Catherine McCormack
Catherine McCormack | |
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Born | Catherine Jane McCormack[1] 3 April 1972 |
Education | Oxford School of Drama |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1994–present |
Catherine Jane McCormack (born 3 April 1972)
Early life
McCormack was born in
Career
Film
McCormack's first important role was as the character
After Braveheart, McCormack starred alongside Anna Friel and Rachel Weisz in David Leland's The Land Girls and had lead roles in Nils Gaup's Northstar and Marshall Herskovitz's Dangerous Beauty. Other films include Spy Game (2001) and 28 Weeks Later. Despite being in demand, she does few films, stating that "I read very few scripts I'm passionate about... Maybe one in every twenty or thirty."[7]
Theatre
McCormack has shown a preference in her career for the theatre,
In 2009, she appeared in the British tour of
Personal life
As of 2009 McCormack was living with her boyfriend in Richmond.[13]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Loaded | Rose | |
1995 | Braveheart | Murron MacClannough | |
1996 | North Star | Sarah | |
1998 | The Land Girls
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Stella | |
1998 | Dangerous Beauty | Veronica Franco | |
1998 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Christina 'Chrissy' Mundy | |
1999 | This Year's Love
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Hannah | |
1999 | The Debtors | ||
2000 | Shadow of the Vampire | Greta Schröder | |
2000 | A Rumor of Angels | Mary Neubauer | |
2000 | The Weight of Water | Jean Janes | |
2000 | Born Romantic | Jocelyn | |
2001 | The Tailor of Panama | Francesca Deane | |
2001 | Spy Game | Elizabeth Hadley | |
2004 | Strings | Zita (voice) | |
2005 | A Sound of Thunder | Sonia Rand | |
2006 | Renaissance | Bislane Tasuiev (voice) | |
2007 | The Moon and the Stars | Kristina Baumgarten / Tosca | |
2007 | 28 Weeks Later | Alice | |
2013 | The Fold | Rebecca Ashton | Post-production |
2014 | Magic in the Moonlight | Olivia | |
2016 | The Journey | Kate Elgar | |
2017 | Promise at Dawn | Lesley Blanch | |
2019 | The Song of Names | Helen | |
2019 | Cordelia | Kate |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Wycliffe | Asenath Gardner | Episode: "The Scapegoat" |
1997 | Deacon Brodie | Annie Grant | TV film |
1999 | Love in the 21st Century | Fay | Episode: "Reproduction" |
2001 | Armadillo | Flavia | TV film |
2004 | Gunpowder, Treason & Plot | Queen Elizabeth I | TV film |
2005 | Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore | Kathleen Tynan | TV film |
2006 | Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes | Elizabeth David | TV film |
2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Poppaea Sabina | Episode: "Nero" |
2008 | Midnight Man | Alice Ross | TV miniseries |
2011 | Lights Out | Theresa Leary | 13 episodes |
2013 | Lucan | Veronica | TV miniseries |
2015 | Life in Squares | Virginia Woolf | 2 episodes |
2016 | Sherlock | Lady Carmichael | Episode "The Abominable Bride" |
2017 | Genius | Marija Ružić–Marić | |
2018 | Women on the Verge | Claire | TV series |
2019-2021 | Temple | Beth Milton | TV miniseries- 13 episodes |
2022 | Slow Horses | Alex Tropper | TV series - 2nd Season - 4 episodes |
2023 | The Witcher | Anika | 1 episode |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Anna Weiss | Anna Weiss | Whitehall Theatre, London |
2000 | All My Sons | Ann | National Theatre |
2001 | A Lie of the Mind | Beth | Donmar Warehouse, London |
2001 | Kiss Me Like You Mean It | Ruth | Soho Theatre, London |
2001 | White Horses | Paula | Gate Theatre, Dublin |
2002 | Free | Sophie | National Theatre |
2002 | Dinner | Sian | National Theatre |
2003 | Honour | Claudia | National Theatre |
2003 | Under the Curse | Iphigenia | Gate Theatre, London |
2004 | Vermillion Dream | Miriam | Salisbury Playhouse |
2006 | The 39 Steps | Various | Tricycle Theatre, London |
2007 | The Lady from Dubuque | Jo | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London |
2008 | A Doll's House | Nora | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London |
2008 | The Portrait of a Lady | Isabel Archer | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London |
2009 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | ||
2012 | The Heresy of Love | Juana Inés de la Cruz | Royal Shakespeare Company |
References
- ^ a b Ms Catherine Jane McCormack company-director-check.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ a b "20 Questions With ... Catherine McCormack" whatsonstage.com (8 February 2012). Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "Catherine McCormack — Life after Braveheart". Macbraveheart.co.uk. 29 May 2001. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ a b c Duerden, Nick. Catherine McCormack: The play's the thing, The Independent, 10 August 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "Catherine McCormack - Actress in Braveheart - Esquire". Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2009., Esquire, 30 November 2002. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "Catherine McCormack Biography — Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. 1 January 1972. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ Blackwelder, Rob. UNRECOGNIZED 'BEAUTY': The surprising off-screen Catherine McCormack Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, SPLICEDwire, 6 February 1998. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ Wolf, Matt. Catherine McCormack, Broadway.com, 16 August 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic. Irreverent romp down the nostalgia track, The Telegraph, 18 August 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ Theatre Royal – A Doll's House Archived 19 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Theatre Royal – The Portrait of a Lady Archived 19 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Heresy of Love - By Helen Edmundson - Royal Shakespeare Company". www.rsc.org.uk.
- ^ "My Perfect Weekend: Catherine McCormack". The Daily Telegraph. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023.