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.
Overview
Samantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress and musician. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas with dark and tragic themes, her accolades include two BAFTAs (including the BAFTA Fellowship) and a Golden Globe Award, with nominations for two Academy Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- 2017 honorary doctorate
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.