Rebecca Hall

{{Short description|English actress (born 1982)}}

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| birth_name = Rebecca Maria Hall

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| birth_place = London, England

| alma_mater = St Catharine's College, Cambridge

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1992–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Morgan Spector|2015}}

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Rebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982) is an English actress and director. 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. Warren's Profession, which earned her the 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. In 2008, she starred in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/24/christine-review-rebecca-hall-astonishes-in-real-life-horror-story|title=Christine review: Rebecca Hall astonishes in real-life horror story|website=The Guardian|first=Nigel M.|last=Smith|date=24 January 2016|access-date=25 September 2016}} She has since starred in the MonsterVerse films Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), and made her directorial debut with the period drama Passing (2021).

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{{Cite web|title=BAFTA Awards Search {{!}} BAFTA Awards|url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Rebecca+Hall|access-date=8 September 2021|website=awards.bafta.org}} for her performance in BBC Two's Parade's End.

Early life and education

Hall was born on 3 May 1982 in London,Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005. Gives name at birth as "Rebecca Maria Hall". the daughter of the American opera singer Maria Ewing and 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 the American Revolutionary War veteran Bazabeel Norman, a free African man.{{Cite news|last=Hattenstone|first=Simon|title=Who, me? Why everyone is talking about Rebecca Hall|author-link=Simon Hattenstone|work=The Guardian|date=12 June 2010|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jun/12/rebecca-hall-interview|access-date=27 September 2010|location=London}}{{cite news|last=Isenberg|first=Barbara|title=MUSIC No-Risk Opera? Not Even Close Maria Ewing, one of the most celebrated sopranos in opera, leaps again into the role of Tosca, keeping alive her streak of acclaimed performances while remaining true to herself|work=Los Angeles Times|date=8 November 1992|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-08-ca-1-story.html|access-date=8 May 2011}}{{cite news|last=McLellan|first=Joseph|title=Article: Extra-Sensuous Perception; Soprano Maria Ewing, a Steamy 'Salome'|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=15 November 1990|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1158782.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022180005/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1158782.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2012|access-date=6 February 2010}}{{cite news|last=Marsh|first=Robert C.|title=Growth of Maria Ewing continues with 'Salome' // Role of princess proves crowning achievement|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=18 December 1988|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3919649.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022180018/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3919649.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2012|access-date=6 February 2010}}

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, DC. Hall has 91% European DNA and 9% sub-Saharan African DNA, according to an Ancestry.com DNA test.Stated on Finding Your Roots, 4 January 2022 Hall's parents separated when she was still young, eventually divorcing in 1990.{{Cite news|last=Hattenstone|first=Simon|title=Who, me? Why everyone is talking about Rebecca Hall|author-link=Simon Hattenstone|work=The Guardian|date=12 June 2010|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jun/12/rebecca-hall-interview|access-date=27 September 2010|location=London}} Hall has five paternal half-siblings: the stage director Edward Hall, the producer Christopher Hall, the actresses Jennifer Caron Hall and Emma Hall, and the set designer Lucy Hall.{{cite web|title=Rebecca Hall Relationships|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rebecca-hall/bio/285461|work=TV Guide|access-date=10 May 2014}}

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.{{cite news|title=Former Cambridge student takes her first leading role|url=http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/download/TCS_Volume13_Michaelmas_Issue6.pdf|publisher=The Cambridge Student|date=3 November 2011|page=06}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050220/news_1a20rebecca.html|title=For Rebecca Hall, it's all in the family business|last=Farber|first=Jim|date=20 February 2005|work=U-T San Diego|access-date=8 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222031059/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050220/news_1a20rebecca.html|archive-date=22 December 2010}} During her time at Cambridge, she was active in the student theatre scene and also set up her own theatre company.{{cite web|url=http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/3728/notes.pdf|title=The Prestige production notes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930212132/http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/3728/notes.pdf|archive-date=30 September 2007|access-date=9 November 2006}} 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.{{cite news|title=Macbeth|url=http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/marlowe/showarchive/macbeth/press.htm|publisher=Marlowe Society|year=2002|access-date=4 June 2012|archive-date=23 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223112051/http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/marlowe/showarchive/macbeth/press.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Rebecca Hall takes the lead|first=Naomi|last=West|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8852878/Rebecca-Hall-takes-the-lead.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029142805/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8852878/Rebecca-Hall-takes-the-lead.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2011 }}

