Julie Foy

Julie Foy (born 5 May 1970) is an English actress and producer, best known for The Silent Child which received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.[1][2]

Julie Foy
Born (1970-05-05) 5 May 1970
Bolton, England
OccupationFilm producer, Actress
Years active1986–present
Notable work
The Silent Child
Coronation Street

Foy trained at the College of the Performing Arts in Salford. Whilst still at school she made her television debut in Jossy's Giants before going on to appear in Press Gang and on stage in Our Day Out.[3]

She appeared in the Granada Television series How To Be Cool and made appearances in Dramarama and Forever Young. In 1988 she played Sally Seddon's sister Gina in Coronation Street for a year before taking the role of a nurse in the 1989 movie Strapless.[4]

Foy then appeared in BBC TV's Casualty and on stage at The Birmingham Repertory Company as Ruby in When We Are Married. She later played Jo in A Taste of Honey at the York Theatre Royal. Other television work following including Dawn and the Candidate and as Madge in Missing Persons. In 1996 she returned to the Birmingham Rep to play Marigold in Toad of Toad Hall.

Filmography
YearFilmRoleDirectorNotes
2019The Betrayal of Maria SivanProducerNicholas Connor
2017The Silent ChildProducerChris Overton
1993Casualty (TV series)SueGeorge Case
1990Missing PersonsMadgeDerek Bennet
1990Press GangRubyVarious
1989StraplessNurseDavid Hare
1988–1989Coronation Street [5]Gina SeddonVarious
1988How to be Cool [6]DeidreVarious
1988DramaramaTinaGareth Morgan
1986–1987Jossy's GiantsTraceyGeorge Case

Awards and nominations

The Silent Child won best short film at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in August 2017. This made it eligible for entry to the Oscars. In December 2017 the film was selected as one of the final ten films in the Live Action Short Film category for the 90th Academy Awards. On 23 January 2018, it was announced that The Silent Child was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the 90th Academy Awards, which it then won.

Award Date of ceremony Category Result
Academy Awards March 4, 2018 Live Action Short Film Won

References
  1. "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. "Award Winner Interview: Chris Overton - Encounters Film Festival". Encounters Film Festival. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/16965150.why-boltons-better-than-hollywood-for-oscar-winner-julie-foy/
  4. https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/16066209.and-the-oscar-goes-to-julie-foy-from-harwood/
  5. http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/foy_julie.html
  6. https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba525431a
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