The Crown Queen Elizabeth actress: Who Is Claire Foy?

Claire Foy is a British actress. She has received various awards, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Foy was born in Stockport on April 16, 1984. She is the youngest of three children. Her parents divorced when she was just 8 years old.

Foy was educated at Aylesbury High School from the age of 12 and later studied drama at Liverpool John Moores University. She also took a one-year course at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2007 and moving to the Peckham area of London to share a house with five friends from drama school.

Foy rose to global prominence with her portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series, The Crown, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

In 2021, Foy starred as Magaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll in the BBC production, A Very British Scandal.

Foy married actor, Stephen Campbell Moore in 2014. They have one child, however, they announced their separation in February 2018.