Kerry Fox | |
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 Fox at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009 | |
| Born | Kerry Lauren Fox 30 July 1966 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.
Fox was born in Lower Hutt, Wellington. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1987 with a Diploma in Acting. [3]
Fox has had an international career, working in independent films and on television. She received praise and a nomination for the Australian Film Institute Awards for her leading role in Country Life , starred in Danny Boyle's breakout British hit Shallow Grave , [2] and was nominated for the Canadian Genie Award for her supporting role in The Hanging Garden .
For her role as Claire in Intimacy (2001), directed by Patrice Chéreau, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. In this film she performed real, rather than simulated, fellatio. Her husband, Alexander Linklater, wrote about the experience of watching her perform this act on another man. [4] [5]
In 2009 she appeared alongside John Simm, Lucy Cohu and Ian Hart in the Duke of York's Theatre production of Andrew Bovell's play Speaking in Tongues . In 2011 she played Oriel Lamb in the television adaptation of Tim Winton's novel Cloudstreet .
Fox is married to journalist Alexander Linklater. They have two sons. [6] [7]
| 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 |
| 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 |
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