Mary Nighy (born 17 July 1984) is an English actress and filmmaker.

Early life

Nighy was born on 17 July 1984 in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. She is the daughter of actors

Bill Nighy William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with '' The Illuminatus!'' in 1977. There he ...

and

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. She was educated at the City of London School for Girls and

Westminster School (God Gives the Increase) , established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560 , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , head_label = Hea ...

. Nighy graduated with

First-Class Honours The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees or bachelor's degrees and integrated master's degrees in the United Kingdom. The system has been applied (sometimes with significant variati ...

in English from

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

in 2006. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre.

Work

Nighy is a director of Foster Films. She has directed

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

s including ''Lulu'' and ''Player''; the latter was written by Sam Hodges and premiered at the 2008

Miami Short Film Festival The Miami Short Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Mi ...

. She directed Hodges' play ''Lyre'' at the HighTide Festival in spring 2007. She was named one of the UK Film Council's 'Breakthrough Brits' in 2005. Her debut feature as director, '' Alice, Darling'', starring Anna Kendrick and

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, was released in January 2023.

Acting credits

*'' Tormented'' (2009) as Helena *''Marple: at Bertram's Hotel'' (2007, TV movie) as Brigit *''Gallathea'' (2007, staged reading) as Phillida *''

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'' ( 2006) as

Princesse de Lamballe Princesse (French 'princess') may refer to: *"Princesse", single hit for Julie Zenatti * Princesse (Nekfeu song) * La Princesse 15-metre (50-foot) mechanical spider designed and operated by French performance art company La Machine. See also * P ...

*'' The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha'' ( 2005) as Hidalla *'' Spooks'' (2004) ( TV series) guest starring as Jemma Roberts *''

Rosemary & Thyme ''Rosemary & Thyme'' is a British television cosy mystery thriller series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007 ...

'' (2004, TV series) guest starring as Fern *''

The Lost Prince ''The Lost Prince'' is a British television drama about the life of Prince John – youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary – who died at the age of 13 in 1919. A Talkback Thames production written and directed by Stephe ...

'' (2003, TV) *''Invitation to the Waltz'' (2001, radio play) *''The Young Ambassadors'' (1998, radio play)

References

External links

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Nighy, Mary at BFI
1984 births Living people 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London Alumni of University College London English film actresses English film directors English radio actresses English television actresses English theatre directors National Youth Theatre members People educated at the City of London School for Girls {{UK-screen-actor-stub