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Is just 13 years younger than Victoria Hamilton, who played her mother on The Crown (2016).

By her own admission when she won the Emmy for her performance in The Crown (2016) she had expected Sandra Oh to win for Killing Eve (2018) instead.

Won the 2018 Emmy Award in the Lead Actress in a Drama Series category for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown (2016).

Studied drama and film studies at Liverpool John Moores University, and then did a one year course at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2007.

Had juvenile arthritis from the ages of 12 to 15.

She made her stage debut in the play The Miracle.

Her maternal grandparents were Irish, her grandfather from Dublin and her grandmother from Naas.

Was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue (May 2010).

Is a lifelong avid fan of Bruce Springsteen.

She grew up as the youngest of three children. In 2014, she married British actor Stephen Campbell Moore. She and Stephen welcomed a daughter in 2015. They later divorced in 2018 after four years of marriage.

For sheer magnetic screen presence she loves Jack Nicholson, and for his good looks she likes Mark Ruffalo.

Separated from husband Stephen Campbell Moore in February 2018, after three years of marriage.

Is the fourth actor to take on the role of 'Lisbeth Salander' from the 'Millennium' book series by Stieg Larsson. The role was previously played by Noomi Rapace in "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (2009), "The Girl Who Played With Fire" (2009), & "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest" (2009), and Rooney Mara in the American remake, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (2011). Tehilla Blad played 'Lisbeth Salander' as a child in "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (2009).

Attended Aylesbury High School.

Has a daughter, Ivy Rose Moore (b. March 2015), with her estranged husband Stephen Campbell Moore.

Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture category for her role as Janet Armstrong in Aufbruch zum Mond (2018), but lost to Regina King for Seven Seconds (2018).

Younger sister of Gemma Foy (b. 1979) and Robert Foy (b. 1982).

Daughter of David Foy (b. 1953) and wife Caroline Stimpson (b. 1953) and maternal granddaughter of James Stimpson and wife Mary J. Kavanagh, from a massive Irish family.

She plays a supporting role in the 2011 Nicolas Cage film Season of the Witch.

Childhood celebrity crush was Stephen Gately of Boyzone.

She stars alongside Matt Smith on The Crown.

She and her husband, Stephen Campbell Moore, have both played a King and Queen of the same family. Stephen played King Edward VIII in Wallis & Edward (2005) and Claire played Queen Elizabeth II (Edward's niece) in The Crown (2016).

Met husband-to-be Stephen Campbell Moore on the Der letzte Tempelritter (2011) shoot, Claire's feature debut.