Juliet Stevenson
Birth Name:
Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson
Birth Place:
Essex, England
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Awarded CBE honors in 1999 for her contributions to the field of drama
- Earned a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 1992 for her work on "Death and the Maiden"
- Earned the award for Best Actress at the 2009 Crime Thriller Awards for her work in "A Place of Execution"
- Named one of several Promising New Actors of 1991 by John Willis' Screen World in 1991
- Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Quote: "Accepting things you are not sure you can do is not a very easy way of life, but to stay in this profession, you have to keep making demands on yourself․"
- Quote: "Talent can be of enormous value in a career, but without craft, it can go very badly․"
- Quote: "You have to be able to transform․ You cannot just play yourself for 60 or 70 years․ You have got to have a toolbag of skills to enable you to move from one medium to another, from one role to another․"
- http://en․wikipedia․org/wiki/Juliet_Stevenson
- Enjoys completing voiceover work, as she has recorded unabridged audio versions of all of Jane Austen's books
Awards
- 1991NYFCC Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 1991Best ActressWinner
- 1992Best ActressWinner
- 1992BAFTA Film Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 1992Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 1992International Fantasy Film Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 1992ALFS Award - British Actress of the Year:Winner
- 1992Best ActressWinner
- 1996BAFTA TV Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 1996Broadcasting Press Guild Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 2002AFI Award - Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama:Winner
- 2002Best ActressWinner
- 2002NBR Award - Best Acting by an Ensemble:Winner
- 2007ALFS Award - British Supporting Actress of the Year:Nominated
- 2009Dagger - Best Leading Actress:Winner
- 2011BAFTA TV Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2015Special Mention - Actors:Winner
- 2016Grace Award - Most Inspiring Performance in Movies:Nominated
- 2017BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Actress - Television:Nominated
- 2017Jury Award - Best Ensemble:Winner
- 2019Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Narrator:Nominated
- 2021Festival Award - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:Nominated
- 2026Edda Award - Television - Best Supporting Actress (Leikkona ársins í aukahlutverki):Nominated