)

Reviews of Samantha Morton Movies

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Movies starring Samantha Morton have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 65%.

In America - released in 2003 - is Samantha Morton's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 646 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Samantha Morton is Cosmopolis - released in 2012 - with a score of 49% based on 668 reviews.

Actor Biography

Samantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress and film director. She began her performing career with guest roles in television shows such as Soldier Soldier and Boon before making her film debut in the 1997 drama film This Is the Sea, playing the character of Hazel Stokes. After a string of roles in low-budget and television films, she landed the role of Hattie in 1999's Sweet and Lowdown, for which she received the attention from Hollywood, the critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Morton subsequently starred in 2002's Minority Report and Morvern Callar. She received her second Academy Award nomination for her performance as the young Irish mother coping with life in New York City, Sarah, in 2003's In America. Morton starred in 2004's Enduring Love and The Libertine and 2005's Lassie. She received won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Movie for her role as Myra Hindley in 2006's Longford. She appeared in the 2007 biographical films Control, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Mister Lonely, and she starred in 2008's Synecdoche, New York. Morton appeared in the 2009 critically acclaimed The Messenger. She made her directorial debut in the English television film The Unloved.

Samantha Morton has acted in films with Colin Farrell, Peter Friedman, Frank Wood and Johnny Depp.

Samantha Morton has worked with these film directors: Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Andrew Stanton and David Cronenberg.