Career

= Film and television =

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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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3900390/Hall-of-fame-Rebecca-Hall.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3900390/Hall-of-fame-Rebecca-Hall.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hall of fame: Rebecca Hall|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=23 December 2008|access-date=22 July 2017}}{{cbignore}} 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,{{Cite web |url=https://www.c21media.net/news/bbc-hbo-unite-for-poliakoff-copro/ |title=BBC, HBO unite for Poliakoff copro |first=Jules |last=Grant |website=C21Media |date=9 November 2006 |access-date=6 July 2023}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.gq.com/women/photos/201004/rebecca-hall-actress-photos-vicky-cristina-barcelona|title=Rated 'R' for Rebecca|last=Nugent|first=Benjamin|date=30 April 2010|work=gq|access-date=8 October 2010}} Her performance was well-received, and she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2008, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?sq=Rebecca+Hall|title=Awards Database – The BAFTA site|publisher=Bafta.org|access-date=8 May 2011}} The following year she played the female lead in the British ghost film The Awakening, released in September 2011.{{cite news|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37497/its-time-studiocanals-awakening|title=It's Time for StudioCanal's Awakening |work=Dread Central|date=16 September 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://press.optimumreleasing.net/press/?id=1457 |title=The Awakening |website=Optimum Releasing |access-date=19 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816054440/http://press.optimumreleasing.net/press/?id=1457 |archive-date=16 August 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."{{cite news |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/film/lay-the-favourite--review-7875921.html?origin=internalSearch |title=Lay the Favourite – review|first=Derek|last=Malcolm|author-link=Derek Malcolm|newspaper=London Evening Standard|year=2012 |quote=plays Raymer as an endearing force of nature who somehow manages to survive in a dangerous world through sheer force of character |access-date=23 June 2012}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10047416/Baftas-2013-the-contenders.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10047416/Baftas-2013-the-contenders.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Baftas 2013: the contenders|last=O'Donovan|first=Gerard|date=10 May 2013|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=23 July 2017}}{{cbignore}} 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). She starred opposite Johnny Depp in Wally Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence (2014).{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36690|title=Rebecca Hall Joins Transcendence With Johnny Depp & Paul Bettany|date=5 March 2013|work=Empire|access-date=8 March 2013}} In 2015, Hall starred in the romantic comedy Tumbledown and Joel Edgerton's directorial debut The Gift.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-rebecca-hall-star-opposite-675731|title=Berlin: Rebecca Hall to Star Opposite Jason Sudeikis in 'Tumbledown'|first=Pamela |last=McClintock|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=30 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/94541/joel-edgerton-receives-the-gift/|title=Joel Edgerton Receives The Gift|date=25 March 2015|work=Dread Central|first=Steve|last=Barton|access-date=25 March 2015}}

In the 2016 biographical drama Christine, Hall played Christine Chubbuck, a real-life TV news reporter. Variety described her as "discomfitingly electric in the best role she's yet been offered".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/christine-review-1201687262/|title=Sundance Film Review: 'Christine'|website=Variety|first=Guy|last=Lodge|date=24 January 2016|access-date=22 July 2017}}

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 Woody Allen.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/diego-luna-liev-schreiber-join-woody-allens-new-movie-1037620|title=Diego Luna, Liev Schreiber Join Woody Allen's New Movie|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Gregg|last=Kilday|date=11 September 2017|access-date=11 September 2017}} After re-reading accounts related to allegations of sexual abuse against Woody 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."{{cite magazine|first=Emma|last=Stefansky|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/rebecca-hall-woody-allen-times-up|title=Rebecca Hall Donated Her Salary from Woody Allen's Next Movie to Time's Up|magazine=Vanity Fair|publisher=Condé Nast|location=New York City|date=13 January 2018|access-date=15 January 2018}}

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.

