Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Riseborough
Riseborough in 2012
Born	Andrea Louise Riseborough (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981 (age 43) Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present

Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 20 November 1981) is an English actress. She made her film debut with a small part in Venus (2006), and has since appeared in more prominent roles in Brighton Rock (2010), W.E. (2011), Shadow Dancer (2012), Oblivion (2013), Birdman (2014), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Battle of the Sexes, The Death of Stalin (both 2017), Mandy, Nancy (both 2018), The Grudge, Possessor (both 2020), and To Leslie (2022). For the latter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Riseborough was nominated for a BAFTA her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the television film The Long Walk to Finchley (2008), and won critical acclaim for her performances in the Channel 4 miniseries The Devil's Whore (2008) and National Treasure (2016), as well as the BBC One miniseries The Witness for the Prosecution (2016). Her stage credits include Miss Julie, Measure for Measure (both 2006), and Anton Chekhov's Ivanov (2008).

Early life

Riseborough was born on 20 November 1981 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the daughter of Isabel, a secretary and beautician, and George, a car dealer.[1] She grew up in Whitley Bay. In reference to The Long Walk to Finchley, she has described her parents as "working-class Thatcherites."[2]

Andrea Riseborough at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival

She appeared at the People's Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, in the play Riding England Sidesaddle by Christopher Goulding, as Celia Fiennes, and was a member of the Young People's Theatre for five years. Riseborough spent her schooldays at the independent school, Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School. She was a student of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 2005 with a BA in Acting Degree (H Level).[3]

Career

Riseborough at the premiere of The Death of Stalin, 2017 Toronto Film Festival

Riseborough portrayed Margaret Thatcher in the BBC Four film The Long Walk to Finchley (2008). She appeared in the 2010 films Made in Dagenham and Mark Romanek's adaptation of Never Let Me Go. She starred in the American premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell's The Pride at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in January 2010.[4] The production was directed by Joe Mantello. She appears in Rowan Joffé's film adaptation of Brighton Rock. She worked with The Devil's Mistress author Peter Flannery on his screenplay based on the life of Angelica Fanshawe.[1] She played the role of Wallis Simpson in W.E., a film directed by Madonna. She stars in Resistance, an adaptation of an Owen Sheers novel. The film was released on 25 November 2011.[1]

She writes with her creative partner, actor Tom Burke, and with Mike Leigh. Riseborough starred in the thriller Hidden,[5] a low-budget film directed by the Duffer Brothers.[6] Hidden was released for streaming September 2015.[7] She appeared in Oblivion (2013), in a supporting role.[8] She co-starred in the acting ensemble of the Alejandro González Iñárritu's showbusiness drama film Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards. Riseborough shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for the film.

In 2016 she co-starred in apartheid drama Shepherds and Butchers and the Tom Ford directed psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals.[9][10] She joined the cast of Netflix's Bloodline for season 2, as a series regular character, Evangeline.[11][12] She acted as Emma Stone's love interest in the biographical sports film Battle of the Sexes, based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.[13] She portrayed Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Stalina in the 2017 comedy-drama film The Death of Stalin and was praised by Variety for the "shrewd, multi-layered complexity" of her performance.[14]

Jonathan Dayton, Elisabeth Shue, Riseborough, Emma Stone and Billie Jean King at the London premiere of Battle of the Sexes (2017)

She was cast in Waco, a six-part television series about the Waco siege. The first episode was released on 24 January 2018.[15] That same year she acted in three films, the horror film Mandy, the mystery drama Nancy (which she also produced), and the historical drama Burden.[16] Riseborough has been cast in Lone Scherfig's The Kindness of Strangers as an ER nurse who runs an eclectic therapy group. The film started shooting at the Russian Tea Room in the spring of 2018.[17][18][19] She starred in a Sony remake of The Grudge. The film was released on 3 January 2020.[20] Riseborough starred in the international cocaine trade drama ZeroZeroZero, an eight-part series adapted from the book by Roberto Saviano, which had its debut on Sky in the UK and Amazon Prime in the US in 2020.[21][22] She starred in Possessor—written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg—as Tasya Vos, an agent for a secretive organization who uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies, driving them to commit assassinations for the benefit of high-paying clients. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020.[23]

Andrea Riseborough in 2013

In 2022, Riseborough appeared in the film To Leslie, for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Numerous celebrities praised her performance publicly and on social media, and hosted screenings during the voting period for the Academy Award nominations in January 2023.[24][25] Her unexpected To Leslie nomination has generated some questions, and without referring to her, the Board of Governors has pledged to "review of the campaign procedures around this year's nominees, to ensure that no guidelines were violated, and to inform us whether changes to the guidelines may be needed in a new era of social media and digital communication."[26][27][28] Also that year she had supporting roles as Mrs. Wormwood in the musical Matilda the Musical and Beatrice Vandenheuvel in David O. Russell's Amsterdam. In 2023, she acted opposite Kate Winslet portraying Vogue editor Audrey Withers in the biographical war drama Lee which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2024, Riseborough acted opposite Winslet again, portraying the latter's character's right-hand woman, in the HBO political satire miniseries The Regime, for which she earned a nomination at the inaugural Gotham TV Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series.[29]

Personal life

Riseborough in 2020 revealed that she met Karim Saleh while working on the set of Luxor.[30] Previously she was in a long term relationship with Joe Appel between 2009 and 2016.[31]

