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List Of British Films Of 2019
This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2019 and were at least partly produced by Great Britain or the United Kingdom. It does not feature short films, medium-length films, made-for-TV films, pornographic films, filmed theater, VR films and interactive films. It also does not include films screened in previous years that had official release dates in 2019. Also included is an overview of five awards ceremonies which are major events in British film: the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Film premieres January – March April – June July – September October – December Other premieres Culturally British films The following list comprises films not produced by Great Britain or the United Kingdom but is strongly associated with British culture. The films in this list should fulfill at least 3 of the following criter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Close (2019 Film)
''Close'' is a 2019 British action thriller film directed by Vicky Jewson and starring Noomi Rapace. Rapace's character is based on that of Jacquie Davis, one of the world's leading female bodyguards, whose clients have included J. K. Rowling, Nicole Kidman and members of the British royal family. The film was released on 18 January 2019 by Netflix. Plot While in South Sudan on a routine mission, close protection officer Sam Carlson saves two journalists she is protecting when their vehicle is attacked by local insurgents. Zoe Tanner, the troubled child and heir of recently deceased business tycoon Eric Tanner, discovers she has been left all of her father's shares in his company, Hassine Mining. This shocks and angers her stepmother, Rima Hassine, whose family founded the company and who has taken over Eric's position as CEO. Having succeeded in negotiating a billion dollar deal for phosphate mining in Zambia, Rima demands that Zoe accompany her to the family house in Morocco w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorn Macdonald
Lorn Alexander Macdonald (born 10 September 1992) is a Scottish actor and director. Born in Kirkcaldy, he studied acting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is mostly known for starring as Spanner in the 2019 film '' Beats'' and as Mark Renton in an acclaimed production of ''Trainspotting'' in 2016 at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. He has also appeared at the Citizens Theatre as Orestes in ''Oresteia This Restless House'' and Edmund in '' Long Day's Journey Into Night'' in 2017, on television in ''Neverland Neverland is a fictional island featured in the works of J. M. Barrie and those based on them. It is an imaginary faraway place where Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, the Lost Boys, and some other imaginary beings and creatures live. Altho ...'' and '' World's End''. References External links IMDB entry 21st-century Scottish male actors Living people Scottish male stage actors People from Kirkcaldy 1992 births Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Fraser
Laura Fraser (born 24 July 1975) is a Scottish actress. She has played Door in the urban fantasy series ''Neverwhere'', Kate in the film ''A Knight's Tale'', Cat MacKenzie in the BBC Three drama series ''Lip Service'' and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle in the AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' and its spin-off ''Better Call Saul''. Early life Fraser was born in Glasgow, the daughter of Rose, a college lecturer and nurse, and Alister Fraser, a screenwriter and businessman. She attended Hillhead High School and is a former member of the Scottish Youth Theatre. She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Career Fraser's first big break was playing Door in the BBC's dark fantasy series ''Neverwhere'' in 1996. She starred in the BBC film '' The Tribe'' (1998), and played Lavinia in ''Titus'' (1999) as well as Justine in ''Virtual Sexuality'' (1999) and Candice in ''Kevin & Perry Go Large'' (2000). She also appeared in the films ''A Knight's Tale'' (2001) and ''Vanilla S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beats (Scottish Film)
''Beats'' is a 2019 British drama film directed Brian Welsh. It was based upon a play of the same name by Kieran Hurley, who adapted the screenplay with Welsh; Steven Soderbergh acts as an executive producer. The plot follows a pair of teenage friends in 1994 Scotland who try and sneak into an illegal rave party. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2019. Premise The film is set in 1994 in Livingston, Scotland, against the backdrop of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which effectively banned outdoor rave parties across the whole of the UK. Best friends Johnno and Spanner are going to a rave for the first, and perhaps last time together. Production Brian Welsh first came into contact with Steven Soderbergh around 2015, after Soderberg had seen an episode of ''Black Mirror'' that Welsh had directed and approached him with a new project. While Welsh turned that down, he showed his ''Beats'' script to Soderberg, who then joined as an executive pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Norton
