Claire Foy grew up in Manchester and Leeds with her parents David and Caroline Foy.
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David Foy
Foy’s father, David, is British and had worked as a Rank Xerox salesman in Longwick.
Caroline Foy
Foy’s mother, Caroline, is of Irish origin. Her parents were from Dublin and Kildare
The couple divorced when Foy was just 8 years old.
Who Is Claire Foy?
Claire Foy is a British actress born 16 April 1984, in Stockport, England.
Foy schooled at Aylesbury High School and later proceeded to Liverpool John Moores University, where she studied Drama.
She also bagged a Diploma at the Oxford School of Drama.
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Claire Foy Career
Foy made her acting debut when she starred in the comedy series Being Human (2008).
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In 2021, Foy appeared in the BBC production, A Very British Scandal.
The same year, she was cast as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in the drama series Doomsday Machine.
Foy has appeared in several movies including The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018), Season of the Witch (2011), and First Man (2018).
Others include “Unsane” (2018), Top Girls, Watership Down, Easy Virtue, DNA and The Miracle, Little Dorrit, Upstairs Downstairs, and The Promise.
For playing the role of the young Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown, her fame increased on the global stage and won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Foy has also won numerous awards, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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