In 2021 she also 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/passing|title=Passing Reviews|website=Metacritic|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{Cite web|date=28 October 2021|title=Passing review – Rebecca Hall's stylish and subtle study of racial identity|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/oct/28/passing-review-rebecca-hall-racial-identity-tessa-thompson-ruth-negga|access-date=29 October 2021|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|date=29 January 2021|title='Passing' explores the complications of biracial identity. For Rebecca Hall, it's personal.|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-01-29/rebecca-hall-passing-sundance|access-date=8 September 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|first= Sonaiya|last=Kelley}}{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Mallika|date=1 September 2021|title='Imagine a Black Woman Just Wanting Something'|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/ruth-negga-passing.html|access-date=8 September 2021|website=Vulture}} Its distribution rights were acquired by Netflix for approximately $16 million.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/netflix-passing-acquisition-deal-rebecca-hall-tessa-thompson-ruth-negga-1234899976/|title=Netflix Nears $16M Deal to Acquire Rebecca Hall's 'Passing'|first=Angelique|last=Jackson|website=Variety|date=3 February 2021|access-date=28 March 2021}}

= Stage =

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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"{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Billington|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,810050,00.html|title=Mrs Warren's Profession|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 October 2002|access-date=9 November 2006}} and "accomplished",{{Cite web|title=Mrs Warren's Profession, a Curtainup review|url=http://www.curtainup.com/mrswarrensprofession.html|first=Lizzie|last=Loveridge|date=October 2002|access-date=6 July 2023|website=CurtainUp}} earned her the Ian Charleson Award in 2003.{{cite news|author=Lathan, P.|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/N200403.htm|title=Another Hall Hits the Heights|work=The British Theatre Guide|date=20 April 2003|access-date=9 November 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017154534/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/N200403.htm|archive-date=17 October 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821050407667/Rebecca+Hall+%26+Tempest+Two+Win+Charleson+Awards.html|title=Rebecca Hall & Tempest Two Win Charleson Awards|first=Terri|last=Paddock|date=14 April 2003|publisher=whatsonstage.com|access-date=4 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020124454/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821050407667/Rebecca+Hall+%26+Tempest+Two+Win+Charleson+Awards.html|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}}

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,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/15/theater/theater-review-actress-finds-shadows-in-shakespearean-spunk.html|title=THEATER REVIEW; Actress Finds Shadows in Shakespearean Spunk|first=Ben|last=Brantley|date=15 December 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=4 June 2011}} which gained her a second Charleson nomination{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821080568418/Dillon+Wins+Ian+Charleson+Award+for+Master+Builder.html|title=Dillon Wins Ian Charleson Award for Master Builder|first=Terri|last=Paddock|date=29 March 2004|publisher=whatsonstage.com|access-date=4 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615184208/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821080568418/Dillon+Wins+Ian+Charleson+Award+for+Master+Builder.html|archive-date=15 June 2011|url-status=dead}} and starred in the title role of Thea Sharrock's revival of D. H. Lawrence's The Fight for Barbara.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3598284/Long-lost-but-no-masterpiece.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3598284/Long-lost-but-no-masterpiece.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Long-lost – but no masterpiece|first=Charles|last=Spencer|date=10 July 2003|work=The Telegraph|access-date=4 June 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/rebecca-hall-my-art-belongs-to-daddy-553169.html|title=Rebecca Hall: My art belongs to Daddy|first=Charlotte|last=Cripps|date=15 July 2004|work=The Independent|access-date=4 June 2011|location=London}}

