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Sally Hawkins

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Sally Hawkins is a British Actress best known for her performances in Happy-Go-Lucky, Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine and most recently Mrs. Brown in the feel-good family film Paddington.

Interesting Facts:

  • Sally’s parents are a successful writer-illustrator team behind many children’s books. She says ‘stories were integral to [her] upbringing’.

  • She once said in an interview that ‘words can be a scary thing on the page for a lot of children, but when you realise the power of them, they can transform you’

  • She won a Golden Globe in 2008 for her role in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky. She accepted the award whilst having a broken collar bone and so couldn’t hold the award during her acceptance speech!