Everything about Catherine Mccormack totally explained
Catherine McCormack (born
1 January 1972) is an
Olivier Award-nominated
English actress, known for her stage acting as well as her big screen performances in films such as
Braveheart and
Dangerous Beauty.
Biography
Early life
McCormack was born in
Alton,
Hampshire,
England. She has Irish ancestry, as one of her grandfathers was Irish. Her mother died of
lupus when McCormack was six years old, and her steelworker father subsequently raised her and her brother Stephen. She was raised in the
Catholic religion (though is now a "lapsed Catholic") and attended
Convent of Our Lady of Providence.
Career
Film
McCormack's first notable role was as the character Murron in the multiple
Academy Award winning movie
Braveheart. Her screen debut however was as the lead in the Anna Campion directed film
Loaded, and has subsequently stated that she'd a "miserable time with the director (
Anna Campion)... it was my first film job, I needed to be mollycoddled, I needed to be helped through it, and I wasn't. Mostly, it was a horrible experience." After
Braveheart, McCormack had lead roles in Nils Gaup's
Northstar and
Marshall Herskovitz's
Dangerous Beauty. Other films include
Spy Game and
28 Weeks Later. Despite being in demand, she does few films, stating that "I read very few scripts I'm passionate about... Maybe one in every twenty or thirty."
Theatre
McCormack has shown preference in her career towards the theatre, saying that "theatre really is an actor's medium: you're on stage with no director anymore, whereas in film very rarely do you get much rehearsal other than running through the scene very quickly. Then everyone comes in and shoots it." McCormack was one of the original 2006 London cast of
Patrick Barlow's play of
The 39 Steps. In 2008, she's scheduled to perform the role of Nora in
A Doll's House, directed by
Peter Hall at the
Theatre Royal, Bath, and also the role of Isabel Archer in a stage adaptation of
The Portrait of a Lady,, both commencing their runs in July 2008 and ending in August.
Selected Credits
Theatreography
Filmography
Loaded (1994)
Tashunga also released as North Star (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Deacon Brodie (1997, TV)
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
The Land Girls (1998)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
This Year's Love (1999)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Born Romantic (2000)
The Weight of Water (2000)
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
Spy Game (2001)
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Renaissance (2006)
The Moon and the Stars (2007)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Midnight Man (2008, TV series)Further Information
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