Claire Foy

The Crown’s final episodes review: A thudding close with all the panache of an old Spitting Image sketch

Netflix series finale's most remarkable aspect is that it has so much of the queen

Thu Dec 14 2023 - 13:11

Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers: Two of Ireland’s best-loved actors get down to some notably explicit coupling

First-look review: It’s almost as vulgar to mention that, with his performance in Andrew Haigh’s film, Scott looks set for an Oscar nomination

Thu Oct 05 2023 - 10:19

Oscars 2022: Can Jessie Buckley win an award before Saoirse Ronan?

Kerry woman Jessie Buckley has been nominated for best supporting actress

Tue Mar 22 2022 - 09:03

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain: Starry but misfiring biopic

Benedict Cumberbatch plays yet another eccentric in this portrait of a Victorian artist

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 05:00

A Very British Scandal: The real crime of the ‘fellatio duchess’

Margaret of Argyll was unfairly vilified for her promiscuity, says writer of BBC drama

Sun Dec 26 2021 - 06:00

Olivia Colman: ‘Only stick with honest friends’

The Oscar winner on fame, privacy and preparing to play her darkest role yet

Wed Nov 17 2021 - 06:00

Emmy Awards 2021: Netflix finally takes throne as The Crown wins best drama

The Queen’s Gambit won best limited series, another first for the streaming platform

Mon Sept 20 2021 - 08:29

First image revealed of Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth in The Crown

Vera Drake actor takes over from Olivia Colman for fifth series about the UK royal family

Tue Aug 03 2021 - 09:12

Emmys: The Crown, Ted Lasso and The Mandalorian lead nominations

Streaming services take most nominations, with 130 for HBO+ and 129 for Netflix

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 09:42

The Crown’s Charles and Diana years: A world of privilege, glamour and tension

The fourth series of the much anticipated 10 episodes was reportedly produced on a €110 million) budget

Sat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00

To work on TV, Normal People had to differ from the book

Inevitably and rightly, the TV series is softer in tone than Sally Rooney’s novel

Sun May 24 2020 - 11:28

Patrick Freyne: The Crown is about a rich family who stay still

British have little conception of their own history beyond a few overly-fetishised events

Fri Nov 22 2019 - 05:00

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in November

Olivia Colman is the queen in The Crown, Timothée Chalamet stars in The King and Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci team up in The Irishman

Mon Oct 28 2019 - 06:00

The Crown season three trailer shows a country and a queen in turmoil

Olivia Colman takes over from Claire Foy as Netflix’s hit royal saga reaches the 1970s

Tue Oct 22 2019 - 09:05

Donald Clarke: Why The Crown won’t make Olivia Colman’s brown eyes blue

Neither Claire Foy nor Colman look much like the queen, so does ocular continuity matter?

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00

45 of the best TV shows to watch this autumn

From The Dublin Murders to The Crown, Red Rock to Ru Paul, here are this season’s best comedy, drama and reality series

Wed Sept 04 2019 - 06:00

Who are the newly invited Irish members of Hollywood’s Academy?

The Oscars body has invited 842 new members: 50% female, 29% people of colour

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 08:54

Oscars 2019: Here’s who I predict will be nominated today

Donald Clarke: If I get fewer than 80% of these correct I’ll be disappointed

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 10:11

Gillian Anderson ‘to play Margaret Thatcher in The Crown’

X-Files actor reportedly to take on role in fourth series of award-winning Netflix blockbuster

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 06:00

Golden Globes 2019: full list of winners

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ beats runaway favourite ‘A Star Is Born’ to best drama film

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 06:50

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

New this week: Assassination Nation, Shoplifters, The Girl in the Spider’s Web and The Camino Voyage

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 06:00

Kate Beckinsale joins 60 celebrities calling for abortion rights in North

Claire Foy among actors signing letter urging decriminalisation of abortion in NI

Wed Nov 21 2018 - 18:23

Claire Foy: ‘Pain plays a big part in all the characters I play’

‘I have an aversion to be being told I have to look a certain way to be an actress’

Sat Nov 10 2018 - 05:00

First Man: Who better to play robotic Neil Armstrong than perennially blank Ryan Gosling?

Review: This terrific study of the 1969 Moon landing is all about the man inside the suit

Wed Oct 10 2018 - 06:00

First Man: 'The film is deeply patriotic. I wanted to pay tribute'

First Man director Damien Chazelle on his new film and its wave of ‘un-American’ criticism

Sat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00

Emmys 2018: Complete list of major winners

HBO and Netflix tied for the total number of Emmys won, with 23 awards each

Tue Sept 18 2018 - 08:41

Emmys 2018: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ win top awards

‘Game of Thrones’ wins for best drama while ‘The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ wins five awards, including best actress in a comedy series

Tue Sept 18 2018 - 06:31

Oscars 2019: My money’s on Lady Gaga and ‘A Star Is Born’

Donald Clarke: Toronto Film Festival has fired the Academy Awards starting pistol

Mon Sept 17 2018 - 12:03

Michael Moore blasts Trump in new Fahrenheit 11/9 documentary

Toronto film festival: Natalie Portman dazzles in Vox Lux as Irish films continued to premiere at another busy Tiff for domestic cinema

Fri Sept 14 2018 - 11:00

16 film trailers were released last week. Which ones look good?

Animated ‘Spiderman’ looks promising. But ‘Suspiria’, and new films from Steve McQueen and Lenny Abrahamson look breathtaking

Tue Jun 12 2018 - 06:00

Bafta TV awards: Graham Norton and Brian F O’Byrne among winners

Molly Windsor beats Claire Foy to take leading actress while Sue Perkins highlights pay gap issue

Mon May 14 2018 - 08:21

Meghan Markle, the biggest influencer of all

She may have deleted all her social media accounts, but ‘people globally are glued to her’

Mon Apr 30 2018 - 15:03

Bafta TV awards: Sharon Horgan gets two nominations

Netflix’s muscles in on the traditional broadcasters as Black Mirror and The Crown take three nominations

Wed Apr 04 2018 - 11:35

Unsane: A mental-health movie with a split personality

Review: Shot on an iPhone, Steven Soderbergh's movie starts well but ends badly

Thu Mar 22 2018 - 09:54