Vera Drake is a 2004 British period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays and Eddie Marsan...
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Vera (Cyrillic: Вера: Véra, "faith") is a female given name of Slavic origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning "true"...
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illegal abortions in director Mike Leigh's critically acclaimed drama film Vera Drake (2004) won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival...
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(1996). He received further Oscar nominations for Topsy-Turvy (1999), Vera Drake (2004), and Another Year (2010). Other notable films include All or Nothing...
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The Firm (1989), In the Name of the Father (1993), North Square (2000), Vera Drake (2004), Bleak House (2005), Whitechapel (2009–2013), Sherlock (2010),...
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collaboration with Mike Leigh on All or Nothing in 2002, she would also appear in Vera Drake (2004) and star as Poppy Cross in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008). Her breakout...
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and Bob Too (1986), Naked (1993), Priest (1994), From Hell (2001), and Vera Drake (2004). Between 2011 and 2016, she starred as DC Janet Scott in the ITV...
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Vendetta, Gangster No. 1, Miami Vice, Mission: Impossible III, I Want Candy, Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky, Filth, Tyrannosaur and Heartless. In 2021, Marsan appeared...
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Award nominations receiving three awards for Secrets & Lies (1996) and Vera Drake (2004). In 2014 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for Outstanding British...
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films including The Madness of King George (1994), Gosford Park (2001), Vera Drake (2004), The History Boys (2006), The King's Speech (2010), Les Misérables...
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