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Foy made her screen debut in [[Pilot (Being Human)|the pilot episode]] of the supernatural comedy series ''[[Being Human (British TV series)|Being Human]]'' (2008). Following her professional stage debut at the [[Royal National Theatre]], she played the title role in the [[BBC One]] miniseries ''[[Little Dorrit (TV series)|Little Dorrit]]'' (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama ''[[Season of the Witch (2011 film)|Season of the Witch]]'' (2011). Following leading roles in the television series ''[[The Promise (2011 TV serial)|The Promise]]'' (2011) and ''[[Crossbones (TV series)|Crossbones]]'' (2014), Foy earned praise for portraying the ill-fated queen [[Anne Boleyn]] in the [[BBC]] miniseries ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' (2015), receiving a [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]] nomination.
 
In 2018, she starred in [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s psychological thriller ''[[Unsane (film)|Unsane]]'' and portrayed Janet Shearon, wife of astronaut [[Neil Armstrong]], in [[Damien Chazelle]]'s biopic ''[[First Man (film)|First Man]]''. For the latter, she received a nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. She has since portrayed [[Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll]] in the [[Amazon Prime]] series ''[[A Very British Scandal]]'' (2021), and starred in the drama films ''[[Women Talking (film)|Women Talking]]'' (2022) and ''[[All of Us Strangers]]'' (2023). The last of these earned her another BAFTA nomination.
 
==Early life==