Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982) is an English actress and filmmaker. She made her first onscreen appearance at the age of 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of The Camomile Lawn, directed by her father, Peter Hall. Her professional stage debut came in her father's 2002 production of Mrs.
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- Name
- Rebecca Hall
- Birth Name
- Rebecca Maria Hall
- Born
- 3 May 1982
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Occupation
- * Actress
- Full name
- Rebecca Maria Hall.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United States
- Education
- Roedean School · St Catharine's College
- Honours
- Ian Charleson Awards · Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast · British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress · San Diego Film Critics Society Awards · Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award · London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
- Languages
- British English · English
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Rebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982) is an English actress and filmmaker. She made her first onscreen appearance at the age of 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of The Camomile Lawn, directed by her father, Peter Hall. Her professional stage debut came in her father's 2002 production of Mrs.
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Biography
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Warren's Profession, which earned her an Ian Charleson Award. In 2006, following her film debut in Starter for 10, Hall got her breakthrough role in Christopher Nolan's thriller film The Prestige. She starred in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona in 2008, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Hall has appeared in a wide array of films, including Ron Howard's historical drama Frost/Nixon (2008), Ben Affleck's crime drama The Town (2010), the horror thriller The Awakening (2011), the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 3 (2013), the thriller The Gift (2015), and the fantasy film The BFG (2016). In 2016, Hall was praised by critics for her portrayal of news reporter Christine Chubbuck in the biographical drama Christine. She has since starred in the MonsterVerse films Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). Hall has also had several notable performances on British television. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2009 Channel 4 miniseries Red Riding: 1974. In 2013, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her performance in BBC Two's Parade's End. In 2021, she made her feature directorial debut with the period drama Passing, which she also wrote and co-produced, adapted from Nella Larsen's 1929 novel. It received critical acclaim, and she received BAFTA nominations for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
Rebecca Hall studied at Roedean School and St Catharine's College. The recorded working language is British English and English. Distinctions recorded are Ian Charleson Awards, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast, British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress and San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.

English actress Rebecca Hall leaving the press conference for Please Give.
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Kristie Macosko, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Kate Capshaw, Steven Spielberg, Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance, Claire van Kampen, Lucy Dahl, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall and Jemaine Clement at the world premiere of The BFG, 2016 Cannes Film Festival
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Rebecca Hall • Birth Name — Rebecca Maria Hall • Born — 3 May 1982 • Birthplace — London, England • Occupation — * Actress • filmmaker • Years Active — 1992–present • Children — 1 • Parents — * Sir Peter Hall • Maria Ewing • Relatives — * Edward Hall (half-brother) • Christopher Hall (half-brother) • Jennifer Caron Hall (half-sister)
Early life and education
Early life and education
Rebecca Maria Hall was born in London on 3 May 1982, the daughter of American opera singer Maria Ewing and Sir Peter Hall, an English stage director and founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her mother was born in Detroit, the daughter of an African-American mixed-race father and a Dutch mother. She is a descendant of American Revolutionary War veteran Bazabeel Norman, a free African man. Years later, as a guest on Finding Your Roots, Hall discovered that, while her maternal grandfather, Norman Isaac Ewing, had performed as a Native American figure and was reported as a Sioux chief in newspapers, he was the son of mixed-race African-American parents, and had no Native American ancestry. His father, Hall's great-grandfather John William Ewing, had been born into slavery. After the American Civil War, he became a prominent figure in the black community of Washington, D.C. Hall has 91% European DNA and 9% sub-Saharan African DNA, according to an Ancestry.com DNA test. Hall's parents separated when she was still young, eventually divorcing in 1990. Hall has five paternal half-siblings: stage director Edward Hall, producer Christopher Hall, actresses Jennifer Caron Hall and Emma Hall, and set designer Lucy Hall. Additionally, on the April 7, 2026 episode of Finding Your Roots, it was revealed that Hall is a distant cousin of the American actress Danielle Deadwyler, who shares her date of birth. Hall attended Roedean School, where she became head girl. She studied English literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, before dropping out in 2002, just before her final year. During her time at Cambridge, she was active in the student theatre scene and also set up her own theatre company. She was a member of the Marlowe Society and performed in several productions alongside her housemate Dan Stevens, an English literature student at Emmanuel College.
