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'''Romola Sadie Garai''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɒ|m|ə|l|ə|_|ˈ|ɡ|ær|i}} {{respell|ROM|ə|lə|_|GARR|ee}};<ref>See: {{cite news|first=Romola|last=Garai|author2=Mustafa Khalili |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2009/mar/19/syria-refugees-romola-garai|title=For these refugees, resettlement is the only option|date=20 March 2009|access-date=15 November 2009|work=The Guardian|location=London}}</ref> born 6 August 1982) is a Hong Kong-born British actress and film director. Known for her extensive work on stage and screen, she often acts in period films. Her early film roles include ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (2002), ''[[I Capture the Castle (film)|I Capture the Castle]]'' (2003), ''[[Inside I'm Dancing]]'' (2004), and ''[[Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights]]'' (2004). She
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==Early life==
Garai was born in [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
{{anchor|Keystone Press Agency}} Garai's great-grandfather, Bernhard "Bert" Garai, an immigrant from [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]], Garai is the third of four siblings.<ref name="ref1122">{{cite news|last=Molony|first=Julia|title=Romola gets the balance right|work=The Independent|date=22 November 2009|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/romola-gets-the-balance-right-1950692.html|access-date=2009-11-22}}</ref> Her family moved to [[Singapore]] when she was five, and returned to [[Wiltshire]] in [[England]] when she was eight. She attended an independent boarding school, [[Stonar School]] in Wiltshire and, at 16, moved to [[London]] to attend the [[City of London School for Girls]], where she completed her A-levels. She appeared in school plays, and was with the [[National Youth Theatre]] until the age of 18, when she signed to play the younger version of Dame [[Judi Dench]]'s character in the [[BBC Films]]/[[HBO]] co-production for television, ''[[The Last of the Blonde Bombshells]]''.<ref name="uni"/>
After her A-levels, she studied English literature at [[Queen Mary University of London]] before transferring and graduating with a [[British undergraduate degree classification#First-class honours|first-class degree]] from
==Acting career==
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In 2007, Garai starred as Angel Deverell in [[François Ozon]]'s ''[[Angel (2007 film)|Angel]]''. ''[[The Independent]]'' named her one of the actresses of the year for her performance in the film.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Romney|title=Film in 2008: Who was top of the heap? A talking tin can|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-in-2008-who-was-top-of-the-heap-a-talking-tin-can-1213404.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230224434/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-in-2008-who-was-top-of-the-heap-a-talking-tin-can-1213404.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2008|work=The Independent|date=28 December 2008|access-date=15 November 2009|location=London}}</ref> Garai was also nominated for the ''Prix Lumiere'' award (the French equivalent of the Golden Globes), as Best Female Newcomer for ''Angel'', making her the first British actress to be nominated for the award.<ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Hayhurst|title=French quartet vie for Prix Lumieres|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977889.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|work=Variety|date=18 December 2007|access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref>
Also in 2007, she starred in the Oscar-nominated film ''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]'' as the 18-year-old Briony Tallis. Co-starring [[:Keira Knightley]], [[:James McAvoy]], [[:Vanessa Redgrave]], [[:Saoirse Ronan]] and [[:Brenda Blethyn]], the film went on to receive seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. Garai earned a Best Actress nomination from the [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]] for her performance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Keira Knightley – Atonement leads Evening Standard British Film Awards|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/atonement%20leads%20evening%20standard%20british%20film%20awards_1056970|publisher=Contactmusic.com|date=21 January 2008|access-date=15 November 2009|quote=Knightley goes up against her co-star Romola Garai for the Best Actress award...}}</ref> She also appeared in two [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] productions: as [[Cordelia]] in ''[[King Lear]]'' and as Nina in ''[[The Seagull]]'', starring alongside [[Ian McKellen]], [[Frances Barber]], [[Sylvester McCoy]], [[Jonathan Hyde]] and [[William Gaunt]]. The run, which toured the world, went into residence in the [[New London Theatre]] where it ended mid-January 2008. She received rave reviews, especially as Nina in ''The Seagull'': ''The Independent'' called her a "woman on the edge of stardom",<ref name="bio2"/> while ''This is London'' called her "superlative", and said that the play was "distinguished by the illuminating, psychological insights of Miss Garai's performance".<ref>{{cite news|first=Nicholas |last=de Jongh |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/show-23377371-details/The%20Seagull/showReview.do?reviewId=23423456 |title=The fall of a high-flying bird |work=London Evening Standard |date=28 November 2007 |access-date=15 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221222948/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/show-23377371-details/The%20Seagull/showReview.do?reviewId=23423456 |archive-date=21 December 2008 }}</ref> She reprised her role as Cordelia in a televised version of ''[[King Lear (2008 TV film)|King Lear]]''.
