Andrea Riseborough is a British actress who has gained wide popularity thanks to the films "Don't Let Me Go", "Oblivion", "Birdman", "Mandy". Also, this actress starred in the 4th season of the fantasy series "Black Mirror" - in the series "Crocodile" she perfectly played the main character Mia.
The early years and first roles
Andrea Riseborough was born on November 20, 1981 in Newcastle. Already in her childhood, she played on the stage of a local theater and dreamed of a successful acting future.
After school, Andrea until 2005 was a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. However, even before receiving the Academy diploma, the actress began to participate in extras.
Her first notable film work was her role in Roger Michell's "Venus" (2006). Andrea's partner in the frame here was Peter O'Toole, an eight-time Oscar nominee. Soon after, the aspiring actress starred in the drama television series Wild Party (2007) and in the comedy The Magicians (2007).
Actress career from 2008 to 2010
To a new level, Riseborough’s career has taken a vivid role in the series entitled "Devil's Mistress: Gone With Passion." Here she played with such brilliant actors as Dominic West and Michael Fassbender, and looked pretty decent against their background. For this work, Andrea was awarded an award from the Royal Television Society in the nomination "Best Actress".
In the same 2008, she appeared on the screens in the image of a woman politician Margaret Thatcher in the television movie Margaret Thatcher: The Long Way to Finchley. As a result, this role brought Andrea the first nomination in her biography for the prestigious BAFTA TV Award.
In 2010, the actress took part in the filming of the dramatic film "Don't Let Me Go, " which is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. In this drama, in addition to Andrei, such remarkable artists as Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley and Donal Gleeson played. As a result, the drama received high marks from ordinary viewers and film critics.
Then Andrea Razyzboro starred in the movie "Made in Dagenham." The plot here is based on a real historical texture - the film tells about the women's strike of 1968 (women demanded equal salaries regardless of gender) at one of Ford's factories.
Around the same time, the actress performed one of the key roles in the play "Pride" staged at the Lucille Lortel Theater (this theater is located in New York).
Riseborough's work in recent years
In 2011, Andrea Riseborough was invited to star in the film "WE. Believe in Love, " directed by the famous singer Madonna (and this is her second film). Riseborough got along well with the image of Wallis Simpson. And although in general critics did not like the picture, specifically about the actress's work, the reviews were mostly positive. Then Andrea played two more important roles - the role of Sarah in the thriller “Resistance” and the role of Claire in the low-budget post-apocalyptic film of the Duffer brothers “Hiding” (for some reason, the audience could see it only in 2015).
In 2013, the actress starred in the blockbuster Oblivion (2013) as a signalman at Victoria Olsen Station. Her partners here were Tom Cruise and Olga Kurylenko.
Further, the actress starred in the Oscar-winning film “Birdman” (2014), in the psychological thriller “In Cover of the Night” (2016), in the scandalous comedy “Death of Stalin” (2017) and in the series “Black Mirror” (2017).
And in 2018, two whole films were released, where Andrea performed the main roles - “Mandy” and “Nancy”. Interestingly, the premiere screenings of both paintings took place at the Sundance Independent Film Festival.