Stage
Stage
• Illustration — Hall at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival Hall made her professional stage debut in 2002 when she starred as Vivie in her father's production of Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Strand Theatre in London. Her performance, described as "admirable" and "accomplished", earned her the Ian Charleson Award in 2003. In 2003, Hall's father celebrated 50 years as a theatre director by staging a season of five plays at the Theatre Royal in Bath, Somerset. Hall starred in two of these plays; she appeared as Rosalind in her father's production of As You Like It, which gained her a second Charleson nomination and starred in the title role of Thea Sharrock's revival of D. H. Lawrence's The Fight for Barbara. In 2004, Hall appeared in three plays for the Peter Hall Company at the Theatre Royal Bath, two of which her father directed: Man and Superman in which she played Ann, and Galileo's Daughter in which she played Sister Maria Celeste. The third, Molière's Don Juan, in which she played the part of Elvira, was directed by Sharrock. In 2005, Hall reprised the role of Rosalind in a touring production of As You Like It, again under the direction of her father. This tour played the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, the Curran Theatre in San Francisco and the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. This was a second leg of the US tour that began in 2003 with venues at the Shubert Theater New Haven, Connecticut, Columbus, Ohio, and the Wilbur Theater in Boston. In 2008–2009, Hall appeared in Sam Mendes's first instalment of the Bridge Project as Hermione in The Winter's Tale and as Varya in The Cherry Orchard. The project gave performances with the same cast in Germany, Greece, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. In 2010–2011, she played Viola in a production of Twelfth Night at London's National Theatre, directed by her father. Hall made her Broadway debut in 2013 in Sophie Treadwell's expressionist play Machinal. The Roundabout Theater production, directed by Lyndsey Turner, began previews on 20 December 2013, with the official opening on 16 January 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre.
Personal life
Personal life
Hall and director Sam Mendes were in a relationship from 2011 to 2013. In 2014, Hall met actor Morgan Spector while co-starring in a Broadway production. They married in 2015. Their daughter was born in 2018.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1992 — data-sort-value="Camomile Lawn, The" | The Camomile Lawn — Young Sophie — 4 episodes • 1993 — Don't Leave Me This Way — Lizzie Neil — Television film • 1994 — data-sort-value="World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, The" | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends — Lucie — Voice, episode: "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher" • 2006 — Wide Sargasso Sea — Antoinette Cosway — Television film • 2007 — Rubberheart — Maggie — Short film, based on a short story by Hall • Joe's Palace — Tina — Television film • 2008 — Einstein and Eddington — Winifred Eddington • 2009 — Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 — Paula Garland • 2012 — Parade's End — Sylvia Tietjens — 5 episodes • 2015 — Codes of Conduct — Rebecca Rotmensen — Unaired pilot • 2016 — Horace and Pete — Rachel — Episode: #1.1 • 2020 — Tales from the Loop — Loretta — 6 episodes • 2024 — The Listeners — Claire — 4 episodes • 2025 — The Studio — Sarah — Episode: "The Pediatric Oncologist" • 2026 — The Beauty — Jordan Bennett — Main cast
Music videos
Music videos
• Year — Title — Role — Artist — Notes • 2012 — "A Case of You" — Girl — James Blake
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Rebecca Maria Hall.
Life and career
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Life and career
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Rebecca Hall born at London.