Kerry Norton (born 11 October 1972 in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England) is a British actress and singer. Early life Kerry was born and brought up in her hometown of Sunbury-on-Thames. Education Kerry was educated at Sunbury Manor School, a state comprehensive school, and now an academy school, in Sunbury-on-Thames. Kerry trained at London Contemporary Dance School in London, and at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City. Career Norton was a gymnast before becoming an actress. Kerry had a small part on the American TV series, ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' in 1996. The episode, entitled " A Girl and Her Cat", where she played the part of Lulu, a gymnastic witch, who was engaged to Sabrina's second cousin. She has made a number of guest appearances on ''Battlestar Galactica'' as paramedic Layne Ishay (with her real-life husband as Major Lee 'Apollo' Adama). She appeared in the first three episodes of season 2, " Scattered", "Valley of Darkness" and " Fragged", and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Polak
Sacha Polak (born 1982) is a Dutch film director. Career In 2012 Polak's feature film debut ''Hemel'' played at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Additionally her short ''Brother'' and her step-mother Meral Uslu's film on which she was a script supervisor, all played at the festival as well. In 2014 Polak was initially going to direct the film ''Vita & Virginia'' about the love-affair between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West but was she replaced by Chanya Button. In 2015 Polak's second film ''Zurich'' played at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. Polak's next feature film was the movie ''Dirty God'' about a woman who sustained facial burns after an acid attack by her ex-partner. This film won her the Golden Calf (award), Golden Calf award for best direction at the 2019 Netherlands Film Festival. The lead actress in the film, Vicky Knight, won a BAFTA Breakthrough Brits award for new talent at the 2019 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty God
''Dirty God'' is a 2019 internationally co-produced Drama (film and television), drama film, film director, directed and screenwriter, co-written by Sacha Polak. The film marks the English language debut by Polak, and also marks the feature film debut of actress Vicky Knight. Actress Vicky Knight was chosen to play the lead role from auditions of burn victim, burn survivors. It was selected to be screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2019. The film also won three Golden Calf (award), Golden Calves for best film, best director (Polak) and best music (Rutger Reinders). Plot A young woman, Jade (Vicky Knight), returns home from the hospital after undergoing treatment for severe burns. She is upset to see that her toddler daughter, Rae, is afraid of her due to her severe facial scarring. Jade is supported by her mother and her friends but feels awkward returning to her regular clubbing activities. Disappointed to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Keene
Mimi Keene (born 5 August 1998) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Cindy Williams on the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2013–2015) and Ruby Matthews on the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Sex Education'' (2019–present). Early life Keene was born Mimi Roshan Saeed on 5 August 1998 in the London Borough of Redbridge. She lived in Woodford Green and attended Churchfields Junior School. She trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts from 2009 to 2014. Career Keene began her career as a child actress on stage, making her professional debut playing Janey in ''Kin'' at The Royal Court Theatre from 19 November to 23 December 2010. In 2013, she appeared in CBBC's ''Sadie J'' as Brandy May Lou and in '' Our Girl'' as Jade Dawes. Between 2013 and 2015, she was a series regular in ''EastEnders'', playing Cindy Williams. For her role, she earned British and ''Inside Soap'' Award nominations. She voiced Eurayle, Stheno, and Medusa in the 2013 video game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indira Varma
Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress and narrator. Her film debut and first major role was in '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love''. She has gone on to appear in the television series ''The Canterbury Tales'', ''Rome'', ''Luther'', ''Human Target'', and ''Game of Thrones'' (playing Ellaria Sand). In September 2016 she began starring in the ITV/Netflix series ''Paranoid'' as DS Nina Suresh. Early life Varma was raised in Bath, Somerset, the only child of an Indian father and a Swiss mother who was of part Genoese Italian descent. Her mother was a graphic designer and her father was an illustrator. She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, in 1995. Career Varma has had a number of television and film roles, including '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love'' in 1996, ''Jinnah'' in 1998, and '' Bride and Prejudice'' in 2004, and the young Roman wife Niobe during the 2005 first season of BB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoin Macken
Eoin Christopher Macken (born 21 February 1983) is an Irish actor, director, and model. Macken has modelled for Abercrombie and Fitch, Ralph Lauren, and GQ, and has appeared in films such as ''Resident Evil'', ''Close, Killing Jesus'', and ''Centurion''. He has appeared on television in series such as RTÉ's ''Fair City'' as Gavin Cluxton and in BBC series '' Merlin'' as Sir Gwaine. In 2021 Macken stars in the NBC drama '' La Brea''. In addition, Macken has directed several feature films: ''Christian Blake'' in 2008, ''Dreaming For You'', ''The Inside'' and ''Cold'', and ''Here Are the Young Men''. Macken also directed the documentary ''The Fashion of Modelling''. He starred in the NBC series '' The Night Shift'' as T.C. Callahan, and Netflix show ''Nightflyers'' as Karl D'Branin. Early life Macken was born in Dublin. He has two sisters. Macken was studying for a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology at University College Dublin when he began his modeling and acting caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
