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My Take
Samantha Morton is one of those rare actors who makes you forget you're watching a performance — she just disappears into a role so completely it's almost unsettling. Growing up in care in Nottingham, she clawed her way into acting with this raw, unpolished intensity that no drama school could manufacture. Her Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown and In America showed Hollywood what she was capable of, but she always felt more at home in grittier, smaller-scale work. The Golden Globe she won in 2007 for Longford was well-deserved, and her turn as Alpha in The Walking Dead spinoff proved she could command genre TV too. I love that she's also moved behind the camera — someone this thoughtful about character was always going to want to shape stories, not just inhabit them.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Samantha Morton
- Name (Japanese)
- サマンサ・モートン
- Reading
- さまんさ・もーとん
- Born
- May 13, 1977 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Snake
- Origin
- Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / film director
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- 2017 honorary doctorate
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Samantha Morton born?
Born May 13, 1977 (age 49).
Where is Samantha Morton from?
Samantha Morton is from Nottingham, United Kingdom.
What does Samantha Morton do?
Samantha Morton works as actor, film actor, television actor, film director.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.