Romola Garai
Biography
Romola Garai is a British actress and director who is known for period films and stage and television work. Born in Hong Kong and raised partly in England, she trained with the National Youth Theatre before her first professional role in the 2000 television film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells. Her early films included Nicholas Nickleby (2002), I Capture the Castle (2003), Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) and Vanity Fair (2004). She earned a British Independent Film Award nomination for I Capture the Castle and a London Film Critics Circle award for Inside I'm Dancing. She played Briony Tallis in Atonement (2007) and appeared in Amazing Grace (2006), Angel (2007), Glorious 39 (2009) and Suffragette (2015). On television she starred as Emma Woodhouse in Emma, earning a Golden Globe nomination, and as Bel Rowley in The Hour, which brought Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Television nominations. She later directed the feature Amulet.
44years old
Turns 45 on August 6in 308 days
- Born Hong Kong
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Romola Sadie Garai
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 22 years2002 to 2024
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Behind the camera
Garai wrote and directed the horror film Amulet, her first feature behind the camera, with Carla Juri, Imelda Staunton and Alec Secareanu in the cast. Shooting began in autumn 2018, and the film reached VOD in July 2020.
First role
Garai's first professional acting job came in 2000, in the BBC-HBO TV film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells. There she played the younger version of Judi Dench's character.
A first
Garai earned a Prix Lumiere nomination as Best Female Newcomer for her role in Angel, and she became the first British actress ever nominated for that award.
Behind the camera
Garai wrote and directed Scrubber, a short film from 2012. It earned a Best British Short Film nomination at the Edinburgh film festival and took the Underwire Award for Best Female Character at the London Short Film Festival.
Romola Garai movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together5 more actors
- James McAvoyAtonement (2007) and Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
- Geoff BellSuffragette (2015) and Scoop (2006)
- Rufus SewellScoop (2024) and Amazing Grace (2006)
- Patrick KennedyMiss Marx (2020) and Atonement (2007)
- Kate FleetwoodScoop (2024) and Vanity Fair (2004)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Romola Garai's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$328 million
13 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 13 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$131M40.0% of the total
- 2$51M15.7% of the total
- 3$39M12.0% of the total
- 4$32M9.8% of the total
- 5$28M8.4% of the total
- 6$16M4.9% of the total
- 7$16M4.9% of the total
- 8$6.6M2.0% of the total
$7.5 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2020 | Starlight International Cinema Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.