Julie Foy (born 5 May 1971) is an English actress and producer, best known for The Silent Child which received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.[1][2]
Julie Foy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 May 1971 Bolton, England |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Notable work | The Silent Child Coronation Street |
Julie Foy attended Canon Slade School in Bolton. Julie started to attend workshops at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton before training at the College of the Performing Arts in Salford. Whilst still at school she made her television debut in Jossy's Giants before going on to appear in Press Gang and on stage in Our Day Out.[3]
She appeared in the Granada Television series How To Be Cool and made appearances in Dramarama and Forever Young. In 1988 she played Sally Seddon's sister Gina Seddon in Coronation Street for a year before taking the role of a nurse in the 1989 movie Strapless.[4]
Foy then appeared in BBC's Casualty and onstage at The Birmingham Repertory Company as Ruby in When We Are Married. She later played Jo in A Taste of Honey at the York Theatre Royal. Other television work includes Dawn and the Candidate and as Madge in Missing Persons. In 1996 she returned to the Birmingham Rep to play Marigold in Toad of Toad Hall.
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Betrayal of Maria Sivan | Producer | Nicholas Connor |
| 2017 | The Silent Child | Producer | Chris Overton |
| 1993 | Casualty | Sue | George Case |
| 1990 | Missing Persons | Madge | Derek Bennet |
| 1990 | Press Gang | Ruby | Various |
| 1989 | Strapless | Nurse | David Hare |
| 1988–1989 | Coronation Street [5] | Gina Seddon | Various |
| 1988 | How to be Cool [6] | Deidre | Various |
| 1988 | Dramarama | Tina | Gareth Morgan |
| 1986–1987 | Jossy's Giants | Tracey | George Case |
Awards and nominations
editThe Silent Child won best short film at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in August 2017. This made it eligible for entry to the Oscars. In December 2017 the film was selected as one of the final ten films in the Live Action Short Film category for the 90th Academy Awards. On 23 January 2018, it was announced that The Silent Child was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the 90th Academy Awards, which it then won.
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | March 4, 2018 | Live Action Short Film | Won |
References
edit- ^ "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Award Winner Interview: Chris Overton - Encounters Film Festival". Encounters Film Festival. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "Why Bolton's better than Hollywood for Oscar winner Julie Foy".
- ^ "And the Oscar goes to . . . Julie Foy from Harwood!".
- ^ "Julie Foy".
- ^ "Julie Foy". Archived from the original on 12 August 2019.