Kerry Fox
Kerry Fox | |
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Lower Hutt, Wellington , New Zealand | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse | Alexander Linklater |
Children | 2 |
Kerry Lauren Fox[1] (born 30 July 1966) is a New Zealand actress.[2] She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie An Angel at My Table directed by Jane Campion,[2] which gained her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards.
Early life
Fox was born in Lower Hutt, Wellington. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1987 with a Diploma in Acting.[3]
Career
Fox has had an international career, working in independent films and on television. She received praise and a nomination for the
Genie Award for her supporting role in The Hanging Garden
.
For her role as Claire in
In 2009 she appeared alongside
television adaptation of Tim Winton's novel Cloudstreet
.
Personal life
Fox is married to journalist Alexander Linklater. They have two sons.[6][7]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | An Angel at My Table | Janet Frame | |
1992 | The Last Days of Chez Nous | Vicki | |
1993 | Friends | Sophie Gordon | |
1994 | The Last Tattoo | Kelly Towne | |
1994 | Country Life | Sally Voysey | |
1994 | A Village Affair | ||
1994 | Shallow Grave | Juliet Miller | |
1995 | Saigon Baby | Kate Cooper | |
1995 | The Affair | Maggie Leyland | |
1997 | Welcome to Sarajevo | Jane Carson | |
1997 | The Hanging Garden | Rosemary | |
1998 | The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Sonja Buloh | |
1998 | The Wisdom of Crocodiles | Maria Vaughan | AKA, Immortality |
1999 | To Walk with Lions | Lucy Jackson | |
1999 | The Darkest Light | Sue | |
1999 | Thinking About Sleep | Police Woman | Short film |
1999 | Fanny and Elvis | Katherine Fanny 'Kate' Dickson | |
2001 | Intimacy | Claire | |
2001 | The Point Men | Maddy Hope | |
2002 | Black and White | Helen Devaney | |
2003 | The Gathering | Marion Kirkman | |
2003 | So Close to Home | Maggie | |
2004 | Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) | Mary | |
2004 | Bob the Builder: Snowed Under | Charlene (voice) | Video |
2005 | Rag Tale | Peach James Taylor | |
2007 | The Ferryman | Suze | |
2007 | Intervention | Kate | |
2007 | He Said | Julie | Short film |
2008 | Inconceivable | Kay Stephenson | |
2009 | Storm | Hannah Maynard | |
2009 | Bright Star | Mrs. Brawne | |
2010 | Morning Echo | Christine Moffatt | Short film |
2011 | Burning Man | Sally | |
2011 | Intruders | Dr. Rachel | |
2012 | Mental | Nancy | |
2012 | Mr. Pip | June Watts | |
2013 | Trap for Cinderella | Julia | |
2014 | Patrick's Day | Maura Fitzgerald | |
2014 | War Book | Maria | |
2015 | Holding the Man | Mary Gert Conigrave | |
2015 | Downriver | Paige Levy | |
2015 | The Dressmaker | Beulah Harridiene | |
2016 | The Rehearsal | Hannah | |
2017 | Mayhem | Irene Smythe | |
2019 | Top End Wedding | Hampton | |
2019 | Little Joe | Bella | |
2019 | Rare Beasts | ||
2021 | The Colour Room | Ann Cliff |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | Night of the Red Hunter | Police Officer | TV series |
1993 | Rocky Star | Dianna Moore | TV series |
1993 | Mr. Wroe's Virgins | Hannah | TV miniseries |
1993 | The Rainbow Warrior | Andrea Joyce | TV film |
1995 | A Village Affair | Clodagh Unwin | TV film |
1995 | The Affair | Maggie Leyland | TV film |
1996 | Tales from the Crypt | Dolores | "Last Respects" |
1999 | Shockers: Deja Vu | Jessica | TV film |
2003 | 40 | Maggie | TV miniseries |
2004 | Waking the Dead | Elsbeth Varley | "Anger Management: Part 1" |
2005 | The Murder Room | Muriel Godby | TV miniseries |
2005 | Footprints in the Snow | Claire | TV film |
2005 | Cold Blood | Jan | TV film |
2006 | Nostradamus | Catherine de' Medici | TV film |
2007 | The Whistleblowers | Polly Lewington | "Pandemic" |
2008 | Trial & Retribution | DI Moyra Lynch | "The Box: Part 1" |
2008 | The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall | Jocelyn Hurndall | TV film |
2011 | Vera | Patricia Carmichael | "Little Lazarus" |
2011 | Cloudstreet | Oriel Lamb | TV miniseries |
2012 | Midsomer Murders | Betty DeQuetteville | "The Dark Rider" |
2012 | New Tricks | Jane Ross | "Part of a Whole" |
2012 | Falcón | Manuela Falcón | "The Blind Man of Seville", "The Silent and the Damned" |
2013–2015 | Sex & Violence | Brenda Shaw | Recurring role |
2014 | The Crimson Field | Sister Margaret Quayle | TV miniseries |
2014 | Glue | Jackie Warwick | TV miniseries |
2016 | National Treasure
|
Zoe Darwin | TV miniseries |
2017 | Death in Paradise | Linda Taylor | Series 6 Episode 3 The Impossible Murder |
2018 | The Split | Judge Joyce Aspen | TV miniseries |
2018 | Medusa's Ankles | Susannah | Short TV film |
2020 | Last Tango in Halifax | Nadine | TV series |
2022 | Conversations with Friends | Valerie Taylor-Gates | TV miniseries; 2 episodes |
2023 | Bay of Fires | Frankie McLeish | TV series |
References
- ^ "Ms Kerry Fox Authorised Biography | Debrett's People of Today". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Darke, Chris (30 June 2001). "Truly, madly, explicitly". The Guardian.
- ^ "Graduate". toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Linklater, Alexander (21 June 2001). "Dangerous liaisons". The Guardian.
- ^ Adams, Tim (26 November 2006). "Everybody's doing it..." The Guardian.
- ^ Blake, Elissa (27 July 2012). "Interview: Kerry Fox". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Kerry Fox on The Rehearsal, and finding her own way". Stuff. 7 September 2016.
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