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{{cite news|last=Connema|first=Richard|title=Sir Peter Hall's Production of The Bard's As You Like It is Stimulating|url=http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s620.html|access-date=25 April 2013|publisher=talkinbroadway.com|date=15 April 2005}} and the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.{{cite news|last=Haithman|first=Diane|title=Taking the fast lane to success|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-25-et-stevens25-story.html|access-date=25 April 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=25 February 2005}} This was a second leg of the US tour that began in 2003 with venues at the Shubert Theater{{cite web|url=http://www.shubert.com/shubert-theater/the-history|title=The Shubert Theatre – Shows|website=The Shubert Theatre}} New Haven, Connecticut,{{cite web|url=http://www.capa.com/about-capa/capa-touring-productions|title=CAPA Touring Productions|publisher=capa.com|access-date=20 December 2013|archive-date=20 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220221050/http://www.capa.com/about-capa/capa-touring-productions|url-status=dead}} Columbus, Ohio, and the Wilbur Theater in Boston.{{Cite web|title=Reviews: As You Like It |url=https://www.theatermania.com/boston-theater/reviews/as-you-like-it_4102.html|website=TheaterMania |date=14 November 2003|access-date=6 July 2023}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6521291.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Mendes and Spacey in theatre link|date=3 April 2007}} The project gave performances with the same cast in Germany, Greece, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.[http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=700 Bridge project info at BAM] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514072637/http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=700 |date=14 May 2009 }} bam.org In 2010–2011, she played Viola in a production of Twelfth Night at London's National Theatre, directed by her father.{{cite journal|last=Benedict|first=David|date=23 January 2011|title=Twelfth Night|journal=Variety|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117944370}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/185695-Broadway-Revival-of-Sophie-Treadwells-Machinal-Starring-Rebecca-Hall-Begins-Previews-Dec-20|title=Broadway Revival of Sophie Treadwell's Machinal, Starring Rebecca Hall, Begins Previews Dec. 20|first=Michael|last=Gioia|date=20 December 2013|work=Playbill|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225015145/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/185695-Broadway-Revival-of-Sophie-Treadwells-Machinal-Starring-Rebecca-Hall-Begins-Previews-Dec-20|archive-date=25 December 2013}}

Personal life

Hall and director Sam Mendes were in a relationship from 2011 to 2013.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/8918847/Sam-Mendes-I-am-seeing-Rebecca-Hall.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/8918847/Sam-Mendes-I-am-seeing-Rebecca-Hall.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sam Mendes: I am seeing Rebecca Hall|last=Adams|first=Stephen|access-date=15 January 2020|date=27 November 2011}}{{cbignore}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/rebecca-halls-complicated-inheritance|magazine=The New Yorker|title=Rebecca Hall's Complicated Inheritance|last=Mead|first=Rebecca|date=3 June 2017|access-date=15 January 2020}}

In 2014, Hall met the actor Morgan Spector while co-starring in a Broadway production.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/theater/rebecca-hall-and-morgan-spector-together-onstage-and-off.html|title = Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector: Together, Onstage and off|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 25 May 2017|last1 = Soloski|first1 = Alexis}} They married in 2015. Their daughter Ida was born in 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.alamy.com/celebrities-attend-sir-peter-hall-service-of-thanksgiving-at-westminster-abbey-featuring-rebecca-hall-morgan-spector-and-new-baby-where-london-united-kingdom-when-11-sep-2018-credit-wenn-image221945983.html|title=Celebrities attend Sir Peter Hall Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey|date=11 September 2018|website=alamy.com|access-date=30 May 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/rebecca-hall-explains-why-being-a-working-mom-in-her-crazy-job-blessing-and-a-curse-exclusive-8621731|title=Rebecca Hall Explains Why Being a Working Mom in Her 'Crazy' Job Is a 'Blessing and a Curse' (Exclusive)|date = 29 March 2024|magazine=People|last1=Sacks|first1=Hannah|last2=VanHoose|first2=Benjamin|access-date=3 May 2024}}

Filmography

= Film =

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|+Key

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|Denotes works that have not yet been released

