Hattie Morahan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hattie Morahan
Born	Harriet Jane Morahan (1978-10-07) 7 October 1978 (age 46) Lambeth, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Partner(s)	Blake Ritson
Children	2
Parents	Christopher Morahan (father) Anna Carteret (mother)
Relatives	Andy Morahan (half-brother)

Harriet Jane Morahan (born 7 October 1978), known professionally as Hattie Morahan, is an English actress. You might know her from her roles in movies and TV shows. She played Sister Clara in The Golden Compass (2007) and the Enchantress in the live-action Beauty and the Beast (2017).

Morahan has also appeared in many popular TV series. She played Alice in The Bletchley Circle (2012–2014), Rose Coyne in My Mother and Other Strangers (2016), and Caroline Burkett in Fool Me Once (2024).

Early Life and Education

Hattie Morahan was born in London, England, in 1978. Her family is full of creative people. Her father, Christopher Morahan, was a director, and her mother, Anna Carteret, is an actress. Her older sister, Rebecca, is a theatre director, and her half-brother, Andy Morahan, directs music videos and films.

Growing up, Morahan was surrounded by famous actors. She even went to parties hosted by the legendary actor Sir Laurence Olivier, who once helped her with her math homework.

For her education, Morahan attended Frensham Heights School. She later went to the University of Cambridge, where she studied English literature and graduated in 2000.

Acting Career

Morahan started her acting career when she was just 17 years old. Her first major role was in a BBC television show called The Peacock Spring in 1996.

Stage Performances

In 2001, Morahan joined the famous Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). With the RSC, she performed in plays like Love in a Wood and Hamlet. Over the years, she has acted in many plays at some of London's most famous theatres.

One of her most celebrated roles was as Nora Helmer in the play A Doll's House at the Young Vic theatre in 2012. Her performance was so good that she won Best Actress at two major award ceremonies: the Evening Standard Awards and the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards. She later performed the role again in London's West End and in New York.

Some of her other important theatre roles include:

• Viola in Twelfth Night (2005)
• Nina in The Seagull (2006)
• Kay Conway in Time and the Conways (2009)
• Annie in The Real Thing (2010)

Film and Television Roles

Besides her work in the theatre, Morahan has a long list of film and TV credits. In 2008, she played Elinor Dashwood in the BBC's popular adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility. Her performance won her the Best Actress award at the Shanghai Television Festival.

She has also appeared in many other well-known TV shows. She had a recurring role as Jane in the comedy series Outnumbered and played Alice Merren, a codebreaker, in the mystery series The Bletchley Circle.

Her movie roles include:

• Gale Benson in The Bank Job (2008)
• Ann in Mr. Holmes (2015), a movie about an older Sherlock Holmes
• Agathe, the Enchantress who narrates the story, in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (2017)
• Lady Tewkesbury in Enola Holmes (2020)
• Iris Montagu in Operation Mincemeat (2022)

More recently, she appeared in the TV series Hijack (2023) and the Netflix miniseries Fool Me Once (2024). She also appeared in the third season of The Gilded Age in 2025.

Personal Life

Morahan is in a long-term relationship with actor and director Blake Ritson. They met while they were both students at Cambridge University. The couple has two children, a daughter born in 2016 and a son born in 2020.

Selected Works

Film and Television

Theatre

See also

In Spanish: Hattie Morahan para niños