Sally Hawkins is an English actress. Beginning her collaboration with Mike Leigh on All or Nothing in 2002, she would also appear in Vera Drake (2004) and star as Poppy Cross in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008). Her breakout role, Hawkins would win several awards for her performance, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
In 2005, Hawkins co-starred in the BBC mini-series Fingersmith, playing a Victorian thief who falls in love with the woman she is conning. For her performance in the romantic drama Blue Jasmine (2013), Hawkins earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received another Academy Award nomination for starring as a mute cleaning woman in the American romantic supernatural film The Shape of Water (2017).
Other notable performances include as the leads in Made in Dagenham (2010) and Maudie (2016) in addition to appearing in franchise films Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017) as Mrs Brown, and as Vivienne Graham in Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Villager | Uncredited extra[1] | ||
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Samantha | ||
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Susan Wells | ||
| Layer Cake | Slasher | |||
| 2006 | Hollow China | Terri | Short film | |
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream | Kate | ||
| WΔZ | Elly Carpenter | |||
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Poppy Cross | ||
| 2009 | An Education | Sarah Goldman | ||
| Desert Flower | Marylin | |||
| Happy Ever Afters | Maura | |||
| 2010 | It's a Wonderful Afterlife | Linda / Gitali | ||
| Never Let Me Go | Miss Lucy | |||
| Made in Dagenham | Rita O'Grady | |||
| Submarine | Jill Tate | |||
| 2011 | Love Birds | Holly | ||
| Jane Eyre | Mrs Reed | |||
| 2012 | Great Expectations | Mrs Joe | ||
| 2013 | All Is Bright | Olga | ||
| Blue Jasmine | Ginger | |||
| The Double | Receptionist at Ball | Cameo | ||
| The Phone Call | Heather | Short film | ||
| 2014 | Godzilla | Dr. Vivienne Graham | ||
| X+Y | Julie Ellis | |||
| Paddington | Mary Brown | |||
| 2016 | Maudie | Maud Lewis | ||
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Elisa Esposito | ||
| Paddington 2 | Mary Brown | |||
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Dr. Vivienne Graham | ||
| Eternal Beauty | Jane | |||
| 2021 | Spencer | Maggie | ||
| The Phantom of the Open | Jean Flitcroft | |||
| A Boy Called Christmas | Mother Vodol | |||
| 2022 | The Lost King | Philippa Langley | ||
| 2023 | Kensuke's Kingdom | Mum | Voice | |
| Wonka | Mrs. Wonka | |||
| TBA | Bring Her Back | TBA | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Casualty | Emma Lister | Episode: "To Have and to Hold" |
| 2000 | Doctors | Sarah Carne | Episode: "Pretty Baby" |
| 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Zena Blake | 2 episodes |
| 2003–2005 | Little Britain | Cathy | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Promoted to Glory | Lisa | Television film |
| The Young Visiters | Rosalind | ||
| Byron | Mary Shelley | ||
| 2004 | Bunk Bed Boys | Helen | |
| 2005 | Fingersmith | Susan Trinder | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky | Ella | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart | Nathalie | Television film |
| Rebecca West | |||
| Man to Man with Dean Learner | Various characters | 3 episodes | |
| 2007 | Persuasion | Anne Elliot | Television film |
| The Everglades | Television short, also writer | ||
| 2011 | Little Crackers | Mummy | Episode: "Barbara Windsor's Little Cracker: My First Brassiere" |
| 2012 | Room on the Broom | Bird (voice) | Television short |
| 2014 | How and Why | Yvonne Hesselman | Pilot |
| 2015 | Stick Man | Stick Lady (voice) | Television short |
| 2016 | The Hollow Crown | Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester | Episode: "Henry VI, Part I" |
| 2019 | The Snail and the Whale | Sea Snail (voice) | Television short |
| 2022 | Mammals | Lue | 5 episodes |
| The Smeds and The Smoos | Narrator (voice) | Television short |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Accidental Death of an Anarchist | Battersea Arts Centre | ||
| Romeo and Juliet | Juliet Capulet | York Theatre Royal | ||
| 1999 | The Dybbuk | Leah | Battersea Arts Centre | |
| The Cherry Orchard | Anya Ranevskaya | York Theatre Royal | ||
| Svejk | Kidnapped Dog | Gate Theatre | ||
| 2000 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | Open Air Theatre | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Hero | Open Air Theatre | ||
| 2001 | Misconceptions | Zoe | Octagon Theatre | |
| 2004 | Country Music | Lynsey Sargeant | Royal Court Theatre | |
| 2005 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Adela Alba | Royal National Theatre | |
| 2006 | The Winterling | Lue | Royal Court Theatre | |
| 2010 | Mrs. Warren's Profession | Vivie Warren | American Airlines Theatre | |
| 2012 | Constellations | Marianne | Royal Court Theatre Duke of York's Theatre | |
| 2015 | Letters Live | Reader | Freemasons' Hall |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Concrete Cow | Various roles | BBC Radio 4 Also writer |
| 2004 | Think the Unthinkable | BBC Radio 4 | |
| The Cenci Family | Beatrice Cenci | ||
| 2004–2005, 2007 | Ed Reardon's Week | Ping | |
| 2005 | Cash Cows | Kerry | |
| War with the Newts | Olga | ||
| The Party Line | |||
| Afternoon Romancers[2] | Liz | ||
| 2006 | Salome | Joanna | BBC Radio 3 |
| 2007 | Cut to the Heart | Alice | BBC Radio 4 |
| Demonstrating Grace | Narrator | ||
| 2010 | Greed All About It | Alice | |
| 2011 | Revolution | Therese | |
| 2015 | Book at Bedtime | Narrator |