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan=2|2006

| Starter for 10

| Rebecca Epstein

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data-sort-value="Prestige, The" | The Prestige

| Sarah Borden

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rowspan=3|2008

| Vicky Cristina Barcelona

| Vicky

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Frost/Nixon

| Caroline Cushing

|

Official Selection

| Emily Dickinson

| Short film

2009

| Dorian Gray

| Emily Wotton

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rowspan=3|2010

| Please Give

| Rebecca

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data-sort-value="Town, The" | The Town

| Claire Keesey

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Everything Must Go

| Samantha

|

rowspan=2|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

|

rowspan=3|2013

| Iron Man 3

| Maya Hansen

|

Closed Circuit

| Claudia Simmons-Howe

|

data-sort-value="Promise, A" | A Promise

| Charlotte Hoffmeister

|

2014

| Transcendence

| Evelyn Caster

|

rowspan=2|2015

| Tumbledown

| Hannah

|

data-sort-value="Gift, The" | The Gift

| Robyn Callem

|

rowspan=2|2016

| Christine

| Christine Chubbuck

|

data-sort-value="BFG, The" | The BFG

| Mary

|

rowspan=3|2017

| data-sort-value="Dinner, The" | The Dinner

| Katelyn Lohman

|

Permission

| Anna

| Also producer

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

| Elizabeth Holloway Marston

|

rowspan=3|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

rowspan=3|2021

| Passing

| {{n/a}}

| Director, producer and writer

Godzilla vs. Kong

| Ilene Andrews

|

With/In

|

| Segment: "Mother!!"

rowspan=2|2022

| Resurrection

| Margaret

|

data-sort-value="Listener, The" | The Listener

| Laura (voice)

|

2024

| Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

| Ilene Andrews

|

rowspan=2|2025

| Peter Hujar's Day

| Linda Rosenkrantz

|

{{Pending film|Ella McCay}}

| {{TBA}}

| Post-production{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/rebecca-hall-james-l-brooks-ella-mccay-1235831796/|title=Rebecca Hall Joins James L. Brooks' Next Film 'Ella McCay' For 20th Century|date=20 February 2024|website=Deadline|access-date=28 April 2024}}

rowspan="2" | {{TableTBA}}

| {{Pending film|Onslaught}}

| {{TBA}}

|rowspan="2" | Filming

{{Pending film|Zero Protocol}}

|{{TBA}}

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1992

| data-sort-value="Camomile Lawn, The" | The Camomile Lawn

| Young Sophie

|4 episodes

rowspan=2|1993

| 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"

Don't Leave Me This Way

| Lizzie Neil{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/uk/film996977.html|title = Don't Leave Me This Way (TV) (1993)|website=Filmaffinity}}

|TV movie

2006

| Wide Sargasso Sea

| Antoinette Cosway

|TV movie

rowspan=2|2007

| Rubberheart

| Maggie{{Cite web |url=http://briancrano.com/rubberheart |title=Rubberheart – Brian Crano |access-date=29 May 2020 |archive-date=26 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626075212/http://briancrano.com/rubberheart |url-status=dead }}

| Short; based on a short story by Hall

Joe's Palace

| Tina

|TV movie

2008

| Einstein and Eddington

| Winifred Eddington

|TV movie

2009

| Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974

| Paula Garland

|TV movie

2012

| Parade's End

| Sylvia Tietjens

|5 episodes

2015

| Codes of Conduct

| Rebecca Rotmensen{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/steve-mcqueen-hbo/|title = Steve McQueen HBO Drama Codes of Conduct Stalls At HBO|website=SlashFilm|first=Angie|last=Han|date = 24 February 2016}}

| Unaired pilot

2016

| Horace and Pete

| Rachel

| Episode #1.1

2020

| Tales from the Loop

| Loretta

|6 episodes

2024

| The Listeners

| Claire

| 4 episodes{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/the-listeners-rebecca-hall|title=BBC announces new drama The Listeners starring Rebecca Hall|website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre|accessdate=23 February 2024}}

2025

| The Studio

| Sarah

| Episode: "The Pediatric Oncologist"

