Hailed as the ‘Star of Tomorrow’ by Screen International, Ms Clark was identified by
The Guardian as the ‘Breakout Star’ of the 2019 festival circuit and has gone on to win the London Critic’s Circle Award for ‘British/Irish Actress of the Year’, be nominated for a BIFA award in the category of ‘Best Actress’ and has also been longlisted in BAFTA’s ‘Leading Actress’ category for 2021. She appeared as both Dora Spenlow and Clara Copperfield in Armando Iannucci’s
The Personal History of David Copperfield, and as young Jane in Craig Robert’s
Eternal Beauty opposite Sally Hawkins in 2020.
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The star of A24 s horror feature is also filming Amazon s Lord of the Rings prequel series in New Zealand, where life is back to normal: It s been very good for the soul.
The COVID-19 crisis has seen numerous big breaks put on ice as many cinemas have remained closed and release dates have been pushed further back. But few can match the potentially career-changing hiatus experienced by Morfydd Clark.
The Welsh actress lead performance as a troubled and God-fearing palliative care nurse in the psychological horror feature
Saint Maud, director Rose Glass feature debut, was one of the major revelations from the Toronto Film Festival in 2019. Rarely out of shot, Clark flips from deeply lonely, prudish caregiver to unstable zealot with chilling subtlety. A24 quickly pounced on U.S. rights. But the pandemic has seen the film s release pulled multiple times, first from April, then July. It s now due to hit theaters Jan. 29, before landing on VOD vi