Rebecca Hall facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rebecca Hall
Hall in 2024
Born	Rebecca Maria Hall (1982-05-03) 3 May 1982 (age 43) London, England
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Morgan Spector ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	Sir Peter Hall Maria Ewing
Relatives	Edward Hall (half-brother) Christopher Hall (half-brother) Jennifer Caron Hall (half-sister)

Rebecca Maria Hall (born on May 3, 1982) is a talented English actress and director. She first appeared on screen at age 10 in a TV show called The Camomile Lawn in 1992. Her father, Peter Hall, directed this show.

Rebecca started her professional acting on stage in 2002. She gained a lot of attention in 2006 with her role in the thriller film The Prestige. In 2008, she starred in the romantic comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe award.

She has acted in many different movies, including Frost/Nixon (2008), The Town (2010), and Iron Man 3 (2013). In 2016, critics praised her acting in the movie Christine. More recently, she appeared in the giant monster movies Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). Rebecca also directed her first movie, Passing, in 2021.

On British television, Rebecca won an award for her role in the miniseries Red Riding: 1974 in 2009. She was also nominated for another award for her performance in Parade's End in 2013.

Rebecca Hall's Early Life and School

Rebecca Hall was born in London on May 3, 1982. Her mother, Maria Ewing, was an American opera singer. Her father, Sir Peter Hall, was a famous English stage director who started the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Rebecca's mother had a mixed background. Her father was African-American and her mother was Dutch. Rebecca later learned more about her family history on a TV show called Finding Your Roots. She found out that her great-grandfather, John William Ewing, was born into slavery. After the American Civil War, he became an important person in the Black community in Washington, D.C.

Rebecca's parents separated when she was young and divorced in 1990. She has five half-siblings from her father's side, many of whom are also involved in theatre and film.

Rebecca went to Roedean School, where she was the head girl. She then studied English literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. She left college in 2002 before finishing her degree. While at Cambridge, she was very active in student theatre and even started her own theatre company.

Rebecca Hall's Acting Career

Rebecca Hall has had a busy career in both movies and television. She has also performed a lot on stage.

Movies and TV Shows

Rebecca Hall at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival

Rebecca's first acting job was in 1992 when she was nine years old. She played young Sophy in her father's TV show, The Camomile Lawn. Her first big movie role was in 2006 in Starter for 10.

She became well-known after starring as Sarah Borden in Christopher Nolan's movie The Prestige (2006). Her role as Vicky in the Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) made her famous in Hollywood. For this role, she was nominated for a Golden Globe award.

In 2008, she appeared in the historical drama Frost/Nixon. The next year, she was in the fantasy-horror film Dorian Gray.

After a small part in Please Give, Rebecca starred in Ben Affleck's crime drama The Town (2010). In 2010, she won a British Academy Television Award for her role in Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974. The next year, she was the main actress in the ghost film The Awakening.

In 2012, she played Beth Raymer in Lay the Favorite. She also starred in the TV series Parade's End (2012) with Benedict Cumberbatch, which earned her another BAFTA TV Award nomination. In 2013, Rebecca took on the role of Maya Hansen in the superhero movie Iron Man 3. She also appeared in the thriller Closed Circuit (2013).

In 2014, she starred with Johnny Depp in Transcendence. In 2015, Rebecca was in the romantic comedy Tumbledown and the thriller The Gift.

In the 2016 movie Christine, Rebecca played a real-life TV news reporter named Christine Chubbuck. Critics said her performance was amazing.

In 2017, she played Elizabeth Holloway Marston, a psychologist who helped inspire the character of Wonder Woman, in Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. In 2018, Rebecca provided the English voice for the character Mother in the animated film Mirai. In 2021, she starred in and helped produce the horror-thriller The Night House. The same year, she appeared in the monster movie Godzilla vs. Kong.

In 2021, Rebecca also directed her first movie, Passing. She wrote the script and helped produce it. The movie was inspired by her own family history. Passing was very well-received by critics.

Stage Performances

Rebecca Hall at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

Rebecca first acted on stage in 2002 in her father's play Mrs. Warren's Profession in London. Her performance was highly praised, and she won an award for it in 2003.

In 2003, Rebecca's father celebrated 50 years as a theatre director. Rebecca starred in two plays during this special season: As You Like It and The Fight for Barbara. She continued to perform in many plays for her father's company in 2004.

In 2005, she toured with As You Like It again, performing in New York and Los Angeles. From 2008 to 2009, Rebecca was part of a big theatre project called the Bridge Project. She performed in The Winter's Tale and The Cherry Orchard, which toured in many countries. In 2010–2011, she played Viola in Twelfth Night at London's National Theatre.

Rebecca made her first appearance on Broadway in 2013 in the play Machinal.

Rebecca Hall's Personal Life

Rebecca Hall was in a relationship with director Sam Mendes from 2011 to 2013. In 2014, she met actor Morgan Spector while they were acting together in a Broadway play. They got married in 2015. Their daughter, Ida, was born in 2018.

Filmography

Movies

Key

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Starter for 10	Rebecca Epstein
	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
	The Town	Claire Keesey
	Everything Must Go	Samantha
2011	A Bag of Hammers	Mel
	The Awakening	Florence Cathcart
2012	Lay the Favorite	Beth Raymer
2013	Iron Man 3	Maya Hansen
	Closed Circuit	Claudia Simmons-Howe
	A Promise	Charlotte Hoffmeister
2014	Transcendence	Evelyn Caster
2015	Tumbledown	Hannah
	The Gift	Robyn Callem
2016	Christine	Christine Chubbuck
	The BFG	Mary
2017	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	A Rainy Day in New York	Connie Davidoff
2020	The Night House	Beth	Also executive producer
2021	Passing	N/A	Director, producer and writer
	Godzilla vs. Kong	Ilene Andrews
	With/In		Segment: "Mother!!"
2022	Resurrection	Margaret
	The Listener	Laura (voice)
2024	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	Ilene Andrews
2025	Peter Hujar's Day	Linda Rosenkrantz
	Ella McCay	0TBA	Post-production
TBA	Onslaught	0TBA	Filming
	Zero Protocol	0TBA

Television Shows

Awards and Nominations

Rebecca Hall has won several awards for her acting and directing.

• In 2003, she won the Ian Charleson Award for her stage debut in Mrs. Warren's Profession.
• In 2008, she won a Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
• In 2010, she won a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974.
• Also in 2010, she won the Robert Altman Award at the Independent Spirit Awards for Please Give.
• In 2016, she won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the Chicago International Film Festival for Christine.
• In 2022, she won two Black Reel Awards for her work on Passing (Outstanding Screenplay and Outstanding First Screenplay).
• She also won the Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year award at the London Film Critics Circle Awards in 2022 for Passing.

See also

In Spanish: Rebecca Hall para niños