= Music videos =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2012

| "A Case of You"

| Girl

| James Blake video

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Association

! Category

! Work

! Result

rowspan="2"| 2006

| Empire Awards

| Best Female Newcomer

| rowspan="2"|The Prestige

|{{nom}}

London Film Critics Circle Awards

| British Newcomer of the Year

|{{nom}}

rowspan="4"| 2008

| Gotham Awards

| Best Ensemble Cast

| rowspan="4"| Vicky Cristina Barcelona

|{{won}}

Golden Globe Awards

| Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical

|{{nom}}

Gotham Awards

| Breakthrough Actor

|{{nom}}

London Film Critics Circle Awards

| British Actress of the Year

|{{nom}}

2008

| Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

| Frost/Nixon

|{{nom}}

2009

| Drama Desk Award

| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

| The Cherry Orchard

| {{nom}}

2010

| British Academy Television Awards

| Best Supporting Actress

| Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974

|{{won}}

rowspan="4"|2010

| Independent Spirit Awards

| Robert Altman Award

| rowspan="4"|Please Give

| {{won}}

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

| Body of Work

| {{won}}

Evening Standard British Film Awards

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

Gotham Awards

| Best Ensemble Cast

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3"| 2010

| National Board of Review Awards

| Best Acting by an Ensemble

| rowspan="3"| The Town

| {{won}}

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

| Best Acting Ensemble

| {{nom}}

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

| Best Acting Ensemble

| {{nom}}

2011

| British Independent Film Awards

| Best Actress

| The Awakening

|{{nom}}

rowspan="3"|2013

| British Academy Television Awards

| Best Actress

| rowspan="3"| Parade's End

|{{nom}}

Satellite Awards

| Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

|{{nom}}

Critics' Choice Television Awards

| Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries

|{{nom}}

2014

| Outer Critics Circle Award

| Best Actress in a Play

| Machinal

| {{nom}}

rowspan="11"|2016

| Chicago International Film Festival

| Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress

| rowspan="11"|Christine

|{{won}}

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

| Courage in Acting

|{{won}}

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

| Best Actress

|{{nom}}

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

| Best Actress

|{{nom}}

IndieWire Critics Poll

| Best Actress

|{{nom}}

London Film Critics' Circle Awards

| British Actress of the Year

|{{nom}}

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

| Best Actress

|{{nom}}

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

| Best Actress

|{{nom}}

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

| The Invisible Woman Award

|{{nom}}

2018

| Drama League Award

| Distinguished Performance Award

| Animal

| {{nom}}

rowspan="4"|2021

| rowspan="3"|Gotham Independent Film Awards{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/10/gotham-awards-2021-nominations-1234673141/|title=Gotham Awards 2021 Nominations: 'Pig,' 'Green Knight,' 'Passing' Compete for Best Feature|website=IndieWire|first=Zack|last=Sharf|date=21 October 2021|accessdate=21 October 2021}}

| Best Feature

| rowspan="30"|Passing

| {{nom}}

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

| {{nom}}

Best Screenplay

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"|Chicago Film Critics Association

| Breakthrough Filmmaker

| {{nom}}

rowspan="26" |2022

| rowspan="4"|Alliance of Women Film Journalists

| Best Director

| {{nom}}

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

| {{nom}}

Best Woman Director

| {{nom}}

Best Woman Screenwriter

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"|Austin Film Critics Association

| Best First Film

| {{nom}}

rowspan="5"|Black Reel Awards

| Outstanding Motion Picture

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Director

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Screenplay

| {{won}}

Outstanding Emerging Director

| {{nom}}

Outstanding First Screenplay

| {{won}}

rowspan="1"|Camerimage

| Golden Fro, Directors' Debuts

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"|Directors Guild of America Awards

| First-Time Feature Film

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3"|Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards

| Best Director

| {{nom}}

Best Adapted Screenplay

| {{nom}}

Best First Feature

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"|London Film Critics Circle Awards

| Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year

| {{won}}

rowspan="1"|New York Film Critics Online

| Best Director Debut

| {{won}}

rowspan="2"|Online Film Critics Society Awards

| Best Debut Feature

| {{nom}}

Best Adapted Screenplay

| {{nom}}

San Diego Film Critics Society

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| {{nom}}

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| {{nom}}

Satellite Awards

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| {{nom}}

Toronto Film Critics Association

| Best First Feature

| {{nom}}

NAACP Image Awards

| Outstanding Breakthrough Creative in a Motion Picture

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|BAFTA Awards

| Outstanding British Film

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

| {{nom}}

References

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