Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson, CBE (born 30 October 1956) is an
English actress of stage and screen. She is known for her role in the
film Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), for which she was nominated for the
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her other film
appearances include Emma (1996), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Mona
Lisa Smile (2003), Being Julia (2004), and Infamous (2006).Stevenson
has starred in numerous Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre
productions, including Olivier Award nominated roles in Measure for
Measure (1984), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986), and Yerma (1987). For
her role as Paulina in Death and the Maiden (1991â€"92), she won the
1992 Olivier Award for Best Actress. Her fifth Olivier nomination was
for her work in the 2009 revival of Duet for One. She has also
received three nominations for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress:
for A Doll's House (1992), The Politician's Wife (1995) and Accused
(2010). Other stage roles include The Heretic (2011) and Happy Days
(2014).Stevenson was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England, the daughter of
Virginia Ruth (née Marshall), a teacher, and Michael Guy Stevenson,
an army officer. Stevenson's father was assigned a new posting every
two and a half years. When Stevenson was nine, she attended
Berkshire's Hurst Lodge School, and she was later educated at the
independent St Catherine's School in Bramley, near Guildford in
Surrey, and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Stevenson was
part of the 'new wave’ of actors to emerge from the Academy. Others
included Jonathan Pryce, Bruce Payne, Alan Rickman, Anton Lesser,
Kenneth Branagh, Imelda Staunton and Fiona Shaw. This led to a stage
career starting in 1978 with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
English actress of stage and screen. She is known for her role in the
film Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), for which she was nominated for the
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her other film
appearances include Emma (1996), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Mona
Lisa Smile (2003), Being Julia (2004), and Infamous (2006).Stevenson
has starred in numerous Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre
productions, including Olivier Award nominated roles in Measure for
Measure (1984), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986), and Yerma (1987). For
her role as Paulina in Death and the Maiden (1991â€"92), she won the
1992 Olivier Award for Best Actress. Her fifth Olivier nomination was
for her work in the 2009 revival of Duet for One. She has also
received three nominations for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress:
for A Doll's House (1992), The Politician's Wife (1995) and Accused
(2010). Other stage roles include The Heretic (2011) and Happy Days
(2014).Stevenson was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England, the daughter of
Virginia Ruth (née Marshall), a teacher, and Michael Guy Stevenson,
an army officer. Stevenson's father was assigned a new posting every
two and a half years. When Stevenson was nine, she attended
Berkshire's Hurst Lodge School, and she was later educated at the
independent St Catherine's School in Bramley, near Guildford in
Surrey, and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Stevenson was
part of the 'new wave’ of actors to emerge from the Academy. Others
included Jonathan Pryce, Bruce Payne, Alan Rickman, Anton Lesser,
Kenneth Branagh, Imelda Staunton and Fiona Shaw. This led to a stage
career starting in 1978 with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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