Nominee for Best Actress

English actress Samantha Morton started early when she joined TV and radio when still in her teens. In the TV series Cracker, she played the role of a teenage girl who was a victim of a kidnapping and eventually murdered by the family of her schoolmaster boyfriend.

Samantha Morton In America English actress Samantha Morton started early when she joined TV and radio when still in her teens. In the TV series Cracker, she played the role of a teenage girl who was a victim of a kidnapping and eventually murdered by the family of her schoolmaster boyfriend. Small-boned and possessed of almost elfin features, Morton received international acclaim for the film, Under the Skin. In 1999, she was nominated for the Academy and Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie, Sweet and Lowdown. In America, she essays the role of a young Irish mother fighting to keep her family together as they struggle it out in America. Select Filmography 2003 In America 2002 Minority Report 1999 Sweet and Lowdown Jesus' Son 1997 Under the Skin 1996 Emma