Film and television
Film and television
• Illustration — Hall at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival Hall's first professional role came in 1992, when at the age of nine she appeared as young Sophy in her father's television adaptation of Mary Wesley's The Camomile Lawn. Her feature film debut came in 2006 as Rebecca Epstein in the film adaptation of David Nicholls's Starter for Ten. She got her breakthrough with the role of Sarah Borden in Christopher Nolan's film The Prestige (2006). She appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's Joe's Palace in 2007, in addition to appearing in several other television films, including Wide Sargasso Sea and Rubberheart. Hall's Hollywood fame was sparked when she starred in the Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) as one of the title characters, Vicky. Her performance was well received, and she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Also in the same year, she appeared in Ron Howard's historical drama Frost/Nixon as the girlfriend of David Frost, played by Michael Sheen. The following year, she was cast in the British fantasy-horror film Dorian Gray, based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Following a small role in the indie film Please Give, Hall starred in Ben Affleck's crime drama The Town (2010) opposite Affleck and Jon Hamm. In June 2010, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Paula Garland in the 2009 Channel 4 production Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974. The following year, she played the female lead in the British ghost film The Awakening, released in September 2011. In 2012, she took on the role of Beth Raymer in the comedy-drama film Lay the Favorite, based on Raymer's memoir of the same title. One review commented that she "plays Raymer as an endearing force of nature who somehow manages to survive in a dangerous world through sheer force of character". She starred in the BBC/HBO/VRT production of Parade's End (2012) opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, which earned her a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2013, Hall replaced Jessica Chastain as Maya Hansen in the superhero film Iron Man 3. The same year, she appeared in the political thriller Closed Circuit (2013). In 2014, she starred opposite Johnny Depp in Wally Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence (2014). In 2015, Hall starred in the romantic comedy Tumbledown and Joel Edgerton's directorial debut The Gift. In the 2016 biographical drama Christine, Hall played Christine Chubbuck, a real-life TV news reporter. Her performance was praised by critics. In 2017, she portrayed Elizabeth Holloway Marston, a psychologist who inspired the character of Wonder Woman, in Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. The same year, Hall joined the cast of A Rainy Day in New York, directed by Allen. After re-reading accounts related to allegations of sexual abuse against Allen, Hall, in January 2018, donated her salary to Time's Up. She said, "I see not only how complicated this matter is, but that my actions have made another woman feel silenced and dismissed. I regret this decision and wouldn't make the same one today." However, Hall expressed regret for her apology in 2024, saying "I don’t talk to him any more, but I don’t think that [actors] should be the ones who are doing judge and jury on this." In 2018, Hall provided English dubbing for the character Mother in Mirai. In 2021, Hall starred in and co-executive produced the well-reviewed horror-thriller The Night House. The same year, she appeared in the monster film Godzilla vs. Kong and made her directorial debut with the drama Passing, based on the 1929 American novel of the same name by Nella Larsen. Hall wrote the screenplay and co-produced the film, which was largely inspired by her own mixed-race heritage, as well as her African-American ancestors who passed as white. Passing premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and received critical acclaim. Its distribution rights were acquired by Netflix for approximately $16 million. Hall is a signatory of the Film Workers for Palestine boycott pledge that was published in September 2025.
Film
Film
Key • Denotes works that have not yet been released • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006 — Starter for 10 — Rebecca Epstein • data-sort-value="Prestige, The" | The Prestige — Sarah Borden • 2008 — Vicky Cristina Barcelona — Vicky • Frost/Nixon — Caroline Cushing • Official Selection — Emily Dickinson — Short film • 2009 — Dorian Gray — Emily Wotton • 2010 — Please Give — Rebecca • data-sort-value="Town, The" | The Town — Claire Keesey • Everything Must Go — Samantha • 2011 — data-sort-value="Bag of Hammers, A" | A Bag of Hammers — Mel • data-sort-value="Awakening, The" | The Awakening — Florence Cathcart • 2012 — Lay the Favorite — Beth Raymer • 2013 — Iron Man 3 — Maya Hansen • Closed Circuit — Claudia Simmons-Howe • data-sort-value="Promise, A" | A Promise — Charlotte Hoffmeister • 2014 — Transcendence — Evelyn Caster • 2015 — Tumbledown — Hannah • data-sort-value="Gift, The" | The Gift — Robyn Callem • 2016 — Christine — Christine Chubbuck • data-sort-value="BFG, The" | The BFG — Mary • 2017 — data-sort-value="Dinner, The" | The Dinner — Katelyn Lohman • Permission — Anna — Also producer • Professor Marston and the Wonder Women — Elizabeth Holloway Marston • 2018 — Mirai — Mother — Voice, English dub • Teen Spirit — Jules • Holmes & Watson — Dr. Grace Hart • 2019 — data-sort-value="Rainy Day in New York, A" | A Rainy Day in New York — Connie Davidoff • 2020 — data-sort-value="Night House, The" | The Night House — Beth — Also executive producer • 2021 — Passing — Director, producer and writer • Godzilla vs. Kong — Ilene Andrews • With/In — Segment: "Mother!!" • 2022 — Resurrection — Margaret • data-sort-value="Listener, The" | The Listener — Laura — Voice • 2024 — Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire — Ilene Andrews • 2025 — Peter Hujar's Day — Linda Rosenkrantz • Ella McCay — Claire McCay • 2026 — The Man I Love — Brenda George • The End of It — Claire • Onslaught — Hanna Kammler • Zero Protocol — Post-production • A Head Full of Ghosts — Filming