In 2008, she appeared in the feature film ''[[The Other Man (2008 film)|The Other Man]]'' alongside [[Liam Neeson]], [[Laura Linney]] and [[Antonio Banderas]]. Garai next starred in [[Stephen Poliakoff]]'s [[World War II]] thriller ''[[Glorious 39]]'', alongside [[Julie Christie]], [[Jenny Agutter]], [[Bill Nighy]], [[Christopher Lee]] and [[Eddie Redmayne]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Stephen|last=Poliakoff|title=Romola Garai stars in Glorious 39|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6912742.ece|work=The Times|date=15 November 2009|access-date=15 November 2009|location=London}}</ref> The film had its world premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Jennie|last=Punter|title=Toronto adds to Special Presentations|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006395.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|work=Variety|date=23 July 2009|access-date=15 November 2009}}</ref>
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In 2011, Garai starred in the four-part BBC drama ''[[The Crimson Petal and the White (TV serial)|The Crimson Petal and the White]]'' based on [[The Crimson Petal and the White|the novel]] by [[Michel Faber]]. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 2012 BAFTA awards for the role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/television/awards/television-awards-winners-in-2012|title=Television Awards Winners in 2012|website=www.bafta.org|date=24 April 2012 |language=en|access-date=2018-09-28}}</ref> In 2011 she played Bel Rowley in the TV drama ''[[The Hour (2011 TV series)|The Hour]]'' leading with [[Dominic West]] and [[Ben Whishaw]] for which she was Golden Globe nominated. Later that year she played the lead role of Becky in the stage play ''[[The Village Bike]]'' at the Royal Court for which she was critically lauded.
Garai starred alongside actress [[Anne Hathaway]] and [[Jim Sturgess]] in [[Lone Scherfig]]'s ''[[One Day (2011 film)|One Day]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=66281 |title=Romola Garai Joining One Day |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=21 May 2010 |access-date=2012-01-21}}</ref> She also played the part of a drug addicted single mother in the independent British film ''Junkhearts'' with [[Eddie Marsan]] and [[Tom Sturridge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/17390|title=News Bites: Iron, Superman, Watchmen - Dark Horizons|first=Garth|last=Franklin|date=21 January 2024 }}</ref> She reprised her role as Bel Rowley in the second season of [[The Hour (2011 TV series)|''The Hour'']], which ran from 14 November to 13 December 2012. In 2013 she appeared in the sci-fi film ''[[The Last Days on Mars]]''.
In 2015 she played Isabella in ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' at the [[Young Vic]], with her performance described as 'astonishing', 'wonderfully impassioned' and 'thrilling'. That same year she had a supporting role in ''[[Suffragette (film)|Suffragette]]'' written by ''[[The Hour (2011 TV series)|The Hour]]'' scribe [[Abi Morgan]], and a leading role in the 90-minute drama ''[[Churchill's Secret]]'' opposite [[Michael Gambon]] and [[Lindsay Duncan]] for ITV.
In 2020 she portrayed Eleonor Marx in the movie "Mrs Marx" by Susanna Nicchiarelli.
Garai's recent Radio Drama work for [[BBC Radio 4]] includes ''The Stone Tape'' adapted by Peter Strickland,<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Neill|first=Phelim|date=2015-10-29|title=The Stone Tape: behind the screams on Radio 4's Fright Night|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/29/the-stone-tape-behind-the-screams-on-radio-4s-fright-night|access-date=2020-12-19|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and the lead in two of the conspiracy thriller series ''[[Tracks (podcast)|Tracks]]'' by Matthew Broughton in 2016 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-11|title=Tracks: The Nervus Vagus – Romola Garai radio thriller channels JJ Abrams|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/aug/11/tracks-the-nervus-vagus-romola-garai-bbc|access-date=2020-12-19|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> In 2017, she appeared in the [[Channel 4]] miniseries [[Born to Kill (TV series)|''Born to Kill'']] as Jenny, the mother of a seemingly ordinary 16-year-old schoolboy who appears to have psychopathic tendencies. From June to September 2017 she appeared as [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Sarah Churchill]] in the London premiere of [[Helen Edmundson]]'s ''[[Queen Anne (play)|Queen Anne]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/queen-anne/about-the-play|title=About the play - Queen Anne - Royal Shakespeare Company}}</ref> Garai appeared as Marin Brandt in [[BBC One]]'s [[The Miniaturist (TV series)|adaptation]] of the period thriller novel ''[[The Miniaturist]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/anya-taylor-joy-romola-garai-to-star-in-the-miniaturist-for-bbc-1202026159/|title=Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai to Star in 'The Miniaturist' for BBC|last=Mitchell|first=Robert|date=2017-04-07|work=Variety|access-date=2017-07-20|language=en-US}}</ref> Garai starred in Ella Hickson's play ''The Writer'' at the Almeida Theatre in London from 14 April to 26 May 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://almeida.co.uk/whats-on/the-writer/16-apr-2018-26-may-2018|title=The Writer|work=Almeida Theatre|access-date=2018-09-07|language=en}}</ref>
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In 2012 she wrote and directed the short film ''Scrubber'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Short Stories |url=http://film.britishcouncil.org/our-projects/2013/short-stories |access-date=19 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222145324/http://film.britishcouncil.org/our-projects/2013/short-stories |archive-date=22 December 2015 }}</ref> casting [[Amanda Hale]], [[Michelle Duncan]], [[Honor Kneafsey]] and [[Steven Robertson]]. The film was shown at the Edinburgh film festival where it was nominated for Best British Short Film, at Sundance film festival where it was nominated for Best International Short Film, at London Short Film Festival where it won the [[Underwire Film Festival|Underwire]] Award for Best Female Character, and at Cannes where it screened in the Short Film Corner. The film was released as part of a short film collection, The Joy of Six, a Soda Pictures Release.
It was announced on 18 April 2018 that Garai
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