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Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born October 30, 1956) is an English
England

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 actress of stage
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
 and screen
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
.

enson was born Juliet Anne Virginia Stevens in Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, England
England

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, the daughter of Virginia Ruth (née Marshall), a teacher, and Michael Guy Stevens, an army officer. Stevenson was educated at the independent St Catherine's School
St Catherine's School, Bramley

St Catherine's School, established in 1885, is an independent girls' school in the village of Bramley, Surrey, near Guildford, Surrey, England. As of 2005, it has some 530 pupils, of whom around 140 use the schools' boarding school facilities....
 in Bramley, near Guildford
Guildford

Guildford is the county town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region....
 in Surrey, and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).






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Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born October 30, 1956) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 actress of stage
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
 and screen
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
.

Biography

Stevenson was born Juliet Anne Virginia Stevens in Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, the daughter of Virginia Ruth (née Marshall), a teacher, and Michael Guy Stevens, an army officer. Stevenson was educated at the independent St Catherine's School
St Catherine's School, Bramley

St Catherine's School, established in 1885, is an independent girls' school in the village of Bramley, Surrey, near Guildford, Surrey, England. As of 2005, it has some 530 pupils, of whom around 140 use the schools' boarding school facilities....
 in Bramley, near Guildford
Guildford

Guildford is the county town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region....
 in Surrey, and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). This led to a stage
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
 career starting in the early 1980s with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. Located primarily at Stratford-upon-Avon, with bases also in London and Theatre Royal, Newcastle, it is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly-funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal National Theatre....
. Although she has gained fame through her television and film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 work, and has often undertaken roles for BBC radio
Radio programming

Radio programming is the content that is Broadcasting by radio stations.The original inventors of radio, such as Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi, expected it to be used for one-on-one communication tasks where telephones and telegraphs could not be used because of the impossibility of stringing wires from one point to another, such as in...
, she is most notably known as a stage actress. Significant stage roles include her lead performance as Anna in the UK premiere of Burn This
Burn This

Burn This is a play by Lanford Wilson.It begins shortly after the funeral of Robbie, a young gay dancer who drowned in a boating accident....
 in 1990, and as Paulina in Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden may refer to:Art* Death and the Maiden , born of Renaissance art* Death and the Maiden , Hans Baldung Grien* Death and the Maiden , by Egon Schiele...
 in 1991. For the latter, she was awarded the 1992 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress.

Stevenson is best known for her leading role in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply
Truly, Madly, Deeply

Truly, Madly, Deeply is a 1990 film made for the BBC's Screen Two series....
 (1991), and her roles in The Secret Rapture (1993), Emma
Emma (1996 film)

Emma is a 1996 in film period film based on the Emma by Jane Austen. Directed by Douglas McGrath, it stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, and Ewan McGregor....
 (1996), Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham is a United Kingdom film starring Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley released in 2002 in film in the UK and released in Canada and in India in March 2003....
 (2002) and Mona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 in film United States film that was produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures, directed by Mike Newell , written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal , and starring Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles....
 (2003). She has more recently starred in Pierrepoint
Pierrepoint (film)

Pierrepoint , is a 2005 Cinema of the United Kingdom directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint....
 (2006) (U.S. title Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman), Infamous
Infamous (film)

Infamous is a 2006 in film United States drama film written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay, based on the 1997 book Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career by George Plimpton, covers the period from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s during which Truman Capo...
 (2006) as Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland

Diana Vreeland was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion.Vreeland is the eldest daughter of United States socialite mother Emily Key Hoffman and United Kingdom father Frederick Young Dalziel....
 and Breaking and Entering
Breaking and Entering (film)

'Breaking and Entering', is a United Kingdom 2006 in film romantic drama film, was Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay film director Anthony Minghella's first original screenplay since his 1991 in film feature debut, Truly, Madly, Deeply....
 (2006) as Rosemary, the therapist.

She has two children, both born in Camden
London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a London borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London. The southern reaches of Camden form part of Central London....
, London: Rosalind Hannah Brody (born 1994) and Gabriel Jonathan Brody (born late 2000/early 2001).

She is an atheist
Atheism

Atheism is the absence or rejection of belief in deity, or the explicit view that Existence of God.Many list of atheists are Skepticism of all supernatural beings and cite a lack of empiricism evidence for the existence of deities....
, but considers herself a spiritual and superstitious person. She has been critically acclaimed to the extent that she is currently regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation.

She has been a critic of the MMR vaccine
MMR vaccine

The MMR vaccine is a mixture of three live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella . It is generally administered to children around the age of one year, with a second dose before starting school ....
, as well as a supporter of the discredited Dr Andrew Wakefield
Andrew Wakefield

Andrew Wakefield is a Canada trained surgeon and the lead author of a controversial 1998 research study, published in The Lancet, which reported Intestine symptoms in a prospective case series of twelve consecutive Vaccination children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and other disabilities, and alleged a possible connection with...
.

Filmography

  • The Secret of Moonacre
    The Secret of Moonacre

    The Secret of Moonacre is a film adaptation of the novel The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge. The film, which started filming on 1 October 2007, was released in February 2009....
     (2009)
  • Dustbin Baby
    Dustbin Baby (film)

    Dustbin Baby is a 2008 BBC television film first broadcast on 21 December 2008, based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel Dustbin Baby. It stars Dakota Blue Richards as April, a troubled teenager who was abandoned in a dustbin as a baby, and Juliet Stevenson as Marion Bean, April's adoptive mother....
     (2008)
  • Place of Execution (2008)
  • Ordeal By Innocence (2008)(TV)
  • And When Did You Last See Your Father?
    And When Did You Last See Your Father?