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Rebecca Hall received Ian Charleson Awards, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast, British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress, San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award and London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
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- “Rebecca Hall”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q230534: Rebecca Hall
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- Stereotypes in Rebecca Hall™s Movie Passing, TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2024
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Association — Category — Work — Result — Ref. • 2006 — Empire Awards — Best Female Newcomer — The Prestige • London Film Critics Circle Awards — British Newcomer of the Year • 2008 — Gotham Awards — Best Ensemble Cast — Vicky Cristina Barcelona • Breakthrough Actor • Golden Globe Awards — Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical • London Film Critics Circle Awards — British Actress of the Year • Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture — Frost/Nixon • 2009 — Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play — The Cherry Orchard • 2010 — British Academy Television Awards — Best Supporting Actress — Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 • Independent Spirit Awards — Robert Altman Award — Please Give • San Diego Film Critics Society Awards — Body of Work • Evening Standard British Film Awards — Best Actress • Gotham Awards — Best Ensemble Cast • National Board of Review Awards — Best Acting by an Ensemble — The Town • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards — Best Acting Ensemble • Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards — Best Acting Ensemble • 2011 — British Independent Film Awards — Best Actress — The Awakening • 2013 — British Academy Television Awards — Best Actress — Parade's End • Satellite Awards — Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film • Critics' Choice Television Awards — Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries • 2014 — Outer Critics Circle Award — Best Actress in a Play — Machinal • 2016 — Chicago International Film Festival — Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress — Christine • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards — Best Actress • Detroit Film Critics Society Awards — Best Actress • Houston Film Critics Society Awards — Best Actress • IndieWire Critics Poll — Best Actress • London Film Critics' Circle Awards — British Actress of the Year • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards — Best Actress • Toronto Film Critics Association Awards — Best Actress • Women Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Actress • Courage in Acting Award • The Invisible Woman Award • 2018 — Drama League Award — Distinguished Performance Award — Animal • 2021 — Gotham Independent Film Awards — Best Feature — Passing • Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award • Best Screenplay • Chicago Film Critics Association — Breakthrough Filmmaker • 2022 — Alliance of Women Film Journalists — Best Film • Best Director • Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay • Best Woman Director • Best Woman Screenwriter • Austin Film Critics Association — Best First Film • Black Reel Awards — Outstanding Motion Picture • Outstanding Director • Outstanding Screenplay • Outstanding Emerging Director • Outstanding First Screenplay • Camerimage — Golden Frog Directors' Debuts • Directors Guild of America Awards — First-Time Feature Film • Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards — Best Director • Best Adapted Screenplay • Best First Feature • London Film Critics Circle Awards — Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year • New York Film Critics Online — Best Director Debut • Online Film Critics Society Awards — Best Debut Feature • Best Adapted Screenplay • San Diego Film Critics Society — Best Adapted Screenplay • San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle — Best Adapted Screenplay • Satellite Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay • Toronto Film Critics Association — Best First Feature • NAACP Image Awards — Outstanding Breakthrough Creative in a Motion Picture • BAFTA Awards — Outstanding British Film • Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
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Rebecca Hall is recorded at birth as Rebecca Maria Hall. Recorded as having received Ian Charleson Awards, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast and British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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