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Biography
Kerry Lauren Fox (born 30 July 1966) is a New Zealander actress. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie An Angel at My Table directed by Jane Campion, which gained her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards.
Biography
Kerry Fox was born in Wellington. She has had an international career, working in independent films and on television. She received praise and a nomination for the Australian Film Institute Awards for her leading role in Country Life, starred in Danny Boyle's breakout British hit Shallow Grave with Ewan McGregor, and was nominated for the Canadian Academy Award (Genie Award) for her supporting role in The Hanging Garden.
For her role as Claire in Intimacy (2001), directed by Patrice Chéreau, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. In this film she performed real, rather than simulated, fellatio.
In autumn 2009 she appeared alongside John Simm, Lucy Cohu and Ian Hart in the Duke of York's Theatre production of Andrew Bovell's play Speaking In Tongues. In 2011 she played Oriel Lamb in the television adaptation of Tim Winton's novel Cloudstreet.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Angel at My Table, AnAn Angel at My Table | Janet Frame | |
| 1992 | Last Days of Chez Nous, TheThe Last Days of Chez Nous | Vicki | |
| 1993 | Friends | Sophie Gordon | |
| 1994 | Last Tattoo, TheThe Last Tattoo | Kelly Towne | |
| 1994 | Country Life | Sally Voysey | |
| 1994 | A Village Affair | ||
| 1994 | Shallow Grave | Juliett Miller | |
| 1995 | Saigon Baby | Kate Cooper | |
| 1995 | The Affair | Maggie Leyland | |
| 1997 | Welcome to Sarajevo | Jane Carson | |
| 1997 | Hanging Garden, TheThe Hanging Garden | Rosemary | |
| 1998 | Sound of One Hand Clapping, TheThe Sound of One Hand Clapping | Sonja Buloh | |
| 1998 | Wisdom of Crocodiles, TheThe Wisdom of Crocodiles | Maria Vaughan | AKA, Immortality |
| 1999 | To Walk with Lions | Lucy Jackson | |
| 1999 | Darkest Light, TheThe Darkest Light | Sue | |
| 1999 | Thinking About Sleep | Police Woman | Short film |
| 1999 | Fanny and Elvis | Katherine Fanny 'Kate' Dickson | |
| 2001 | Intimacy | Claire | |
| 2001 | Point Men, TheThe Point Men | Maddy Hope | |
| 2002 | Black and White | Helen Devaney | |
| 2003 | Gathering, TheThe Gathering | Marion Kirkman | |
| 2003 | So Close to Home | Maggie | |
| 2004 | Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) | Mary | |
| 2004 | Bob the Builder: Snowed Under | Charlene (voice) | Video |
| 2005 | Rag Tale | Peach James Taylor | |
| 2007 | Ferryman, TheThe Ferryman | Suze | |
| 2007 | Intervention | Kate | |
| 2007 | He Said | Julie | Short film |
| 2008 | Inconceivable | Kay Stephenson | |
| 2009 | Storm | Hannah Maynard | |
| 2009 | Bright Star | Mrs. Brawne | |
| 2010 | Morning Echo | Christine Moffatt | Short film |
| 2011 | Burning Man | Sally | |
| 2011 | Intruders | Dr. Rachel | |
| 2012 | Mental | Nancy | |
| 2012 | Mr. Pip | June Watts | |
| 2013 | Trap for Cinderella | Julia | |
| 2014 | Patrick's Day | Maura Fitzgerald | |
| 2014 | War Book | Maria | |
| 2015 | Holding the Man | Mary Gert Conigrave | |
| 2015 | Downriver | Paige Levy | |
| 2015 | Dressmaker, TheThe Dressmaker | Beulah Harridiene | |
| 2016 | The Rehearsal | Hannah | |
| 2017 | Mayhem | Irene Smythe |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Night of the Red Hunter | Police Officer | TV series |
| 1993 | Rocky Star | Dianna Moore | TV series |
| 1993 | Mr. Wroe's Virgins | Hannah | TV miniseries |
| 1993 | Rainbow Warrior, TheThe Rainbow Warrior | Andrea Joyce | TV film |
| 1995 | Village Affair, AA Village Affair | Clodagh Unwin | TV film |
| 1995 | Affair, TheThe Affair | Maggie Leyland | TV film |
| 1996 | Tales from the Crypt | Dolores | "Last Respects" |
| 1999 | Shockers: Deja Vu | Jessica | TV film |
| 2003 | 40 | Maggie | TV miniseries |
| 2004 | Waking the Dead | Elsbeth Varley | "Anger Management: Part 1" |
| 2005 | Murder Room, TheThe Murder Room | Muriel Godby | TV miniseries |
| 2005 | Footprints in the Snow | Claire | TV film |
| 2005 | Cold Blood | Jan | TV film |
| 2006 | Nostradamus | Catherine de' Medici | TV film |
| 2007 | Whistleblowers, TheThe Whistleblowers | Polly Lewington | "Pandemic" |
| 2008 | Trial & Retribution | DI Moyra Lynch | "The Box: Part 1" |
| 2008 | Shooting of Thomas Hurndall, TheThe Shooting of Thomas Hurndall | Jocelyn Hurndall | TV film |
| 2011 | Vera | Patricia Carmichael | "Little Lazarus" |
| 2011 | Cloudstreet | Oriel Lamb | TV miniseries |
| 2012 | Midsomer Murders | Betty DeQuetteville | "The Dark Rider" |
| 2012 | New Tricks | Jane Ross | "Part of a Whole" |
| 2012 | Falcón | Manuela Falcón | "The Blind Man of Seville", "The Silent and the Damned" |
| 2013-2015 | Sex & Violence | Brenda Shaw | Recurring role |
| 2014 | Crimson Field, TheThe Crimson Field | Sister Margaret Quayle | TV miniseries |
| 2014 | Glue | Jackie Warwick | TV miniseries |
| 2016 | National Treasure | Zoe Darwin | TV miniseries |
| 2017 | Death in Paradise | Linda Taylor - 1 episode | TV series |