Emily Beecham
Biography
Emily Beecham is an English and American actress who trained at LAMDA, graduating in 2006. While still a student she began taking professional roles, first on screen in the supernatural series Afterlife and the thriller Bon Voyage, and in 2007 Jan Dunn cast her as the lead of the independent film The Calling, which brought her a best actress prize at the London Independent Film Festival and a Trailblazer Award at Edinburgh. She made her stage debut in How to Curse, a play by Ian McHugh, at the Bush Theatre. She is known for television work including The Village and the AMC martial arts drama Into the Badlands, for the title role in Daphne (2017), which earned a British Independent Film Awards nomination, and for Little Joe (2019), which won her the best actress award at Cannes. She also appeared in the Coen Brothers film Hail, Caesar! and led the Netflix series 1899.
42years old
Turns 43 on May 12in 211 days
- Born Manchester
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 19 years2007 to 2026
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Behind the award
Beecham won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her lead role in the 2019 film Little Joe.
Big break
Beecham was cast by director Jan Dunn in the lead of the independent film The Calling, a role that won her Best Actress at the London Independent Film Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival Trailblazer Award.
First role
During her last year at LAMDA, Beecham started taking professional acting work. Her earliest roles were in the supernatural TV series Afterlife and the thriller Bon Voyage.
Early training
Beecham trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, enrolling in 2003 at age 18 and graduating with a BA in 2006.
First role
Beecham made her professional stage debut in How to Curse, the first play by Ian McHugh. Josie Rourke, the Bush Theatre's artistic director, directed the production at that venue in Shepherd's Bush, London.
Emily Beecham movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Emily Beecham shares two films with Claes Bang, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Claes Bang's page
Ben Kingsley's page
Laurence Fishburne's page
Mickey Rourke's page
Helen Mirren's page
Luke Wilson's page
Mikael HåfströmDirector, 3 films, 2021 to 2024
All films by Mikael Håfström
Craig GillespieDirector, 2 films, 2021 to 2026
Box office
What Emily Beecham's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$456 million
8 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$234M51.2% of the total
- 2$126M27.7% of the total
- 3$72M15.9% of the total
- 4$22M4.8% of the total
- 5$1.2M0.3% of the total
- 6$355K0.1% of the total
- 7$265K0.1% of the total
- 8$164K0.0% of the total