Acting credits

Film

Key

†	Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Venus	Period Film Lover
2007	Magicians	Dani
2008	Happy-Go-Lucky	Dawn
	Love You More	Georgia	Short film
2009	Mad, Sad & Bad	Julia
2010	Made in Dagenham	Brenda
	Never Let Me Go	Chrissie
	Brighton Rock	Rose
2011	Resistance	Sarah
	W.E.	Wallis Simpson
2012	Shadow Dancer	Colette McVeigh
	Disconnect	Nina Dunham
2013	Welcome to the Punch	Sarah Hawks
	Oblivion	Victoria Olsen
2014	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Laura Aulburn
	The Silent Storm	Aislin	[32]
2015	Hidden	Claire
2016	Shepherds and Butchers	Kathleen Marais
	Nocturnal Animals	Alessia Holt	[33]
	Mindhorn	DS Baines	[34]
2017	Battle of the Sexes	Marilyn Barnett
	The Death of Stalin	Svetlana Stalina
2018	Mandy	Mandy Bloom
	Nancy	Nancy Freeman	Also producer[35]
	Burden	Judy
2019	The Kindness of Strangers	Alice
2020	The Grudge	Detective Muldoon
	Possessor	Tasya Vos
	Luxor	Hana
2021	Here Before	Laura
	The Electrical Life of Louis Wain	Caroline Wain
2022	Please Baby Please	Suze
	To Leslie	Leslie Rowlands
	Amsterdam	Beatrice Vandenheuvel
	Matilda the Musical	Mrs. Wormwood
	What Remains	Anna Rudebeck
2023	Lee	Dame Audrey Withers
TBA	Geechee †	Wren	Suspended

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	A Very Social Secretary	Amanda	Television film
	Whatever Love Means	Anna Wallace
	Doc Martin	Samantha	Episode: "The Family Way"
2006	The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton	Myra	Television film
2007	Party Animals	Kirsty	Main role (8 episodes)
2008	Being Human	Annie	Episode: "Pilot"
	The Long Walk to Finchley	Margaret Thatcher	Television film
	The Devil's Whore	Angelica Fanshawe	Miniseries (4 episodes)
2016	Bloodline	Evangeline Radosevich	Main role (8 episodes)
	National Treasure	Dee Finchley	Miniseries (4 episodes)[36]
	The Witness for the Prosecution	Romaine Heilger	Miniseries (2 episodes)[37]
2017	Black Mirror	Mia Nolan	Episode: "Crocodile"
2018	Waco[15]	Judy Schneider	Miniseries (6 episodes)
2020	ZeroZeroZero	Emma Lynwood	Lead role (8 episodes)
2024	Alice & Jack	Alice	Miniseries[38]
	The Regime	Agnes	Miniseries

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2001	A Cat in the Road	Daughter	The Customs House, South Shields
2005	A Brief History of Helen of Troy	Charlotte	Soho Theatre
	Burn	Linda	Royal National Theatre
2006	Chatroom	Emily
	Citizenship	Chantel
	Measure for Measure	Isabella	Theatre Royal, Bath
	Miss Julie	Miss Julie
2007	The Pain and the Itch	Kalina	Royal Court Theatre
2008	A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians	Dzina	Soho Theatre
	Ivanov	Sasha	Wyndhams Theatre
2010	The Pride[39]	Sylvia	MCC Theater

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2005	WhatsOnStage Awards	London Newcomer of the Year	A Brief History of Helen of Troy	Nominated
2006	Ian Charleson Award		Measure for Measure / Miss Julie	Won
2007	WhatsOnStage Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Play	The Pain and the Itch	Nominated
2009	British Academy Television Awards	British Academy Television Award for Best Actress	The Long Walk to Finchley	Nominated
	Royal Television Society Awards	Best Actor (Female)	The Devil's Mistress	Won
2010	British Independent Film Awards	Most Promising Newcomer	Brighton Rock	Nominated
		Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film		Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play	The Pride	Nominated
	Lucille Lortel Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play		Nominated
	Theatre World Award[40]			Won
2012	British Independent Film Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	Shadow Dancer	Won
	Evening Standard British Film Award	Best Actress		Won
	Irish Film and Television Award	Best International Actress		Nominated
	London Film Critics' Circle Award	Best British Actress of the Year		Nominated
	Edinburgh International Film Festival Award	Best Performance in British Feature Film		Nominated
2014	Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award	Best Ensemble	Birdman	Won
	Boston Society of Film Critics Award	Best Cast		Runner-up
	Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards	Best Ensemble		Won
	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Acting Ensemble		Won
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award	Best Ensemble		Nominated
	Detroit Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble		Won
	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Cast		Nominated
	Georgia Film Critics Association Awards	Best Ensemble		Nominated
	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards			Won
	New York Film Critics Online Awards	Best Ensemble Cast		Won
	North Texas Film Critics Association Awards	Best Ensemble Cast		Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble Acting		Won
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Film Ensemble		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Won
	Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards	Best Ensemble		Nominated
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Acting Ensemble		Won
2017	Savannah Film Festival	Outstanding Supporting Actress Award[41][42][43]	Battle of the Sexes	Won
	British Independent Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Death of Stalin	Nominated
2018	Sitges Film Festival	Best Actress	Nancy	Won[44]
2020	British Independent Film Awards	Best Actress	Luxor	Nominated
2022	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actress	To Leslie	Nominated
	Gijón International Film Festival Awards	Best Actress		Won
	Raindance Film Festival Awards	Best Lead Performance		Won
2023	Academy Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Lead Performance		Nominated
2024	Gotham TV Awards	Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series	The Regime	Pending

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External links

• Andrea Riseborough at IMDb 
• Andrea Riseborough at AllMovie
• Andrea Riseborough at Rotten Tomatoes
• Andrea Riseborough at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art