    And When Did You Last See Your Father? is a film based on Blake Morrison's 1993 autobiography of the same name. The film was directed by Anand Tucker and stars Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Matthew Beard , Carey Mulligan and Claire Skinner....
     (2007)
  • Streetlight (2006)
  • Breaking and Entering
    Breaking and Entering (film)

    'Breaking and Entering', is a United Kingdom 2006 in film romantic drama film, was Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay film director Anthony Minghella's first original screenplay since his 1991 in film feature debut, Truly, Madly, Deeply....
     (2006)
  • Infamous
    Infamous (film)

    Infamous is a 2006 in film United States drama film written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay, based on the 1997 book Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career by George Plimpton, covers the period from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s during which Truman Capo...
     (2006)
  • The Snow Queen
    The Snow Queen (2005 film)

    The Snow Queen is a 2005 in film BBC television television movie that is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale of The Snow Queen....
     (2005)
  • Pierrepoint
    Pierrepoint (film)

    Pierrepoint , is a 2005 Cinema of the United Kingdom directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint....
     (2005)
  • Red Mercury (2005)
  • A Previous Engagement (2005)
  • Being Julia (2004)
  • Mona Lisa Smile
    Mona Lisa Smile

    Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 in film United States film that was produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures, directed by Mike Newell , written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal , and starring Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles....
     (2003)
  • Hear the Silence (2003) (TV)
  • Nicholas Nickleby
    Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)

    Nicholas Nickleby is a 2002 in film Great Britain/United States drama film with comedy undertones written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The screenplay is based on The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, which originally was published in Serial form between March 1838 and September 1839....
     (2002)
  • The Pact (2002) (TV)
  • The One and Only (2002)
  • Bend It Like Beckham
    Bend It Like Beckham

    Bend It Like Beckham is a United Kingdom film starring Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley released in 2002 in film in the UK and released in Canada and in India in March 2003....
     (2002)
  • The Road from Coorain (2002) (TV)
  • Food of Love (2002)
  • The Search for John Gissing (2001)
  • Christmas Carol: The Movie
    Christmas Carol: The Movie

    Christmas Carol: The Movie is a 2001 in film United Kingdom animated film based on the Charles Dickens classic novel. film director by Jimmy T....
     (2001) - Emily Cratchit (voice)
  • Play
    Play (play)

    Play is a one-act Play by Samuel Beckett. It was written between 1962 and 1963 and first produced in German language as Spiel on 14 June 1963 at the Ulmer Theatre in Ulm, Germany, directed by Deryk Mendel, with Nancy Illig , Sigfrid Pfeiffer and Gerhard Winter ....
     (2000)
  • Trial by Fire (1999) (TV)
  • Cider with Rosie (1998) (TV)
  • Stone, Scissors, Paper (1997) (TV)
  • Emma
    Emma (1996 film)

    Emma is a 1996 in film period film based on the Emma by Jane Austen. Directed by Douglas McGrath, it stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, and Ewan McGregor....
     (1996)
  • The Politician's Wife (1995) (TV)
  • Verdi (1994) (TV) (voice)
  • Who Dealt? (1993) (TV)
  • The Secret Rapture (1993)
  • The Legends of Treasure Island
    The Legends of Treasure Island

    The Legends Of Treasure Island is a 1993 animated cartoon from the UK. It had two seasons of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22-25 minutes....
     (1993) TV Series (voice)
  • The Trial (1993)
  • The World of Eric Carle (1993) TV Series (voice)
  • A Doll's House (1992) (TV)
  • Truly, Madly, Deeply
    Truly, Madly, Deeply

    Truly, Madly, Deeply is a 1990 film made for the BBC's Screen Two series....
     (1991)
  • In the Border Country (1991)
  • Aimée (1991) (TV)
  • The March (1990)
  • Ladder of Swords (1989)
  • Living with Dinosaurs (1989) (TV)
  • Drowning by Numbers
    Drowning by Numbers

    Drowning by Numbers is a 1988 in film motion picture directed by Peter Greenaway....
     (1988)
  • Stanley Spencer (1988)
  • Life Story (1987) (TV)
  • Pericles, Prince of Tyre
    BBC Television Shakespeare

    The BBC Television Shakespeare was a set of television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985....
     (1984) (TV)
  • Antigone (1984) (TV)
  • Oedipus at Colonus (1984) (TV)
  • Maybury (1981) (mini) TV Series
  • The Mallens
    The Mallens

    The Mallens was a popular Granada Television adaptation of Catherine Cookson novels that ran for 13 episodes from 1979-1980....
     (1979) TV Series


Other projects, contributions

  • When Love Speaks
    When Love Speaks

    When Love Speaks is a compilation album that features interpretations of William Shakespeare's Sonnet and excerpts from his plays by famous actors and musicians, released under EMI Classics in April 2002....
     (2002, EMI Classics
    EMI Classics

    EMI Classics is a record label of EMI, formed in 1990 in order to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogs for internationally distributed european classical music releases....
    ) - "Sonnet 128
    Sonnet 128

    SynopsisSonnet 128 is the 128th of Shakespeare's sonnets, and the second of two musical sonnets. Its number suggests, like Sonnet 8, the octave of the Musical scale as well as the 12 notes on the Musical keyboard inside each octave....
    " ("How oft, when thou, my music...")


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