Rebecca Hall
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Rebecca Hall (born 1982) is an English actress who, in 2003, won the Charleson award for her debut stage performance in a production of Mrs Warren's Profession. [1] In 2006 she appeared in two high-profile films, Starter for Ten and The Prestige.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Background
Born to Peter Hall and Maria Ewing (who divorced when she was five), Hall attended the Roedean School where she became head girl.[2] She later read English Literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, for two years before dropping out in 2002, prior to her final year. During her time there, she appeared in "nearly a dozen" plays and set up a theatre company.[3] She also appeared in amateur stage productions alongside Dan Stevens, later her As You Like It co-star.
[edit] Career
[edit] Television
Hall's first role came in 1992 when she appeared as Young Sophy in the television adaptation of Mary Wesley's The Camomile Lawn. Her most recent appearance on the small screen was as Antoinette Cosway in Wide Sargasso Sea, screened on BBC Four in October 2006.
Her next role will be in a Stephen Poliakoff BBC/HBO film, currently in pre-production.[4]
[edit] Stage
Her professional stage debut came when she starred as Vivie in her father's production of Mrs Warren's Profession at the Strand. Her performance received such reviews as "admirable" [5] and "accomplished" [6] and was enough to earn her a nomination and win of the Ian Charleson Award in 2003. She makes frequent appearances at the Theatre Royal, Bath, with perhaps the most well-known being her performance as Rosalind in 2003's As You Like It, which gained her a second Charleson nomination and had a successful international tour in 2005. Other Bath shows include Galileo's Daughter, Don Juan and Man and Superman.
[edit] Film
Hall’s feature film debut came in 2006 as Rebecca Epstein in David Nicholls' Starter for Ten. This was followed by her role as Sarah Borden in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige.
[edit] Personal life
Between 2003 and at least 2004, she was in a relationship with her As You Like It co-star Freddie Stevenson. [7]
[edit] References
- ^ Lathan, P. "Another Hall Hits the Heights" The British Theatre Guide, April 20, 2003, retrieved November 9, 2006.
- ^ Leith, S (ed.) "Wayward daughter", The Daily Telegraph, November 24, 2001.
- ^ The Prestige production notes. Retrieved November 9, 2006.
- ^ Grant, J. "BBC, HBO unite for Poliakoff copro", C21 Media, November 9, 2006.
- ^ Billington, M. "Mrs Warren's Profession", Guardian Unlimited: Arts, October 11, 2002, retrieved November 9, 2006.
- ^ Loveridge, L. "Mrs Warren's Profession: A CurtainUp London Review", CurtainUp, ~October 11, 2002, retrieved November 9, 2006.
- ^ Cripps, C. "My art belongs to Daddy", The Independent, July 13, 2004, retrieved November 10, 2006.
[edit] External links
[edit] Articles
- Farber, J. "For Rebecca Hall, it's all in the family business", The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 20, 2005.
