Penelope Wilton Biography

Fast Facts

• Appeared on BAFTA Film shortlist for Best Supporting Actress for: 1986's "Clockwise," 1987's "Cry Freedom," and 1993's "The Secret Rapture․"
• Appeared on BAFTA Television shortlist for Best Supporting Actress for: 1985's "Ever Decreasing Circles," 1987's "The Monocled Mutineer," 1993's "The Borrowrs," 1999's "Talking Heads 2: Nights in the Garden of Spain," and 2006's "Falling․"
• Nominated for the Royal Television Society Award for Best Female Actor in 2008 for "Five Days․"
• In 1981, awarded the London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress of 1980 for her performance in "Much Ado About Nothing․"
• In 1993, awarded the London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Deep Blue Sea․"
• Received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year's Honours List for her work in drama
• Quote: "Everyone has an obsession with everything now, it seems to me․ Everything seems important for about five minutes and then people forget about it․"