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Antonia Campbell-Hughes

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Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Campbell-Hughes
Born (1982-09-07) 7 September 1982 (age 42)
Occupation(s)Actress; former fashion designer
WebsiteOfficial website

Antonia Campbell-Hughes (born 7 September 1982) is an actress, writer, director and former fashion designer from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Natascha Kampusch in 3096 Days, Marie-Antoinette in Dangerous Liaisons and the title role in Cordelia.

She first gained notability as a fashion designer while in her teens. After an early career in comedy, she moved on to more serious acting roles, alongside writing for the screen. Her debut feature film as director, the thriller It Is In Us All, was released in 2022.

Early life

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Campbell-Hughes was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, living there until the age of two. Until the age of 16 she would move between the United States, Switzerland, Germany, and England.[1] After experimenting with short film, she went to art school in Dublin, and during that time, as a teenager, she started her own fashion label.[2] Her clothing line would sell internationally under her own name, and a diffusion line for high street store Topshop.[3]

Television

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Her first role was in Jack Dee's sitcom Lead Balloon, which ran for four series, where she played his daughter. Her early career was mostly in comedy, with roles in a variety of comedy shows on British television, alongside Jennifer Saunders and Alex Macqueen, in Sharon Horgan and Stephen Mangan's series Free Agents, among others. In 2009, she created her own show, Bluebell Welch, for MTV, where she played an overzealous,[4] obsessive MTV presenter.[5] Alongside her comedy projects, she performed smaller, serious roles in popular UK TV series such as Silent Witness, Casualty, Blackbeard: Terror at Sea and Spooks. She was co-lead in an episode of Channel 4's anthology series Coming Up. Alongside a film career, she took on occasional TV roles, in series such as Lewis, Doll & Em and London Spy. In 2016 she was a series regular on My Mother and Other Strangers. She played Marie Antoniette in the 2022 STARZ series adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons.

Film career

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Her first notable film role was in the Jane Campion feature film Bright Star,[6] and her first starring role was the 2011 indie drama Lotus Eaters. This was followed by the lead role in the 2012 film[7] Kelly + Victor, which won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer that year. The following year she played Natascha Kampusch in 3096 Days. Natascha, an Austrian, was abducted at age 10 and held captive for eight years, escaping in 2006, a case that made headlines worldwide. Other notable roles followed in movies like Les Cowboys, The Canal and Never Grow Old. She co-starred in the 2022 David Lynch production The Other Me, written and directed by Georgian Giga Agladze.

In 2022, she released her directorial debut It Is In Us All, a thriller that she wrote and in which she plays a supporting role. The film won the Extraordinary Cinematic Vision award at the SXSW Film Festival and was nominated for the SXSW Grand Jury Award, Narrative Feature.[8] It was nominated for a pair of British Independent Film Awards and was selected for a number of festivals.[9]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Tonight Is Cancelled Nesmir
2009 Bright Star Abigail O'Donaghue Brown
2009 Once Upon a Time in Dublin Marina
2010 Five Day Shelter Paula
2011 The Task Angel
2011 Lotus Eaters Alice
2011 The Other Side of Sleep Arlene Kelly
2011 Albert Nobbs Emmy
2012 Storage 24 Shelley
2012 Kelly + Victor Kelly
2013 3096 Days Natascha Kampusch
2013 Under the Skin The Shadow Alien
2014 The Canal Claire
2015 Les Cowboys Emma
2015 Swansong Jamie
2015 MindGamers Agnes
2015 Andron Valerie
2015 Fading Away Leila
2015 The Chameleon Margaret
2016 Split Shelley
2018 Black '47 Brigid Ní Dhomhnaill
2018 Paul, Apostle of Christ Irenica
2018 Zoo Emily
2019 She's Missing Marina
2019 Never Grow Old Maria Pike
2019 Rare Beasts Cathy
2019 Cordelia Cordelia / Caroline [10]
2020 Zone 414 Jaden
2022 It Is In Us All Cara Daly Directorial debut

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Casualty Avril Skinner "Enough's Enough"
2006 Blackbeard Louis Arrot TV miniseries
2006 Silent Witness Fenella Lee "Schism: Parts 1 & 2"
2006–2011 Lead Balloon Sam Spleen Regular role
2007 Damage Lauren Ward TV film
2007 The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle Abigail Wilson Regular role
2007 Coming Up Carly "Scapegoat"
2008 Delta Forever Miranda "Pilot"
2009 Free Agents Lucy "1.2"
2009 Not Safe for Work Claire Campbell TV film
2009 Bluebell Welch Bluebell Welch TV series
2009 Spooks Nina Gevitsky "8.3"
2010 Material Girl Plum "1.4"
2010 When Harvey Met Bob Marsha Hunt TV film
2011 Lewis Chloe Brooks "Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things"
2013 Doll & Em Miranda "Six"
2013 The Vatican Violetta TV film
2014 Butterfly Teri TV short
2015 London Spy Magician "I Know"
2016 My Mother and Other Strangers Kettie Brady Regular role

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Antonia Campbell-Hughes: 'I like hard graft. That's what I believe in'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ Biodata[dead link], timesonline.co.uk. Accessed 13 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Antonia Campbell-Hughes of Les Cowboys talks exclusively to French Cinema Review". French Cinema Review. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Bluebell Welch (2009)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Antonia Campbell-Hughes: I dare to be different". Belfast Telegraph. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  6. ^ The View from Riverside Park Archived 29 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Antonia tells of joy as latest movie picks up Bafta prize". independent. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Antonia Campbell-Hughes". IMDb. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  9. ^ "It Is in Us All (2022) Awards & Festivals". mubi.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  10. ^ Cordelia at IMDb
  11. ^ European Film Promotion unveils 2012 Shooting Stars longlist
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